Evidence for Dynamically Driven Formation of the GW170817 Neutron Star Binary in NGC 4993

Palmese, A.; Hartley, W.; Tarsitano, F.; Conselice, C.; Lahav, O.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Lin, H.; Soares-Santos, M.; Tucker, D.; Brout, D.; Banerji, M.; Bechtol, K.; Diehl, H. T.; Fruchter, A.; García-Bellido, J.; Herner, K.; Levan, A. J.; Li, T. S.; Lidman, C.; Misra, K.; Sako, M.; Scolnic, D.; Smith, M.; Abbott, T. M.  C.; Abdalla, F. B.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Bertin, E.; Brooks, D.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Rosell, A. Carnero; Kind, M. Carrasco; Carretero, J.; Castander, F. J.; Cunha, C. E.; D’Andrea, C. B.; da Costa, L. N.; Davis, C.; DePoy, D. L.; Desai, S.; Dietrich, J. P.; Doel, P.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Eifler, T. F.; Evrard, A. E.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; Frieman, J.; Gaztanaga, E.; Gerdes, D. W.; Giannantonio, T.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gschwend, J.; Gutierrez, G.; Honscheid, K.; Jain, B.; James, D. J.; Jeltema, T.; Johnson, M. W.  G.; Johnson, M. D.; Krause, E.; Kron, R.; Kuehn, K.; Kuhlmann, S.; Kuropatkin, N.; Lima, M.; Maia, M. A.  G.; March, M.; Marshall, J. L.; McMahon, R. G.; Menanteau, F.; Miller, C. J.; Miquel, R.; Neilsen, E.; Ogando, R. L.  C.; Plazas, A. A.; Reil, K.; Romer, A. K.; Sanchez, E.; Schindler, R.; Smith, R. C.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E.  C.; Tarle, G.; Thomas, D.; Thomas, R. C.; Walker, A. R.; Weller, J.; Zhang, Y.; Zuntz, J.

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aa9660

Title: Evidence for Dynamically Driven Formation of the GW170817 Neutron Star Binary in NGC 4993

Abstract

We present a study of NGC 4993, the host galaxy of the GW170817 gravitational-wave event, the GRB 170817A short gamma-ray burst (sGRB), and the AT 2017gfo kilonova. We use Dark Energy Camera imaging, AAT spectra, and publicly available data, relating our findings to binary neutron star (BNS) formation scenarios and merger delay timescales. NGC 4993 is a nearby early-type galaxy, with an i-band Sérsic index n = 4.0 and low asymmetry (A = 0.04 ±0.01). These properties are unusual for sGRB hosts. However, NGC 4993 presents shell-like structures and dust lanes indicative of a recent galaxy merger, with the optical transient located close to a shell. We constrain the star formation history (SFH) of the galaxy assuming that the galaxy merger produced a star formation burst, but find little to no ongoing star formation in either spatially resolved broadband SED or spectral fitting. We use the best-fit SFH to estimate the BNS merger rate in this type of galaxy, as . If star formation is the only considered BNS formation scenario, the expected number of BNS mergers from early-type galaxies detectable with LIGO during its first two observing seasons is , as opposed to ~0.5 from all galaxy types. Hypothesizingmore »« less

Authors:

Palmese, A.; Hartley, W.; Tarsitano, F.;

; Lahav, O.; Allam, S.;

;

; Tucker, D.; Brout, D.; Banerji, M.; Bechtol, K.; Diehl, H. T.; Fruchter, A.;

; Herner, K.; Levan, A. J.; Li, T. S.;

Publication Date:: Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); European Union (EU); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain (MINECO); Australian Research Council (ARC)

Contributing Org.:: DES Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1422479

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1433098; OSTI ID: 1437403

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-17-466-AE-CD-PPD; arXiv:1710.06748
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213; TRN: US1801609

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-07CH11359; AST-1138766; AST-1536171; AYA2015-71825; ESP2015-66861; FPA2015-68048; SEV-2016-0588; SEV- 2016-0597; MDM-2015-0509; 240672; 291329; AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online); Journal Volume: 849; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galaxies individual (NGC 4993); galaxies evolution; galaxies structure; gravitational waves

