{"paper":{"title":"Chandra X-ray Observations of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817: Thermal X-Ray Emission From a Kilonova Remnant?","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"Adam Rogers, Chris L. Fryer, Neil Doerksen, Samar Safi-Harb","submitted_at":"2018-12-29T09:24:44Z","abstract_excerpt":"The recent discovery of the neutron star merger and multi-messenger event GW170817 (also known as kilonova GRB170817A) provides an unprecedented laboratory in which to study these mysterious objects, as well as an opportunity to test cutting-edge theories of gravity in the strong field regime. Before this event, such tests of our understanding of the nature of gravity were not possible. In this study, we analyze the X-ray observations of GW170817 obtained with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory following the 17 August 2017 detection of the event by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Obs"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1812.11320","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"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"}