A cocoon shock breakout as the origin of the γ-ray emission in GW170817

Ore Gottlieb(Unknown), Kenta Hotokezaka(The University of Tokyo), Tsvi Piran(Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Ehud Nakar(Tel Aviv University)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

June 4, 2018

10.1093/mnras/sty1462

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