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July 2020 Issue,
Volume 88, No. 7
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Volume 88, Issue 7, July 2020
Kilonovae are cosmic optical flashes produced in the aftermath of the merger of two neutron stars. While the typical radiant flux of a kilonova can be as high as 1034 W, they typically occur at cosmological distances, requiring meter-class or larger telescopes for their observation. Here, we explore how a kilonova would look like from the Earth if it occurred in the Solar System's backyard, 1000 light years from the Earth. This is a small distance on cosmological scales, with only one neutron-star merger expected to occur this close every 100鈥�000鈥�000鈥墆ears. While humans will likely only see kilonovae at much greater distances, showing how such a nearby event would look on camera can help visualize these events and demonstrate their unique spectral evolution.
EDITORIAL
by Richard Price. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001432
GUEST EDITORIAL
byRoger D. Blandford. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001390
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by David L. Sidebottom. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001023
by Catherine Hirshfeld Crouch and John W. Hirshfeld Jr. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001039
by Ernesto Momox and Charby Ortega De Maio. DOI: 10.1119/10.0000961
by Alexandru Maries, Ryan Sayer and Chandralekha Singh. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001357
by Ashok K. Singal. DOI: 10.1119/10.0000964
by William H. Press. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001189
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by N. Pelle, L. Ehinger, C. R. Zaug and W. J. Kim. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001269
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