TY - JOUR
T1 - Astronomy and astrophysics with gravitational waves in the Advanced Detector Era
AU - Weinstein, Alan J.
AU - Chua, Sheon
AU - Wade, Andrew
AU - McClelland, David
AU - Scott, Susan
AU - Lam, Ping
AU - Shaddock, Daniel
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - With the advanced gravitational wave detectors coming on line in the next 5 years, we expect to make the first detections of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources, and study the properties of the waves themselves as tests of General Relativity. In addition, these gravitational waves will be powerful tools for the study of their astrophysical sources and source populations. They carry information that is quite complementary to what can be learned from electromagnetic or neutrino observations, probing the central gravitational engines that power the electromagnetic emissions. Preparations are being made to enable near-simultaneous observations of both gravitational wave and electromagnetic observations of transient sources, using low-latency search pipelines and rapid sky localization. We will review the many opportunities for multi-messenger astronomy and astrophysics with gravitational waves enabled by the advanced detectors, and the preparations that are being made to quickly and fully exploit them.
AB - With the advanced gravitational wave detectors coming on line in the next 5 years, we expect to make the first detections of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources, and study the properties of the waves themselves as tests of General Relativity. In addition, these gravitational waves will be powerful tools for the study of their astrophysical sources and source populations. They carry information that is quite complementary to what can be learned from electromagnetic or neutrino observations, probing the central gravitational engines that power the electromagnetic emissions. Preparations are being made to enable near-simultaneous observations of both gravitational wave and electromagnetic observations of transient sources, using low-latency search pipelines and rapid sky localization. We will review the many opportunities for multi-messenger astronomy and astrophysics with gravitational waves enabled by the advanced detectors, and the preparations that are being made to quickly and fully exploit them.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/062001
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/062001
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 375
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - PART 6
M1 - 062001
T2 - 12th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2011
Y2 - 5 September 2011 through 9 September 2011
ER -