FIRST SEARCHES FOR OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE CANDIDATE EVENTS
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Aggarwal, Nancy
Barsotti, Lisa
Essick, Reed Clasey
Isogai, Tomoki
Katsavounidis, Erotokritos
Kissel, Jeffrey S.
Lee, J.
Matichard, Fabrice
Mavalvala, Nergis
Oelker, Eric Glenn
Date Issued
February 2014
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series
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IOP Publishing
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Aasi, J., J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, et al. “FIRST SEARCHES FOR OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE CANDIDATE EVENTS.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 211, no. 1 (February 11, 2014): 7. © 2014 The American Astronomical Society
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Abstract
During the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory and Virgo joint science runs in 2009-2010, gravitational wave (GW) data from three interferometer detectors were analyzed within minutes to select GW candidate events and infer their apparent sky positions. Target coordinates were transmitted to several telescopes for follow-up observations aimed at the detection of an associated optical transient. Images were obtained for eight such GW candidates. We present the methods used to analyze the image data as well as the transient search results. No optical transient was identified with a convincing association with any of these candidates, and none of the GW triggers showed strong evidence for being astrophysical in nature. We compare the sensitivities of these observations to several model light curves from possible sources of interest, and discuss prospects for future joint GW-optical observations of this type.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/7
