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Optimizing Serendipitous Detections of Kilonovae: Cadence and Filter Selection

The rise of multi-messenger astronomy has brought with it the need to exploit all available data streams and learn more about the astrophysical objects that fall within its breadth. One possible avenue is the search for serendipitous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 Mouza Almualla , Shreya Anand , Michael W. Coughlin , Tim Dietrich , Nidhal Guessoum , Ana Sagués Carracedo , Tomás Ahumada , Igor Andreoni , Sarah Antier , Eric C. Bellm , Mattia Bulla , Leo P. Singer

James Webb Space Telescope can Detect Kilonovae in Gravitational Wave Follow-up Search

Kilonovae represent an important electromagnetic counterpart for compact binary mergers, which could become the most commonly detected gravitational wave (GW) source. Follow-up observations, triggered by GW events, of kilonovae are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-13 Imre Bartos , Tracy L. Huard , Szabolcs Marka

The luminosity functions of kilonovae from binary neutron star mergers under different equation of states

Kilonovae produced by mergers of binary neutron stars (BNSs) are important transient events to be detected by time domain surveys with the alerts from the ground-based gravitational wave detectors. The observational properties of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-19 Chunyang Zhao , Youjun Lu , Qingbo Chu , Wen Zhao

The Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

We report the discovery and monitoring of the near-infrared counterpart (AT2017gfo) of a binary neutron-star merger event detected as a gravitational wave source by Advanced LIGO/Virgo (GW170817) and as a short gamma-ray burst by Fermi/GBM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-17 N. R. Tanvir , A. J. Levan , C. Gonzalez-Fernandez , O. Korobkin , I. Mandel , S. Rosswog , J. Hjorth , P. D'Avanzo , A. S. Fruchter , C. L. Fryer , T. Kangas , B. Milvang-Jensen , S. Rosetti , D. Steeghs , R. T. Wollaeger , Z. Cano , C. M. Copperwheat , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , A. de Ugarte Postigo , P. A. Evans , W. P. Even , S. Fairhurst , R. Figuera Jaimes , C. J. Fontes , Y. I. Fujii , J. P. U. Fynbo , B. P. Gompertz , J. Greiner , G. Hodosan , M. J. Irwin , P. Jakobsson , U. G. Jorgensen , D. A. Kann , J. D. Lyman , D. Malesani , R. G. McMahon , A. Melandri , P. T. O'Brien , J. P. Osborne , E. Palazzi , D. A. Perley , E. Pian , S. Piranomonte , M. Rabus , E. Rol , A. Rowlinson , S. Schulze , P. Sutton , C. C. Thoene , K. Ulaczyk , D. Watson , K. Wiersema , R. A. M. J. Wijers

GW190814 follow-up with the optical telescope MeerLICHT

The Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave observatories detected a signal on 2019 August 14 during their third observing run, named GW190814. A large number of electromagnetic facilities conducted follow-up campaigns in the search for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-19 S. de Wet , P. J. Groot , S. Bloemen , R. Le Poole , M. Klein-Wolt , E. Körding , V. McBride , K. Paterson , D. L. A. Pieterse , P. M. Vreeswijk , P. Woudt

The Effect of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Cadence Selections on Kilonova Detectability

The discovery of the optical/infra-red counterpart (AT2017gfo) to the binary neutron star gravitational-wave detection (GW170817), which was followed by a short gamma-ray burst (GRB170817), marked a groundbreaking moment in multi-messenger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-25 Cristina Andrade , Raiyah Alserkal , Luis Salazar Manzano , Emma Martin , Igor Andreoni , Michael W. Coughlin , Nidhal Guessoum , Liliana Rivera Sandoval

Searching for Neutron Star Mergers in the Absence of Gravitational Waves with Optical Afterglow Emission

With the forth observing run of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA gravitational-wave network, which enabled the discovery of the kilonova (KN) counterpart to GW170817, ending with no new confirmed neutron star mergers, the intrinsic rate of these events…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-17 Haille M. L. Perkins , Gautham Narayan , Brian D. Fields , Ved G. Shah , Genevieve Schroeder

Discovery of Strongly-lensed Gravitational Waves - Implications for the LSST Observing Strategy

LSST's wide-field of view and sensitivity will revolutionize studies of the transient sky by finding extraordinary numbers of new transients every night. The recent discovery of a kilonova counterpart to LIGO/Virgo's first detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-15 Graham P. Smith , Andrew Robertson , Matteo Bianconi , Mathilde Jauzac

Hunting electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave events using the Zwicky Transient Facility

Detections of coalescing binary black holes by LIGO have opened a new window of transient astronomy. With increasing sensitivity of LIGO and participation of the Virgo detector in Cascina, Italy, we expect to soon detect coalescence of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-19 Shaon Ghosh , Deep Chatterjee , David L. Kaplan , Patrick R. Brady , Angela Van Sistine

