Speaker
Nikhil Sarin
(Stockholm University)
Description
Since the extraordinary observations of AT2017gfo, we have seen many complementary advancements in our capability to observe kilonovae and model them. However, our sample of confident kilonovae candidates remains small, with many candidates since AT2017gfo contaminated by the afterglow from a gamma-ray burst. In this talk, I will highlight the issues we need to resolve to decouple kilonovae from afterglows and confront our growing list of candidates and showcase tools necessary to extract physics from future kilonovae observations.
Primary author
Nikhil Sarin
(Stockholm University)
