Author Correction: The unpolarized macronova associated with the gravitational wave event GW 170817. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Covino, S.; Wiersema, K.; Fan, Y.; Toma, K.; Higgins, A.; Melandri, A.; D'Avanzo, P.; Mundell, C.; Palazzi, E.; Tanvir, N.; Bernardini, M.; Branchesi, M.; Brocato, E.; Campana, S.; Alighieri, S.; Götz, D.; Fynbo, J.; Gao, W.; Gomboc, A.; Gompertz, B.; Greiner, J.; Hjorth, J.; Jin, Z.; Kaper, L.; Klose, S.; Kobayashi, S.; Kopac, D.; Kouveliotou, C.; Levan, A.; Mao, J.; Malesani, D.; Pian, E.; Rossi, A.; Salvaterra, R.; Starling, R.; Steele, I.; Tagliaferri, G.; Troja, E.; van der Horst, A.; Wijers, R.;
• Is Part Of: Nature astronomy. Volume 1:Number 11(2017)
• Page Start: 805
• Page End: 805
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1038/s41550-017-0319-6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2397-3366

Abstract

In the version of this Letter originally published, in the third paragraph of the text Kyutoku et al. were not correctly cited and the sentence should have read: "As pointed out by Kyutoku at al.28, in the case of high optical depth to electron scattering (~1) and assuming spectral lines do not significantly depolarize the global emission, the linear polarization observed from the equatorial plane could be as high as a few per cent." Also, in the Author contributions section, the final sentence should have read: "C.G.M. contributed to the writing of the paper."