2009/02/28 by E. S. Phinney, Phinney, E. S. · 2 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0903.0098
Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 Decadal Survey
arxiv created 2009/02/28 · openalex publication_date 2009/02/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The principal goal of this whitepaper is not so much to demonstrate that gravitational wave detectors like LIGO and LISA will help answer many central questions in astronomy and astrophysics, but to make the case that they can help answer a far greater range of questions if we prepare to make the (sometimes substantial) effort to identify electromagnetic counterparts to the gravitational wave sources.