Joint Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Astronomy with LIGO and LSST in the 2020's
by Philip Cowperthwaite, Hsin-Yu Chen, Ben Margalit, Raffaella Margutti, Morgan May, Brian Metzger, and Chris Pankow
Published onMay 31, 2019
Joint Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Astronomy with LIGO and LSST in the 2020's
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Abstract
In this white paper, we outline the case for using some percentage of LSST survey time for dedicated target-of-opportunity follow up of GW triggers in order to efficiently and rapidly identify optical counterparts.
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