The road to multimessenger astronomy with Advanced LIGO

Document #:

LIGO-G1300492-v5

Document type:

G - Presentations (eg Graphics)

Abstract:

Compact binary mergers are among the most promising sources for advanced, ground-based, gravitational wave detectors. They are also compelling progenitors for short, hard gamma-ray bursts and multiwavelength afterglows. One of the most hotly anticipated outcomes of the Advanced LIGO era is joint observations of a compact binary coalescence event in gravitational waves and optical. Yet there are formidable challenges to overcome in both channels to make this feasible.

I will discuss ongoing work that I am involved in on several essential and adjacent steps along this path, from low-latency gravitational wave detection, to rapid and self-consistent Bayesian sky localization, to confronting optical transient hunting in multi-square-degree error regions.

Files in Document:

• seminar.pdf (30.3 MB)

Other Files:

• seminar.key (95.5 MB)

Topics:

• Astrophysics / Multi-messenger
• Data analysis software
• Compact Binaries

Authors:

• Leo Singer

Keywords:

cbc multimessenger optical followup bayesian localization ptf

Notes and Changes:

Version presented at Syracuse on July 2