Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13" target="_blank" >http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13" target="_blank" >10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

Original language description

A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The event, initially designated G184098 and later given the name GW150914, is described in detail elsewhere. By prior arrangement, preliminary estimates of the time, significance, and sky location of the event were shared with 63 teams of observers covering radio, optical, near-infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths with ground- and space-based facilities. In this Letter we describe the low-latency analysis of the GW data and present the sky localization of the first observed compact binary merger. We summarize the follow-up observations reported by 25 teams via private Gamma-ray Coordinates Network circulars, giving an overview of the participating facilities, the GW sky localization coverage, the timeline and depth of the observations. As this event turned out to be a binary black hole merger, there is little expectation of a detectable electromagnetic (EM) signature. Nevertheless, this first broadband campaign to search for a counterpart of an Advanced LIGO source represents a milestone and highlights the broad capabilities of the transient astronomy community and the observing strategies that have been developed to pursue neutron star binary merger events. Detailed investigations of the EM data and results of the EM follow-up campaign are being disseminated in papers by the individual teams.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

JA - Electronics and optoelectronics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

ISSN

2041-8205

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

826

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

000380739300013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84982731665