Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger

On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor independently detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) with a time delay of ~1.7 s with respect to the merger time. From the gravitational-wave signal, the source was initially localized to a sky region of 31 deg2 at a luminosity distance of 40+8-8 Mpc and with component masses consistent with neutron stars. The component masses were later measured to be in the range 0.86 to 2.26 Mo. An extensive observing campaign was launched across the electromagnetic spectrum leading to the discovery of a bright optical transient (SSS17a, now with the IAU identification of AT 2017gfo) in NGC 4993 (at ~40 Mpc) less than 11 hours after the merger by the One- Meter, Two Hemisphere (1M2H) team using the 1 m Swope Telescope. The optical transient was independently detected by multiple teams within an hour. Subsequent observations targeted the object and its environment. Early ultraviolet observations revealed a blue transient that faded within 48 hours. Optical and infrared observations showed a redward evolution over ~10 days. Following early non-detections, X-ray and radio emission were discovered at the transient’s position ~9 and ~16 days, respectively, after the merger. Both the X-ray and radio emission likely arise from a physical process that is distinct from the one that generates the UV/optical/near-infrared emission. No ultra-high-energy gamma-rays and no neutrino candidates consistent with the source were found in follow-up searches. These observations support the hypothesis that GW170817 was produced by the merger of two neutron stars in NGC4993 followed by a short gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) and a kilonova/macronova powered by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei synthesized in the ejecta

Observation of chi(cJ) -> Lambda(Lambda)over-bar(eta)

By analyzing (448.1 +/- 2.9) x 10(6) psi(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider, the decays of chi(cJ) -> Lambda(Lambda) over bar (eta) (J = 0, 1, and 2) are observed for the first time with statistical significances of 13.9 sigma, 6.7 sigma, and 8.2 sigma, respectively. The product branching fractions of psi(3686) -> gamma chi(cJ) and chi(cJ) -> Lambda(Lambda) over bar (eta) are measured. Dividing by the world averages of the branching fractions of psi(3686) -> gamma chi(cJ), the branching fractions of chi(cJ) -> Lambda(Lambda) over bar (eta) decays are determined to be (2.31 +/- 0.30 +/- 0.21) x 10(-4), (5.86 +/- 1.38 +/- 0.68) x 10(-5), and (1.05 +/- 0.21 +/- 0.15) x 10(-4) for J = 0, 1 and 2, respectively, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic

Herbal medicine in diabetes mellitus with cardiovascular diseases

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Measurement of the e(+) e(-) -> omega pi(0)pi(0) cross section at center-of-mass energies from 2.0 to 3.08 GeV

The cross section of the process e(+)e(-) -> omega pi(0)pi(0) is measured at nineteen center-of-mass energies from 2.0 to 3.08 GeV using data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring. A resonant structure around 2.20 GeV is observed with statistical significance larger than 5 sigma. Using a coherent fit to the cross section line shape, the mass and width are determined to be M = 2222 +/- 7 +/- 2 MeV/c(2) and Gamma = 59 +/- 30 +/- 6 MeV, respectively, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second ones are systematic