2008/03/31 by J. B. Kanner, Jonah Kanner, Tracy L. Huard +7 · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Gravitational wave #Gravitational-wave observatory #LIGO #Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Telescope #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/18/184034
published as Class.Quant.Grav.25:184034,2008 · 11 pages, 2 figures; v2) added acknowledgments, additional references, and minor text changes v3) added 1 figure, additional references, and minor text changes. v4) Updated references and acknowledgments. To be published in the GWDAW 12 Conf. Proc. by Classical and Quantum Gravity
arxiv created 2008/07/10 · openalex publication_date 2008/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Gravitational wave (GW) bursts (short duration signals) are expected to be associated with highly energetic astrophysical processes. With such high energies present, it is likely these astrophysical events will have signatures in the EM spectrum as well as in gravitational radiation. We have initiated a program, 'Locating and Observing Optical Counterparts to Unmodeled Pulses in Gravitational Waves' (LOOC UP) to promptly search for counterparts to GW burst candidates. The proposed method analyzes near real-time data from the LIGO–Virgo network, and then uses a telescope network to seek optical-transient counterparts to candidate GW signals. We carried out a pilot study using S5/VSR1 data from the LIGO–Virgo network to develop methods and software tools for such a search. We will present the method, with an emphasis on the potential for such a search to be carried out during the next science run of LIGO and Virgo, expected to begin in 2009.