Relativistic Jets in Astrophysics - Compact binary mergers, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Beyond

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Afterglow Constraints on the Viewing Angle of Binary Neutron Star Mergers and Determination of the Hubble Constant

Author(s): Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 909/2, 2021, Page(s) 114, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd6cd

Bolometric light curves of aspherical shock breakout

Author(s): Irwin, Christopher M. ; Linial, Itai ; Nakar, Ehud ; Piran, Tsvi ; Sari, Re'em
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 508, Issue 4, 2021, Page(s) 5766-5785, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2705

The electromagnetic counterparts of compact binary mergers

Author(s): Ehud Nakar
Published in: Physics Reports, 886, 2020, Page(s) 1-84, ISSN 0370-1573
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2020.08.008

Intermittent mildly magnetized jets as the source of GRBs

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Omer Bromberg, Amir Levinson, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504/3, 2021, Page(s) 3947-3955, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1068

Generalized compactness limit from an arbitrary viewing angle

Author(s): Tatsuya Matsumoto, Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486/2, 2019, Page(s) 1563-1573, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz923

High efficiency photospheric emission entailed by formation of a collimation shock in gamma-ray bursts

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Amir Levinson, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488/1, 2019, Page(s) 1416-1426, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1828

Detectability of neutron star merger afterglows

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488/2, 2019, Page(s) 2405-2411, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1906

The propagation of choked jet outflows in power-law external media

Author(s): Christopher M Irwin, Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489/2, 2019, Page(s) 2844-2872, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2268

Radioactive Heating Rate of r -process Elements and Macronova Light Curve

Author(s): Kenta Hotokezaka, Ehud Nakar
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 891/2, 2020, Page(s) 152, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: AAS publishing
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a98

Intermittent hydrodynamic jets in collapsars do not produce GRBs

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Amir Levinson, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495/1, 2020, Page(s) 570-577, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1216

Physics of radiation mediated shocks and its applications to GRBs, supernovae, and neutron star mergers

Author(s): Amir Levinson, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Physics Reports, 866, 2020, Page(s) 1-46, ISSN 0370-1573
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2020.04.003

The structure of hydrodynamic γ-ray burst jets

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Ehud Nakar, Omer Bromberg
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500/3, 2020, Page(s) 3511-3526, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3501

Spherical Shocks in a Steep Density Gradient of Expanding Media

Author(s): Taya Govreen-Segal, Ehud Nakar, Amir Levinson
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 907/2, 2021, Page(s) 113, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: AAS publication
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd180

The structure of weakly magnetized γ-ray burst jets

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Omer Bromberg, Chandra B Singh, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498/3, 2020, Page(s) 3320-3333, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2567