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The detection of the binary neutron star (BNS) merger, GW170817, was the first success story of multi-messenger observations of compact binary mergers. The inferred merger rate along with the increased sensitivity of the ground-based…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-24 Deep Chatterjee , Shaon Ghosh , Patrick R. Brady , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Andrew L. Miller , Samaya Nissanke , Francesco Pannarale

Fast and effective localization of gravitational wave (GW) events could play a crucial role in identifying possible electromagnetic counterparts, and thereby help usher in an era of GW multi-messenger astronomy. We discuss an algorithm for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-08 Hsin-Yu Chen , Daniel E. Holz

We introduce an efficient and straightforward technique for rapidly detecting gravitational waves from compact binary mergers. We show that this method achieves the low latencies required to alert electromagnetic partners of candidate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-08 Alexander H. Nitz , Tito Dal Canton , Derek Davis , Steven Reyes

In this paper, we study an application of deep learning to the advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo coincident detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from compact binary star mergers. This deep learning method is an extension of the Deep…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Xilong Fan , Jin Li , Xin Li , Yuanhong Zhong , Junwei Cao

A crucial component to maximizing the science gain from the multi-messenger follow-up of gravitational-wave (GW) signals from compact binary mergers is the prompt discovery of the electromagnetic counterpart. Ideally, the GW detection and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-06 Shasvath J. Kapadia , Mukesh Kumar Singh , Md Arif Shaikh , Deep Chatterjee , Parameswaran Ajith

Binary neutron stars (BNSs) will spend $\simeq 10$ -- 15 minutes in the band of Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors at design sensitivity. Matched-filtering of gravitational-wave (GW) data could in principle accumulate enough signal-to-noise…

Gravitational waves are now routinely detected from compact binary mergers, with binary neutron star mergers being of note for multi-messenger astronomy as they have been observed to produce electromagnetic counterparts. Novel search…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-22 Alistair McLeod , Damon Beveridge , Linqing Wen , Andreas Wicenec

The detection of electromagnetic radiation (EM) accompanying the gravitational wave (GW) signal from the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 has revealed that these systems constitute at least a fraction of the progenitors of short…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Rosalba Perna , M. Celeste Artale , Yi-Han Wang , Michela Mapelli , Davide Lazzati , Cecilia Sgalletta , Filippo Santoliquido

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron stars (BNSs) with possible telescope follow-ups opens a window to ground-breaking discoveries in the field of multi-messenger astronomy. With the improved sensitivity of current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-17 Ana Martins , Melissa Lopez , Quirijn Meijer , Gregory Baltus , Marc van der Sluys , Chris Van Den Broeck , Sarah Caudill

The detection of a secular post-merger gravitational wave (GW) signal in a binary neutron star (BNS) merger serves as strong evidence for the formation of a long-lived post-merger neutron star (NS), which can help constrain the maximum mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-17 Yikang Chen , Bin Liu , Shunke Ai , Lin Lan , He Gao , Yong Yuan , Zong-Hong Zhu

The groundbreaking discoveries of gravitational waves from binary black-hole mergers and, most recently, coalescing neutron stars started a new era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics and revolutionized our understanding of the Cosmos. Machine…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-08 Plamen G. Krastev

The detections of gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron star (BNS) systems and neutron star--black hole (NSBH) systems provide new insights into dense matter properties in extreme conditions and associated high-energy astrophysical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-22 Chang Liu , Lijing Shao

Accurate sky localization is essential for gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy, particularly for multimessenger follow-up and host galaxy identification. For strongly lensed GW events, achieving localization at the level of $\sim…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Alvin K. Y. Li , Otto A. Hannuksela

We study the possibility of pre-merger localization of eccentric compact binary coalescences by second-generation gravitational-wave detector networks. Gravitational waves from eccentric binaries can be regarded as a sequence of pulses,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 Koutarou Kyutoku , Naoki Seto

Measuring the merger rate density history of binary neutron stars (BNS) can greatly aid in understanding the history of heavy element formation in the Universe. Currently, second-generation Gravitational Wave (GW) detectors can only measure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Yun-Fei Du , Emre Seyit Yorgancioglu , Shu-Xu Yi , Tian-Yong Cao , Shuang-Nan Zhang

Based on different neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) population models, we investigate the prospects of gravitational-wave (GW) detections for NS-WD mergers, with the help of early warnings from two space-borne decihertz GW observatories,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-15 Yacheng Kang , Chang Liu , Jin-Ping Zhu , Yong Gao , Lijing Shao , Bing Zhang , Hui Sun , Yi-Han Iris Yin , Bin-Bin Zhang

The nature of the remnant of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger is uncertain. Though certainly a black hole (BH) in the cases of the most massive BNSs, X-ray lightcurves from gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows suggest a neutron star (NS) as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 Clara Plasse , Alexis Reboul-Salze , Jérome Guilet , Diego Götz , Nicolas Leroy , Raphaël. Raynaud , Matteo Bugli , Tito Dal Canton

Deep learning can be used to drastically decrease the processing time of parameter estimation for coalescing binaries of compact objects including black holes and neutron stars detected in gravitational waves (GWs). As a first step, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-28 Alistair McLeod , Daniel Jacobs , Chayan Chatterjee , Linqing Wen , Fiona Panther

Because of the electromagnetic radiation produced during the merger, compact binary coalescences with neutron stars may result in multi-messenger observations. In order to follow up on the gravitational-wave signal with electromagnetic…

Gravitational Waves (GWs) from coalescing binaries carry crucial information about their component sources, like mass, spin and tidal effects. This implies that the analysis of GW signals from binary neutron star mergers can offer unique…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-17 Shriya Soma , Horst Stöcker , Kai Zhou