Hunting gravitational waves with multi-messenger counterparts: Australia’s role

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dc.contributor.authorHowell, E.
dc.contributor.authorRowlinson, A.
dc.contributor.authorCoward, D.
dc.contributor.authorLasky, P.
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, D.
dc.contributor.authorThrane, E.
dc.contributor.authorRowell, G.
dc.contributor.authorGalloway, D.
dc.contributor.authorYuan, F.
dc.contributor.authorDodson, R.
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, T.
dc.contributor.authorHill, G.
dc.contributor.authorAndreoni, I.
dc.contributor.authorSpitler, L.
dc.contributor.authorHorton, A.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe first observations by a worldwide network of advanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors offer a unique opportunity for the astronomical community. At design sensitivity, these facilities will be able to detect coalescing binary neutron stars to distances approaching 400 Mpc, and neutron star–black hole systems to 1 Gpc. Both of these sources are associated with gamma-ray bursts which are known to emit across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Gravitational wave detections provide the opportunity for ‘multi-messenger’ observations, combining gravitational wave with electromagnetic, cosmic ray, or neutrino observations. This review provides an overview of how Australian astronomical facilities and collaborations with the gravitational wave community can contribute to this new era of discovery, via contemporaneous follow-up observations from the radio to the optical and high energy. We discuss some of the frontier discoveries that will be made possible when this new window to the Universe is opened.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityE. J. Howell, A. Rowlinson, D.M.Coward, P.D.Lasky, D. L. Kaplan, E. Thrane, G. Rowell, D.K.Galloway, Fang Yuan, R. Dodson, T. Murphy, G.C.Hill, I. Andreoni, L. Spitler and A. Horton
dc.identifier.citationPublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2015; 32:e046-1-e046-24
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/pasa.2015.49
dc.identifier.issn1323-3580
dc.identifier.issn1448-6083
dc.identifier.orcidRowell, G. [0000-0002-9516-1581]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/100029
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT100100345
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102578
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE1101020
dc.rights© Astronomical Society of Australia 2015; published by Cambridge University Press.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2015.49
dc.subjectGamma-ray burst; gravitational waves; stars; supernovae
dc.titleHunting gravitational waves with multi-messenger counterparts: Australia’s role
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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