Observational Implications of Lowering the LIGO-Virgo Alert Threshold

The recent detection of the binary-neutron-star merger associated with GW170817 by both the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo and the network of electromagnetic-spectrum observing facilities around the world has made the multi-messenger detection of gravitational-w...

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Main Authors: Lynch, Ryan Christopher, Coughlin, Michael, Vitale, Salvatore, Stubbs, Christopher W., Katsavounidis, Erik, Katsavounidis, Erotokritos
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122798