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                    Palmese, A., Hartley, W., Tarsitano, F., Conselice, C., Lahav, O., Allam, S., Annis, J., Lin, H., Soares-Santos, M., Tucker, D., Brout, D., Banerji, M., Bechtol, K., Diehl, H. T., Fruchter, A., García-Bellido, J., Herner, K., Levan, A. J., Li, T. S., Lidman, C., Misra, K., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Abbott, T. M.  C., Abdalla, F. B., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N., Davis, C., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Giannantonio, T., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Jain, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Johnson, M. W.  G., Johnson, M. D., Krause, E., Kron, R., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., Maia, M. A.  G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., McMahon, R. G., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Ogando, R. L.  C., Plazas, A. A., Reil, K., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Schindler, R., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E.  C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Thomas, R. C., Walker, A. R., Weller, J., Zhang, Y., and Zuntz, J. Evidence for Dynamically Driven Formation of the GW170817 Neutron Star Binary in NGC 4993.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Palmese, A., Hartley, W., Tarsitano, F., Conselice, C., Lahav, O., Allam, S., Annis, J., Lin, H., Soares-Santos, M., Tucker, D., Brout, D., Banerji, M., Bechtol, K., Diehl, H. T., Fruchter, A., García-Bellido, J., Herner, K., Levan, A. J., Li, T. S., Lidman, C., Misra, K., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Abbott, T. M.  C., Abdalla, F. B., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N., Davis, C., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Giannantonio, T., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Jain, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Johnson, M. W.  G., Johnson, M. D., Krause, E., Kron, R., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., Maia, M. A.  G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., McMahon, R. G., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Ogando, R. L.  C., Plazas, A. A., Reil, K., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Schindler, R., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E.  C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Thomas, R. C., Walker, A. R., Weller, J., Zhang, Y., & Zuntz, J. Evidence for Dynamically Driven Formation of the GW170817 Neutron Star Binary in NGC 4993.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9660

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                    Palmese, A., Hartley, W., Tarsitano, F., Conselice, C., Lahav, O., Allam, S., Annis, J., Lin, H., Soares-Santos, M., Tucker, D., Brout, D., Banerji, M., Bechtol, K., Diehl, H. T., Fruchter, A., García-Bellido, J., Herner, K., Levan, A. J., Li, T. S., Lidman, C., Misra, K., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Abbott, T. M.  C., Abdalla, F. B., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N., Davis, C., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Giannantonio, T., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Jain, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Johnson, M. W.  G., Johnson, M. D., Krause, E., Kron, R., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., Maia, M. A.  G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., McMahon, R. G., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Ogando, R. L.  C., Plazas, A. A., Reil, K., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Schindler, R., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E.  C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Thomas, R. C., Walker, A. R., Weller, J., Zhang, Y., and Zuntz, J. Thu .  
"Evidence for Dynamically Driven Formation of the GW170817 Neutron Star Binary in NGC 4993".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9660.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1422479.

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  title        = {Evidence for Dynamically Driven Formation of the GW170817 Neutron Star Binary in NGC 4993},

  author       = {Palmese, A. and Hartley, W. and Tarsitano, F. and Conselice, C. and Lahav, O. and Allam, S. and Annis, J. and Lin, H. and Soares-Santos, M. and Tucker, D. and Brout, D. and Banerji, M. and Bechtol, K. and Diehl, H. T. and Fruchter, A. and García-Bellido, J. and Herner, K. and Levan, A. J. and Li, T. S. and Lidman, C. and Misra, K. and Sako, M. and Scolnic, D. and Smith, M. and Abbott, T. M.  C. and Abdalla, F. B. and Benoit-Lévy, A. and Bertin, E. and Brooks, D. and Buckley-Geer, E. and Rosell, A. Carnero and Kind, M. Carrasco and Carretero, J. and Castander, F. J. and Cunha, C. E. and D’Andrea, C. B. and da Costa, L. N. and Davis, C. and DePoy, D. L. and Desai, S. and Dietrich, J. P. and Doel, P. and Drlica-Wagner, A. and Eifler, T. F. and Evrard, A. E. and Flaugher, B. and Fosalba, P. and Frieman, J. and Gaztanaga, E. and Gerdes, D. W. and Giannantonio, T. and Gruen, D. and Gruendl, R. A. and Gschwend, J. and Gutierrez, G. and Honscheid, K. and Jain, B. and James, D. J. and Jeltema, T. and Johnson, M. W.  G. and Johnson, M. D. and Krause, E. and Kron, R. and Kuehn, K. and Kuhlmann, S. and Kuropatkin, N. and Lima, M. and Maia, M. A.  G. and March, M. and Marshall, J. L. and McMahon, R. G. and Menanteau, F. and Miller, C. J. and Miquel, R. and Neilsen, E. and Ogando, R. L.  C. and Plazas, A. A. and Reil, K. and Romer, A. K. and Sanchez, E. and Schindler, R. and Smith, R. C. and Sobreira, F. and Suchyta, E. and Swanson, M. E.  C. and Tarle, G. and Thomas, D. and Thomas, R. C. and Walker, A. R. and Weller, J. and Zhang, Y. and Zuntz, J.},

