Late Afterglow Emission Statistics: A Clear Link between GW170817 and Bright Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
Late Afterglow Emission Statistics: A Clear Link between GW170817 and Bright Short Gamma-Ray Bursts
GW170817, the first neutron star merger event detected by advanced LIGO/Virgo detectors, was associated with an underluminous short duration GRB 170817A. In this work we compare the forward shock afterglow emission of GW170817/GRB 170817A to other luminous short GRBs (sGRBs) with both a known redshift and an afterglow emission lasting …