Multi-messenger astrophysics in the gravitational-wave era

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oai:arXiv.org:2311.10229

Topic

Astrophysics - High Energy Astroph...

Author

Mo, Geoffrey Jayaraman, Rahul Frostig, Danielle Fausnaugh, Michael M. Katsavounidis, Erik Ricker, George R.

Year

2023

listing date

11/22/2023

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Abstract

The observation of GW170817, the first binary neutron star merger observed in both gravitational waves (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) waves, kickstarted the age of multi-messenger GW astronomy.

This new technique presents an observationally rich way to probe extreme astrophysical processes.

With the onset of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration's O4 observing run and wide-field EM instruments well-suited for transient searches, multi-messenger astrophysics has never been so promising.

We review recent searches and results for multi-messenger counterparts to GW events, and describe existing and upcoming EM follow-up facilities, with a particular focus on WINTER, a new near-infrared survey telescope, and TESS, an exoplanet survey space telescope.

;Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, proceedings from TAUP 2023

Mo, Geoffrey,Jayaraman, Rahul,Frostig, Danielle,Fausnaugh, Michael M.,Katsavounidis, Erik,Ricker, George R., 2023, Multi-messenger astrophysics in the gravitational-wave era