MAGIC electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave alerts

The year 2015 witnessed the first direct observations of a transient gravitational-wave (GW) signal from binary black hole mergers by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO) Collaboration with the Virgo Collaboration. The MAGIC two 17m diameter Cherenkov telescopes s...

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2016-09, Vol.12 (S324), p.287-290
Main Authors: De Lotto, Barbara, Ansoldi, Stefano, Antonelli, Angelo, Berti, Alessio, Carosi, Alessandro, Longo, Francesco, Stamerra, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
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Astronomy
Collaboration
Contributed Papers
Data analysis
Gravitational waves
Lasers
Telescopes
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Summary:The year 2015 witnessed the first direct observations of a transient gravitational-wave (GW) signal from binary black hole mergers by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO) Collaboration with the Virgo Collaboration. The MAGIC two 17m diameter Cherenkov telescopes system joined since 2014 the vast collaboration of electromagnetic facilities for follow-up of gravitational wave alerts. During the 2015 LIGO-Virgo science run we set up the procedure for GW alerts follow-up and took data following the last GW alert. MAGIC results on the data analysis and prospects for the forthcoming run are presented.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921317001430