Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21540606s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #406.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.230
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
The large gravitational-wave detectors in the U.S. and Europe are now collecting data and searching for the gravitational signatures of compact binary mergers, stellar core collapse, black hole creation, and other highly energetic astrophysical events. One part of this effort is an attempt to Locate and Observe Optical Counterparts to Unmodeled Pulses of gravitational waves, by enlisting wide-field optical telescopes to promptly capture images of the sky positions reconstructed for gravitational-wave signal candidates. A transient optical counterpart, if detected, could help confirm a signal candidate as a real event and would yield valuable information about the progenitor and the astrophysics of the event. This poster will describe the methods and current operation of the LOOC-UP project. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation and other funding agencies worldwide.
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Shawhan Peter S.
Virgo Collaboration
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