franco_vazza on Nostr: Interesting this morning on #astroph 2. "Could a Kilonova Kill: a Threat Assessment! ...
Interesting this morning on #astroph
2. "Could a Kilonova Kill: a Threat Assessment! 😬 by Perkins et al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11627
yes!
if it's within a <10 pc distance, mostly through the radiation of high energy cosmic rays. At smaller distances, also X-ray and gamma-rays can be lethal.
We just needed to more death and destruction in our daily reading....!
But no, it's a very good paper actually.
#astrodon #astronomy
2. "Could a Kilonova Kill: a Threat Assessment! 😬 by Perkins et al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11627
yes!
if it's within a <10 pc distance, mostly through the radiation of high energy cosmic rays. At smaller distances, also X-ray and gamma-rays can be lethal.
We just needed to more death and destruction in our daily reading....!
But no, it's a very good paper actually.
#astrodon #astronomy