Open questions in astrophysically triggered gravitational wave searches

Details Open questions in astrophysically triggered gravitational wave searches Open questions in astrophysically triggered gravitational wave searches

Aug 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jphcs.243a2001m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 243, Issue 1, pp. 012001 (2010).

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Sources of gravitational waves are often expected to also be observable through several other messengers, such as gamma rays, X-rays, optical, radio, and/or neutrino emission. Some of these channels are already being used in searches for gravitational waves with the LIGO-GEO600-Virgo interferometer network, and others are currently being incorporated into new searches. Astrophysical targets include gamma-ray bursts, soft-gamma repeaters, supernovae, and glitching pulsars. The simultaneous observation of electromagnetic or neutrino emission could be a crucial aspect for the first direct detection of gravitational waves. Information on the progenitor, such as trigger time, direction and expected frequency range, can enhance our ability to identify gravitational wave signatures with amplitudes close to the noise floor of the detector. Furthermore, combining gravitational waves with electromagnetic and neutrino observations will enable the extraction of scientific insight that was hidden from us before. The paper discusses the status of transient multimessenger detection efforts as well as intriguing questions that might be resolved in the future by advanced and third generation gravitational wave detectors.

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