Astronomy and astrophysics with gravitational waves in the Advanced Detector Era

Alan J. Weinstein*, Sheon Chua, Andrew Wade, David McClelland, Susan Scott, Ping Lam, Daniel Shaddock

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    Abstract

    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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number062001
    JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
    Volume375
    Issue numberPART 6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    Event12th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2011 - Munich, Germany
    Duration: 5 Sept 20119 Sept 2011

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