Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-03
Class.Quant.Grav.25:184034,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 2 figures; v2) added acknowledgments, additional references, and minor text changes v3) added 1 figure, additional r
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/25/18/184034
Gravitational wave (GW) bursts (short duration signals) are expected to be associated with highly energetic astrophysical processes. With such high energies present, it is likely these astrophysical events will have signatures in the EM spectrum as well as in gravitational radiation. We have initiated a program, "Locating and Observing Optical Counterparts to Unmodeled Pulses in Gravitational Waves" (LOOC UP) to promptly search for counterparts to GW burst candidates. The proposed method analyzes near real-time data from the LIGO-Virgo network, and then uses a telescope network to seek optical-transient counterparts to candidate GW signals. We carried out a pilot study using S5/VSR1 data from the LIGO-Virgo network to develop methods and software tools for such a search. We will present the method, with an emphasis on the potential for such a search to be carried out during the next science run of LIGO and Virgo, expected to begin in 2009.
Huard Tracy L.
Kanner Jonah
Marka Szabolcs
Murphy David C.
Piscionere Jennifer
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