July 2020 Issue,
Volume 88, No. 7
Volume 88, Issue 7, July 2020
How would a nearby kilonova look on camera?
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 100 000 000 years. 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
Editorial: Blurbs, round III by Richard Price. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001432
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A powerful graphical display of technical information: Robert Serber's plot of physical conditions inside a nuclear explosion by B. Cameron Reed. DOI: 10.1119/10.0001206
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BOOKS RECEIVED
American Journal of Physics 88, 592 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001347
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