{"paper":{"title":"A Search for Kilonovae in the Dark Energy Survey","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"A. A. Plazas, A. Benoit-Levy, A. Carnero Rosell, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. G. Kim, A. K. Romer, A. R. Walker, B. Farr, B. Nord, C. B. DAndrea, C. E. Cunha, D. A. Finley, D. A. Goldstein, D. Brooks, D. E. Holz, D. J. James, D. L. Burke, D. L. DePoy, D. Scolnic, D. W. Gerdes, E. Bertin, E. Buckley-Geer, E. Gaztanaga, E. Krause, E. Morganson, E. Neilsen, E. Sanchez, E. Suchyta, F. B. Abdalla, F. Menanteau, F. Sobreira, G. Gutierrez, G. Tarle, H. Spinka, H. T. Diehl, H. Y. Chen, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, J. Annis, J. Carretero, J. Frieman, J. Garcia-Bellido, J. Gschwend, J. L. Marshall, K. Bechtol, K. Kuehn, L. N. da Costa, M. A. G. Maia, M. Carrasco Kind, M. E. C. Swanson, M. Lima, M. March, M. Sako, M. Schubnell, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, R. A. Gruendl, R. C. Nichol, R. C. Smith, R. J. Foley, R. Kessler, R. Miquel, S. Allam, S. Desai, T. F. Eifler, T. M. C. Abbott, T. S. Li, V. Scarpine, W. Wester, Z. Doctor (University of Chicago)","submitted_at":"2016-11-24T02:27:41Z","abstract_excerpt":"The coalescence of a binary neutron star (BNS) pair is expected to produce gravitational waves (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation, both of which may be detectable with currently available instruments. We describe a search for a theoretically predicted r-process optical transient from these mergers, dubbed the kilonova (KN), using griz broadband data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program (DES-SN). Some models predict KNe to be redder, shorter-lived, and dimmer than supernovae (SNe), but at present the event rate of KNe is poorly constrained. We simulate observations of KN and SN li"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1611.08052","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}