Evidence for a compact object in the aftermath of the extragalactic transient AT2018cow

The brightest fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) are mysterious extragalactic explosions that may represent a new astrophysical phenomenon 1 . Their fast time to maximum brightness of less than a week, decline over several months, and atypical optical spectra and evolution are difficult to explain...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature astronomy 2022-02, Vol.6 (2), p.249-258
Hauptverfasser:	Pasham, Dheeraj R., Ho, Wynn C. G., Alston, William, Remillard, Ronald, Ng, Mason, Gendreau, Keith, Metzger, Brian D., Altamirano, Diego, Chakrabarty, Deepto, Fabian, Andrew, Miller, Jon, Bult, Peter, Arzoumanian, Zaven, Steiner, James F., Strohmayer, Tod, Tombesi, Francesco, Homan, Jeroen, Cackett, Edward M., Harding, Alice
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	639/33/34/4118 639/33/34/4121 639/33/34/4127 Astronomy Astrophysics and Cosmology Explosions Letter Magnetic fields Neutron stars Neutrons Physics Physics and Astronomy X-rays
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