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

Project Information

JetNS

Grant agreement ID: 818899

DOI

10.3030/818899

EC signature date 17 December 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 981 250,00

EU contribution

€ 1 981 250,00

Coordinated by

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
Israel

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Relativistic spherical shocks in expanding media

Author(s): Taya Govreen-Segal, Noam Youngerman, Ishika Palit, Ehud Nakar, Amir Levinson, Omer Bromberg
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 528, 2024, Page(s) 313-318, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad4000

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, Issue 909/2, 2021, Page(s) 114, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd6cd

Analytic model for off-axis GRB afterglow images - geometry measurement and implications for measuring H0

Author(s): Taya Govreen-Segal, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue Volume 524, Pages 403–425, 2023, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1628

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, Issue Volume 508, Issue 4, 2021, Page(s) 5766-5785, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2705

Rapidly Evolving Transients in Archival ZTF Public Alerts

Author(s): Li, Wenxiong; Arcavi, Iair; Nakar, Ehud, et al.
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 2023, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ace4bc

The velocity distribution of outflows driven by choked jets in stellar envelopes

Author(s): Matteo Pais, Tsvi Piran, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue Volume 519, Pages 1941–1954, 2023, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3640

The electromagnetic counterparts of compact binary mergers

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

Stripped-envelope supernova light curves argue for central engine activity

Author(s): Ósmar Rodríguez, Ehud Nakar, Dan Maoz
Published in: Nature, Issue 628, 2024, Page(s) 733-735, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07262-x

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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 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, Issue 500/3, 2020, Page(s) 3511-3526, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3501

Fission and fusion of heavy nuclei induced by the passage of a radiation-mediated shock in BNS mergers

Author(s): Alon Granot, Amir Levinson, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 533, 2024, Page(s) 2303-2318, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1965

Observational signatures of stellar explosions driven by relativistic jets

Author(s): Moshe Eisenberg, Ore Gottlieb, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022, Page(s) Volume 517, Pages 582–596, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2184

Spherical Shocks in a Steep Density Gradient of Expanding Media

Author(s): Taya Govreen-Segal, Ehud Nakar, Amir Levinson
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 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, Issue 498/3, 2020, Page(s) 3320-3333, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2567

The propagation of relativistic jets in expanding media

Author(s): Ore Gottlieb, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societ, Issue Volume 517, Issue 2, pp.1640-1666, 2022, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2699

The Iron Yield of Core-collapse Supernovae

Author(s): Rodríguez, Ósmar; Maoz, Dan; Nakar, Ehud
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, 2023, ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ace2bd

The structure and evolution of relativistic jetted blast waves

Author(s): Taya Govreen-Segal, Ehud Nakar
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 531, 2024, Page(s) 1704-1720, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1224