GCN Circular 34863
Subject
LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S231020ba: Updated Sky localization and EM Bright Classification
Date
2023-10-21T02:42:37Z (a year ago)
From
carl.haster@unlv.edu
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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report:
We have conducted further analysis of the LIGO Hanford Observatory (H1) and LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) data around the time of the compact binary merger (CBC) candidate S231020ba (GCN Circular 34852). Parameter estimation has been performed using Bilby [1] and a new sky map, Bilby.offline0.multiorder.fits,0, distributed via GCN Notice, is available for retrieval from the GraceDB event page:
https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S231020ba
Based on posterior support from parameter estimation [1], under the assumption that the candidate S231020ba is astrophysical in origin, the probability that the lighter compact object is consistent with a neutron star mass (HasNS) is <1%. [2] Using the masses and spins inferred from the signal, the probability of matter outside the final compact object (HasRemnant) is <1%. [2] Both HasNS and HasRemnant consider the support of several neutron star equations of state. The probability that either of the binary components lies between 3 and 5 solar masses (HasMassgap) is 16%.
For the Bilby.offline0.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 1339 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 1168 +/- 361 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation).
For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/userguide/.
[1] Ashton et al. ApJS 241, 27 (2019) and Morisaki et al. arXiv:2307.13380 (2023)
[2] Chatterjee et al. ApJ 896, 54 (2020)