  abstractNote = {We present a study of NGC 4993, the host galaxy of the GW170817 gravitational-wave event, the GRB 170817A short gamma-ray burst (sGRB), and the AT 2017gfo kilonova. We use Dark Energy Camera imaging, AAT spectra, and publicly available data, relating our findings to binary neutron star (BNS) formation scenarios and merger delay timescales. NGC 4993 is a nearby early-type galaxy, with an i-band Sérsic index n = 4.0 and low asymmetry (A = 0.04 ±0.01). These properties are unusual for sGRB hosts. However, NGC 4993 presents shell-like structures and dust lanes indicative of a recent galaxy merger, with the optical transient located close to a shell. We constrain the star formation history (SFH) of the galaxy assuming that the galaxy merger produced a star formation burst, but find little to no ongoing star formation in either spatially resolved broadband SED or spectral fitting. We use the best-fit SFH to estimate the BNS merger rate in this type of galaxy, as . If star formation is the only considered BNS formation scenario, the expected number of BNS mergers from early-type galaxies detectable with LIGO during its first two observing seasons is , as opposed to ~0.5 from all galaxy types. Hypothesizing that the binary formed due to dynamical interactions during the galaxy merger, the subsequent time elapsed can constrain the delay time of the BNS coalescence. By using velocity dispersion estimates and the position of the shells, we find that the galaxy merger occurred t mer ≲ 200 Myr prior to the BNS coalescence.},

  doi          = {10.3847/2041-8213/aa9660},

  journal      = {The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 849,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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An Attempt to Determine the Circumstellar Reddening Law journal, January 1976

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Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003 journal, October 2003

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Galactic Stellar and Substellar Initial Mass Function journal, July 2003

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A Search for Kilonovae in the Dark Energy Survey journal, March 2017

Nucleosynthesis, neutrino bursts and γ-rays from coalescing neutron stars journal, July 1989

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Binary Neutron Star Mergers journal, July 2012

The dark Energy Camera journal, October 2015

The Imacs Cluster Building Survey. iv. the Log-Normal star Formation History of Galaxies journal, May 2013

Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey journal, September 2006

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures journal, October 2009

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: samples, observational techniques and the first data release journal, December 2004

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Formation and coalescence of relativistic binary stars: the effect of kick velocity journal, June 1997

Detailed Decomposition of Galaxy Images. ii. Beyond Axisymmetric Models journal, April 2010

On the formation and dynamics of shells around elliptical galaxies journal, April 1984

Dynamical Formation of the Gw150914 Binary Black hole journal, June 2016

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera journal, October 2017

Missing stellar mass in SED fitting: spatially unresolved photometry can underestimate galaxy masses journal, July 2015

Galaxy Groups: a 2mass Catalog journal, April 2015

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MegaMorph – multiwavelength measurement of galaxy structure. Sérsic profile fits to galaxies near and far journal, August 2013

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Version 1 of the Hubble Source Catalog journal, May 2016

Observations of GW170817 by DESGW and the DECam GW-EM Collaboration journal, October 2017

The origin of the first neutron star – neutron star merger journal, July 2018

Nature abhors a circle journal, December 2018

Searching for eccentricity: signatures of dynamical formation in the first gravitational-wave transient catalogue of LIGO and Virgo journal, October 2019

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Did GW170817 Harbor a Pulsar? journal, September 2019

Did GW170817 harbor a pulsar? text, January 2019

Merging Rates of Compact Binaries in Galaxies: Perspectives for Gravitational Wave Detections text, January 2019

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Binary Neutron Star (BNS) merger: What we learned from relativistic ejecta of GW/GRB~170817A text, January 2019

Low Mass Black Holes from Dark Core Collapse text, January 2020

Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger
journal, October 2017

GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
journal, October 2017

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journal, January 1976

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journal, December 1999

Classification parameters for the emission-line spectra of extragalactic objects
journal, February 1981

The Effect of Space Reddening on the Balmer Decrement in Planetary Nebulae
journal, July 1936

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journal, June 1996

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. VII. Properties of the Host Galaxy and Constraints on the Merger Timescale
journal, October 2017

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journal, October 2003

Improving the full spectrum fitting method: accurate convolution with Gauss–Hermite functions
journal, November 2016

Parametric Recovery of Line‐of‐Sight Velocity Distributions from Absorption‐Line Spectra of Galaxies via Penalized Likelihood
journal, February 2004

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journal, December 1988

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journal, July 2003

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journal, July 2003

A Search for Kilonovae in the Dark Energy Survey
journal, March 2017

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journal, July 1989

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journal, August 2004

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journal, July 2012

The dark Energy Camera
journal, October 2015

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journal, May 2013

Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey
journal, September 2006

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures
journal, October 2009

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journal, December 2004

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journal, November 2006

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journal, August 2007

Formation and coalescence of relativistic binary stars: the effect of kick velocity
journal, June 1997

Detailed Decomposition of Galaxy Images. ii. Beyond Axisymmetric Models
journal, April 2010

On the formation and dynamics of shells around elliptical galaxies
journal, April 1984

Dynamical Formation of the Gw150914 Binary Black hole
journal, June 2016

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera
journal, October 2017

Missing stellar mass in SED fitting: spatially unresolved photometry can underestimate galaxy masses
journal, July 2015

Galaxy Groups: a 2mass Catalog
journal, April 2015

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journal, November 2015

MegaMorph – multiwavelength measurement of galaxy structure. Sérsic profile fits to galaxies near and far
journal, August 2013

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journal, April 2016

Version 1 of the Hubble Source Catalog
journal, May 2016

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journal, October 2017

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journal, October 2019

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journal, July 2019

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