Short duration Gamma Ray Bursts(SGRB) and their afterglows are among the most
promising electro-magnetic (EM) counterparts of Neutron Star (NS) mergers. The
afterglow emission is broadband, visible across the entire electro-magnetic
window from γ-ray to radio frequencies. The flux evolution in these
frequencies is sensitive to the multi-dimensional afterglow physical parameter
space. Observations of gravitational wave (GW) from BNS mergers in spatial and
temporal coincidence with SGRB and associated afterglows can provide valuable
constraints on afterglow physics. We run simulations of GW-detected BNS events
and assuming all of them are associated with a GRB jet which also produces an
afterglow, investigate how detections or non-detections in X-ray, optical and
radio frequencies can be influenced by the parameter space. We narrow-down the
regions of afterglow parameter space for a uniform top-hat jet model which
would result in different detection scenarios. We list inferences which can be
drawn on the physics of GRB afterglows from multi-messenger astronomy with
coincident GW-EM observations.Comment: Published in MNRA