GRANDMA Observations of ZTF/Fink Transients during Summer 2021

We present our follow-up observations with GRANDMA of transient sources revealed by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). Over a period of six months, all ZTF triggers were examined in real time by a dedicated science module implemented in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-26 V. Aivazyan , M. Almualla , S. Antier , A. Baransky , K. Barynova , S. Basa , F. Bayard , S. Beradze , D. Berezin , M. Blazek , D. Boutigny , D. Boust , E. Broens , O. Burkhonov , A. Cailleau , N. Christensen , D. Cejudo , A. Coleiro , M. W. Coughlin , D. Datashvili , T. Dietrich , F. Dolon , J. -G. Ducoin , P. -A. Duverne , G. Marchal-Duval , C. Galdies , L. Granier , V. Godunova , P. Gokuldass , H. B. Eggenstein , M. Freeberg , P. Hello , R. Inasaridze , E. O. Ishida , P. Jaquiery , D. A. Kann , G. Kapanadze , S. Karpov , R. W. Kiendrebeogo , A. Klotz , R. Kneip , N. Kochiashvili , W. Kou , F. Kugel , C. Lachaud , S. Leonini , A. Leroy , N. Leroy , A. Le Van Su , D. Marchais , M. Masek , T. Midavaine , A. Moller , D. Morris , R. Natsvlishvili , F. Navarete , K. Noysena , S. Nissanke , K. Noonan , N. B. Orange , J. Peloton , A. Popowicz , T. Pradier , M. Prouza , G. Raaijmakers , Y. Rajabov , M. Richmond , Ya. Romanyuk , L. Rousselot , T. Sadibekova , M. Serrau , O. Sokoliuk , X. Song , A. Simon , C. Stachie , A. Taylor , Y. Tillayev , D. Turpin , M. Vardosanidze , J. Vlieghe , I. Tosta e Melo , X. F. Wang , J. Zhu

Kilonova/Macronova Emission from Compact Binary Mergers

We review current understanding of kilonova/macronova emission from compact binary mergers (mergers of two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole). Kilonova/macronova is optical and near-infrared emission powered by radioactive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 Masaomi Tanaka

How Many Kilonovae Can Be Found in Past, Present, and Future Survey Datasets?

The discovery of a kilonova (KN) associated with the Advanced LIGO (aLIGO)/Virgo event GW170817 opens up new avenues of multi-messenger astrophysics. Here, using realistic simulations, we provide estimates of the number of KNe that could be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 D. Scolnic , R. Kessler , D. Brout , P. S. Cowperthwaite , M. Soares-Santos , J. Annis , K. Herner , H. -Y. Chen , M. Sako , Z. Doctor , R. E. Butler , A. Palmese , H. T. Diehl , J. Frieman , D. E. Holz , E. Berger , R. Chornock , V. A. Villar , M. Nicholl , R. Biswas , R. Hounsell , R. J. Foley , J. Metzger , A. Rest , J. García-Bellido , A. Möller , P. Nugent , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , E. Neilsen , A. A. Plazas , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , R. C. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , A. R. Walker , DES Collaboration

A multi-messenger model for neutron star - black hole mergers

We present a semi-analytic model for predicting kilonova light curves from the mergers of neutron stars with black holes (NSBH). The model is integrated into the MOSFiT platform, and can generate light curves from input binary properties…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-02 B. P. Gompertz , M. Nicholl , J. C. Smith , S. Harisankar , G. Pratten , P. Schmidt , G. P. Smith

A search for optical and near-infrared counterparts of the compact binary merger GW190814

We report on our observing campaign of the compact binary merger GW190814, detected by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors on August 14th, 2019. This signal has the best localisation of any observed gravitational wave (GW)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 A. L. Thakur , S. Dichiara , E. Troja , E. A. Chase , R. Sanchez-Ramirez , L. Piro , C. L. Fryer , N. R. Butler , A. M. Watson , R. T. Wollaeger , E. Ambrosi , J. Becerra González , R. L. Becerra , G. Bruni , S. B. Cenko , G. Cusumano , Antonino D'Aì , J. Durbak , C. J. Fontes , P. Gatkine , A. L. Hungerford , O. Korobkin , A. S. Kutyrev , W. H. Lee , S. Lotti , G. Minervini , G. Novara , V. La Parola , M. Pereyra , R. Ricci , A. Tiengo , S. Veilleux

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart

We present the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) discovery of the optical counterpart of the first binary neutron star merger detected through gravitational wave emission, GW170817. Our observations commenced 10.5 hours post-merger, as soon as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-17 M. Soares-Santos , D. E. Holz , J. Annis , R. Chornock , K. Herner , E. Berger , D. Brout , H. Chen , R. Kessler , M. Sako , S. Allam , D. L. Tucker , R. E. Butler , A. Palmese , Z. Doctor , H. T. Diehl , J. Frieman , B. Yanny , H. Lin , D. Scolnic , P. Cowperthwaite , E. Neilsen , J. Marriner , N. Kuropatkin , W. G. Hartley , F. Paz-Chinchón , K. D. Alexander , E. Balbinot , P. Blanchard , D. A. Brown , J. L. Carlin , C. Conselice , E. R. Cook , A. Drlica-Wagner , M. R. Drout , F. Durret , T. Eftekhari , B. Farr , D. A. Finley , R. J. Foley , W. Fong , C. L. Fryer , J. García-Bellido , M. S . S. Gill , R. A. Gruendl , C. Hanna , D. Kasen , T. S. Li , P. A. A. Lopes , A. C. C. Lourenço , R. Margutti , J. L. Marshall , T. Matheson , G. E. Medina , B. D. Metzger , R. R. Muñoz , J. Muir , M. Nicholl , E. Quataert , A. Rest , M. Sauseda , D. J. Schlegel , L. F. Secco , F. Sobreira , A. Stebbins , V. A. Villar , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , P. K. G. Williams , A. Zenteno , Y. Zhang , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , M. Banerji , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , S. Desai , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , S. Kent , E. Krause , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , R. G. McMahon , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. L. C. Ogando , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , V. Vikram , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller

