LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914
A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The event, initially designated G184098 and later given the name GW150914, is described in detail elsewhere. By prior arrange...
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| author | Aggarwal, Nancy Barsotti, Lisa Biscans, Sebastien Bodiya, Timothy P. Brown, N. M. Buikema, Aaron Donovan, Frederick J Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J Fritschel, Peter K Gras, Slawomir Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kontos, Antonios Libson, Adam A. Lynch, Ryan Christopher MacInnis, Myron E Mason, Kenneth R Matichard, Fabrice Miller, John Mittleman, Richard K Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H Tse, Maggie Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Weiss, Rainer Yam, William Yu, H. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E |
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| author_facet | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Aggarwal, Nancy Barsotti, Lisa Biscans, Sebastien Bodiya, Timothy P. Brown, N. M. Buikema, Aaron Donovan, Frederick J Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J Fritschel, Peter K Gras, Slawomir Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kontos, Antonios Libson, Adam A. Lynch, Ryan Christopher MacInnis, Myron E Mason, Kenneth R Matichard, Fabrice Miller, John Mittleman, Richard K Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H Tse, Maggie Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Weiss, Rainer Yam, William Yu, H. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E |
| author_sort | Aggarwal, Nancy |
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| description | A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The event, initially designated G184098 and later given the name GW150914, is described in detail elsewhere. By prior arrangement, preliminary estimates of the time, significance, and sky location of the event were shared with 63 teams of observers covering radio, optical, near-infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths with ground- and space-based facilities. In this Letter we describe the low-latency analysis of the GW data and present the sky localization of the first observed compact binary merger. We summarize the follow-up observations reported by 25 teams via private Gamma-ray Coordinates Network circulars, giving an overview of the participating facilities, the GW sky localization coverage, the timeline, and depth of the observations. As this event turned out to be a binary black hole merger, there is little expectation of a detectable electromagnetic (EM) signature. Nevertheless, this first broadband campaign to search for a counterpart of an Advanced LIGO source represents a milestone and highlights the broad capabilities of the transient astronomy community and the observing strategies that have been developed to pursue neutron star binary merger events. Detailed investigations of the EM data and results of the EM follow-up campaign are being disseminated in papers by the individual teams. Keywords: gravitational waves, methods: observational |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1194842022-09-29T15:01:21Z LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 Aggarwal, Nancy Barsotti, Lisa Biscans, Sebastien Bodiya, Timothy P. Brown, N. M. Buikema, Aaron Donovan, Frederick J Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J Fritschel, Peter K Gras, Slawomir Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kontos, Antonios Libson, Adam A. Lynch, Ryan Christopher MacInnis, Myron E Mason, Kenneth R Matichard, Fabrice Miller, John Mittleman, Richard K Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H Tse, Maggie Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Weiss, Rainer Yam, William Yu, H. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Aggarwal, Nancy Barsotti, Lisa Biscans, Sebastien Bodiya, Timothy P. Brown, N. M. Buikema, Aaron Donovan, Frederick J Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J Fritschel, Peter K Gras, Slawomir Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kontos, Antonios Libson, Adam A. Lynch, Ryan Christopher MacInnis, Myron E Mason, Kenneth R Matichard, Fabrice Miller, John Mittleman, Richard K Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H Tse, Maggie Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Weiss, Rainer Yam, William Yu, H. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The event, initially designated G184098 and later given the name GW150914, is described in detail elsewhere. By prior arrangement, preliminary estimates of the time, significance, and sky location of the event were shared with 63 teams of observers covering radio, optical, near-infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths with ground- and space-based facilities. In this Letter we describe the low-latency analysis of the GW data and present the sky localization of the first observed compact binary merger. We summarize the follow-up observations reported by 25 teams via private Gamma-ray Coordinates Network circulars, giving an overview of the participating facilities, the GW sky localization coverage, the timeline, and depth of the observations. As this event turned out to be a binary black hole merger, there is little expectation of a detectable electromagnetic (EM) signature. Nevertheless, this first broadband campaign to search for a counterpart of an Advanced LIGO source represents a milestone and highlights the broad capabilities of the transient astronomy community and the observing strategies that have been developed to pursue neutron star binary merger events. Detailed investigations of the EM data and results of the EM follow-up campaign are being disseminated in papers by the individual teams. Keywords: gravitational waves, methods: observational 2018-12-07T19:15:34Z 2018-12-07T19:15:34Z 2016-07 2016-04 2018-02-16T15:16:34Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2041-8213 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119484 Abbott, B. P., et al. “LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914.” The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 826, no. 1, July 2016, p. L13. © 2016 The American Astronomical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-3877 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-7527 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-5757 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-9267 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-4499 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3187 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-7062 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3045 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-0680 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2047-3166 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5163-683X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7387 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2560 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1510-4921 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-0767 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8018-3278 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-1596 http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13 The Astrophysical Journal Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Astronomical Society |
| spellingShingle | Aggarwal, Nancy Barsotti, Lisa Biscans, Sebastien Bodiya, Timothy P. Brown, N. M. Buikema, Aaron Donovan, Frederick J Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J Fritschel, Peter K Gras, Slawomir Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kontos, Antonios Libson, Adam A. Lynch, Ryan Christopher MacInnis, Myron E Mason, Kenneth R Matichard, Fabrice Miller, John Mittleman, Richard K Ray Pitambar Mohapatra, Satyanarayan Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H Tse, Maggie Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Weiss, Rainer Yam, William Yu, H. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 |
| title | LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 |
| title_full | LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 |
| title_fullStr | LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 |
| title_full_unstemmed | LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 |
| title_short | LOCALIZATION AND BROADBAND FOLLOW-UP OF THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT GW150914 |
| title_sort | localization and broadband follow up of the gravitational wave transient gw150914 |
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