Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. We investigate joint low-latency gravitational wave (GW) detection and prompt electromagnetic (EM) follow-up observations of coalescing binary neutron stars (BNSs). Assuming that BNS mergers are associated with short duration gamma ray bursts (SGRBs),...
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| author | Howell, E. Chu, Q. Rowlinson, A. Gao, H. Zhang, B. Tingay, Steven Boër, M. Wen, L. |
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| description | © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. We investigate joint low-latency gravitational wave (GW) detection and prompt electromagnetic (EM) follow-up observations of coalescing binary neutron stars (BNSs). Assuming that BNS mergers are associated with short duration gamma ray bursts (SGRBs), we evaluate if rapid EM follow-ups can capture the prompt emission, early engine activity or reveal any potential by-products such as magnetars or fast radio bursts. To examine the expected performance of extreme low-latency search pipelines, we simulate a population of coalescing BNSs and use these to estimate the detectability and localisation efficiency at different times before merger. Using observational SGRB flux data corrected to the range of the advanced GW interferometric detectors, we determine what EM observations could be achieved from low-frequency radio up to high energy ?-ray. We show that while challenging, breakthrough multi-messenger science is possible through low latency pipelines. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-115112017-09-13T14:53:53Z Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers Howell, E. Chu, Q. Rowlinson, A. Gao, H. Zhang, B. Tingay, Steven Boër, M. Wen, L. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. We investigate joint low-latency gravitational wave (GW) detection and prompt electromagnetic (EM) follow-up observations of coalescing binary neutron stars (BNSs). Assuming that BNS mergers are associated with short duration gamma ray bursts (SGRBs), we evaluate if rapid EM follow-ups can capture the prompt emission, early engine activity or reveal any potential by-products such as magnetars or fast radio bursts. To examine the expected performance of extreme low-latency search pipelines, we simulate a population of coalescing BNSs and use these to estimate the detectability and localisation efficiency at different times before merger. Using observational SGRB flux data corrected to the range of the advanced GW interferometric detectors, we determine what EM observations could be achieved from low-frequency radio up to high energy ?-ray. We show that while challenging, breakthrough multi-messenger science is possible through low latency pipelines. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11511 10.1088/1742-6596/716/1/012009 Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Howell, E. Chu, Q. Rowlinson, A. Gao, H. Zhang, B. Tingay, Steven Boër, M. Wen, L. Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers |
| title | Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers |
| title_full | Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers |
| title_fullStr | Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers |
| title_short | Fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency GW triggers |
| title_sort | fast response electromagnetic follow-ups from low latency gw triggers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11511 |