Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-10-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
For the proceedings for the 46th Rencontres de Moriond and GPhyS Colloquium on Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity
Scientific paper
A pioneering electromagnetic (EM) observation follow-up program of candidate gravitational wave (GW) triggers has been performed, Dec 17 2009 to Jan 8 2010 and Sep 4 to Oct 20 2010, during the recent LIGO/Virgo run. The follow-up program involved ground-based and space EM facilities observing the sky at optical, X-ray and radio wavelengths. The joint GW/EM observation study requires the development of specific image analysis procedures able to discriminate the possible EM counterpart of GW trigger from background events. The paper shows an overview of the EM follow-up program and the developing image analysis procedures as they are applied to data collected with TAROT and Zadko.
Branchesi Marica
Klotz Alain
Laas-Bourez Myrtille
on behalf of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
The Virgo Collaboration
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