Title: Impact of Pulsar and Fallback Sources on Multifrequency Kilonova Models

Abstract

We explore the impact of pulsar electromagnetic dipole and fallback accretion emission on the luminosity of a suite of kilonova models. The pulsar models are varied over pulsar magnetic field strength, pulsar lifetime, ejecta mass, and elemental abundances; the fallback models are varied over fallback accretion rate and ejecta mass. For the abundances, we use Fe and Nd as representatives of the wind and dynamical ejecta, respectively. We simulate radiative transfer in the ejecta in either 1D spherical or 2D cylindrical spatial geometry. For the grid of 1D simulations, the mass fraction of Nd is 0, 10^–4, or 10^–3, and the rest is Fe. Our models that fit the bolometric luminosity of AT 2017gfo (the kilonova associated with the first neutron star merger discovered in gravitational waves, GW170817) do not simultaneously fit the B, V, and I time evolution. Here, we find that the trends of the evolution in B and V magnitudes are better matched by the fallback model relative to the pulsar model, implying the time-dependence of the remnant source influences the color evolution. Further exploration of the parameter space and model deficiencies is needed before we can describe AT 2017gfo with a remnant source.

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Wollaeger, Ryan Thomas  ^[1];

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Fryer, Chris Lee  ^[2];

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Fontes, Christopher John  ^[1];

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Lippuner, Jonas  ^[1];

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Vestrand, W. Thomas  ^[1];

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Mumpower, Matthew Ryan  ^[3];

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Korobkin, Oleg  ^[3];

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Hungerford, Aimee L.  ^[1];

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Even, Wesley Paul  ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics—Center for the Evolution of the Elements, East Lansing, MI (United States); The George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics—Center for the Evolution of the Elements, East Lansing, MI (United States)

Publication Date:

2019-07-19

Research Org.:

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

OSTI Identifier:

1565901

Report Number(s):

LA-UR-19-22590
Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357; TRN: US2000937

Grant/Contract Number:  

89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:

Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:

The Astrophysical Journal (Online)

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 880; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357

Publisher:

Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; methods: numerical; radiative transfer; stars: neutron; supernovae: general