Estimating transient detection efficiency in electromagnetic follow up searches

Darren J. White; Sheon Chua; Andrew Wade; David McClelland; Susan Scott; Ping Lam; Daniel Shaddock

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/363/1/012036

Estimating transient detection efficiency in electromagnetic follow up searches

Darren J. White^*, Sheon Chua, Andrew Wade, David McClelland, Susan Scott, Ping Lam, Daniel Shaddock

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During the most recent LIGO-Virgo science run (Dec 17 2009 to Jan 8 2010 and Sep 2 to Oct 20 2010) multi-messenger searches were performed using several partner telescopes. This resulted in large data sets with images covering several square degrees of the sky. Analysis of these images is currently underway using a variety of different tools. We present an overview of these efforts, in particular the development of new tools which enable us to establish the efficiency for transient images in the fields. This is critical in establishing the sensitivity of gravitational wave and electromagnetic multi-messenger searches to the astrophysical signals we expect to be associated with gravitational waves.

Original language	English
Article number	012036
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	363
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/363/1/012036
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	9th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Amaldi 9 and the 2011 Numerical Relativity - Data Analysis Meeting, NRDA 2011 - Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Jul 2011 → 15 Jul 2011

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