A Kilonova Following a Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst at 350 Mpc

Here, we report the discovery of a kilonova associated with the nearby (350 Mpc) minute-duration GRB 211211A. In tandem with deep optical limits that rule out the presence of an accompanying supernova to $M_I > -13$ mag at 17.7 days…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-21 J. C. Rastinejad , B. P. Gompertz , A. J. Levan , W. Fong , M. Nicholl , G. P. Lamb , D. B. Malesani , A. E. Nugent , S. R. Oates , N. R. Tanvir , A. de Ugarte Postigo , C. D. Kilpatrick , C. J. Moore , B. D. Metzger , M. E. Ravasio , A. Rossi , G. Schroeder , J. Jencson , D. J. Sand , N. Smith , J. F. Agüí Fernández , E. Berger , P. K. Blanchard , R. Chornock , B. E. Cobb , M. De Pasquale , J. P. U. Fynbo , L. Izzo , D. A. Kann , T. Laskar , E. Marini , K. Paterson , A. Rouco Escorial , H. M. Sears , C. C. Thöne

Probing Kilonova Ejecta Properties Using a Catalog of Short Gamma-Ray Burst Observations

The discovery of GW170817 and GRB 170817A in tandem with AT 2017gfo cemented the connection between neutron star mergers, short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and kilonovae. To investigate short GRB observations in the context of diverse kilonova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 J. C. Rastinejad , W. Fong , C. D. Kilpatrick , K. Paterson , N. R. Tanvir , A. J. Levan , B. D. Metzger , E. Berger , R. Chornock , B. E. Cobb , T. Laskar , P. Milne , A. E. Nugent , N. Smith

SkyMapper Optical Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Triggers: Alert Science Data Pipeline and LIGO/Virgo O3 Run

We present an overview of the SkyMapper optical follow-up program for gravitational-wave event triggers from the LIGO/Virgo observatories, which aims at identifying early GW170817-like kilonovae out to $\sim 200$ Mpc distance. We describe…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Seo-Won Chang , Christopher A. Onken , Christian Wolf , Lance Luvaul , Anais Möller , Richard Scalzo , Brian P. Schmidt , Susan M. Scott , Nikunj Sura , Fang Yuan

Search For a Counterpart to the Subsolar Mass Gravitational Wave Candidate S251112cm

The recent gravitational-wave (GW) alert from a compact object merger involving at least one subsolar mass (SSM) object has prompted questions about their origins. S251112cm is reported by LIGO/Virgo with a false alarm rate of 1 per 6.2…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-19 Nicholas Vieira , Noah Franz , Bhagya Subrayan , Charles D. Kilpatrick , David J. Sand , Wen-fai Fong , Griffin Hosseinzadeh , Kate D. Alexander , K. Azalee Bostroem , Jillian Rastinejad , Kerry Paterson , Manisha Shrestha , Phillip Noel , P. Darc , Jeniveve Pearson , Aysha Aamer , A. Souza Santos , Luidhy Santana-Silva , Clecio R. Bom , Regis Cartier , Hemanth Bommireddy , Ósmar Rodríguez , Jennifer E. Andrews , Conor Ransome , Vasileios Paschalidis , Jay Strader , Aldana Grichener , J. Quirola-Vásquez , Sergiy Vasylyev , Marcelle Soares-Santos , Collin T. Christy , Brian Hsu , D. Carson Fuls , Yize Dong , Daniel E. Reichart , Jonathan Pineda-García , Kathryne J. Daniel , Daryl Janzen , C. E. Fields , Ann Zabludoff , Nicolas Meza , Felipe Olivares E. , Kristine Spekkens , Benjamin Weiner , Maia Williams , Alex R. Gibbs , Frank Shelly , Aravind P. Ravi , Saurabh W. Jha , Stefano Valenti , Joshua Haislip , David E. Trilling

A First Search for Prompt Radio Emission from a Gravitational-Wave Event

Multimessenger observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 have enabled the discovery of a diverse array of electromagnetic counterparts to compact binary mergers, including an unambiguous kilonova, a short gamma-ray burst, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Thomas A. Callister , Marin M. Anderson , Gregg Hallinan , Larry R. D'addario , Jayce Dowell , Namir E. Kassim , T. Joseph W. Lazio , Danny C. Price , Frank K. Schinzel