A Turnover in the Radio Light Curve of GW170817

We present 2-9 GHz radio observations of GW170817 covering the period 125-200 days post-merger, taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). Our observations demonstrate that the radio afterglow peaked at 149 ±2 days post-merger and is now de...

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Main Authors: Dobie, D., Kaplan, D., Murphy, T., Lenc, E., Mooley, K., Lynch, Christene, Corsi, A., Frail, D., Kasliwal, M., Hallinan, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68333