AT2017gfo: Bayesian inference and model selection of multi-component kilonovae and constraints on the neutron star equation of state

no code implementations • 4 Jan 2021 • Matteo Breschi, Albino Perego, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Walter Del Pozzo, Vsevolod Nedora, David Radice, Diego Vescovi

The joint detection of the gravitational wave GW170817, of the short $\gamma$-ray burst GRB170817A and of the kilonova AT2017gfo, generated by the the binary neutron star merger observed on August 17, 2017, is a milestone in multimessenger astronomy and provides new constraints on the neutron star equation of state.

Bayesian Inference Model Selection High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena