Astrophysical: Gravitational waves

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    LOFAR 144-MHz follow-up observations of GW170817
    We present low-radio-frequency follow-up observations of AT 2017gfo, the electromagnetic counterpart of GW170817, which was the first binary neutron star merger...
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    Mass constraints to Sco X-1 from Bowen fluorescence and deep near-infrared spectroscopy
    More than 50 years after the dawn of X-ray astronomy, the dynamical parameters of the prototypical X-ray binary Sco X-1 are still unknown. We combine a Monte...
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    MASTER Optical Detection of the First LIGO/Virgo Neutron Star Binary Merger GW170817
    Following the discovery of the gravitational-wave source GW170817 by three Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo antennae (Abbott et...
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    MASTER Optical Observation of LIGO/VIRGO S200302c Event
    The results of LIGO/Virgo S200302c (O3) error-box optical inspection by MASTER are presented. We observed 4242 square degrees square degrees inside 3σ error box...
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    Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger
    On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves...
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    Observational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger candidate S190814bv
    Context. Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy has rapidly reached maturity, becoming a fundamental observing window for modern astrophysics. The coalescences of a...
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    Observatory science with eXTP
    In this White Paper we present the potential of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission for studies related to Observatory Science targets...
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    Optical Spectroscopy of Candidates in the LIGO/Virgo Binary Merger Error Boxes
    We performed optical spectroscopy of the candidates inside the gravitational wave errorboxes (S190408an, S190425z, S190426c, S190510g, S190728q, S190814bv). The...
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    Pan-STARRS Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Event S250818k and the Light Curve of SN2025ulz
    Kilonovae are the scientifically rich—but observationally elusive—optical transient phenomena associated with compact binary mergers. Only a handful of events...