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Title: Geographic and Annual Influences on Optical Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Events
Authors: SRIVASTAVA, VARUN
Bhalerao, Varun
Ravi, Aravind P.
Ghosh, Archisman
Bose, Sukanta
Dept. of Physics
Keywords: Geographic
Annual Influences
Optical Follow-up
Gravitational Wave Events
2017
Issue Date: Mar-2017
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Citation: Astrophysical Journal, 838(1), 46.
Abstract: We investigate the effects of observatory location on the probability of discovering optical/infrared (OIR) counterparts of gravitational wave sources. We show that, for the LIGO–Virgo network, the odds of discovering OIR counterparts show some latitude dependence. A stronger effect is seen to arise from the timing of LIGO–Virgo observing runs during the year, with northern OIR observatories having a better chance of finding the counterparts in northern winters. Assuming identical technical capabilities, the tentative mid-2017 three-detector network observing run favors southern OIR observatories for the discovery of electromagnetic counterparts.
URI: http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3542
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa62a4
ISSN: 0004-637X
1538-4357
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