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Optical follow-up of gravitational wave triggers with DECam during the first two LIGO/VIRGO observing runs

Gravitational wave (GW) events detectable by LIGO and Virgo have several possible progenitors, including black hole mergers, neutron star mergers, black hole--neutron star mergers, supernovae, and cosmic string cusps. A subset of GW events…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-05 K. Herner , J. Annis , D. Brout , M. Soares-Santos , R. Kessler , M. Sako , R. Butler , Z. Doctor , A. Palmese , S. Allam , D. L. Tucker , F. Sobreira , B. Yanny , H. T. Diehl , J. Frieman , N. Glaeser , A. Garcia , N. F. Sherman , K. Bechtol , E. Berger , H. Y. Chen , C. J. Conselice , E. Cook , P. S. Cowperthwaite , T. M. Davis , A. Drlica-Wagner , B. Farr , D. Finley , R. J. Foley , J. Garcia-Bellido , M. S. S. Gill , R. A. Gruendl , D. E. Holz , N. Kuropatkin , H. Lin , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , T. Matheson , E. Neilsen , F. Paz-Chinchón , M. Sauseda , D. Scolnic , P. K. G. Williams , S. Avila , E. Bertin , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco-Kind , J. Carretero , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , P. Fosalba , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. A. Plazas , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , W. Wester , Y. Zhang

Kilonova Detectability with Wide-Field Instruments

Kilonovae are ultraviolet, optical, and infrared transients powered by the radioactive decay of heavy elements following a neutron star merger. Joint observations of kilonovae and gravitational waves can offer key constraints on the source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Eve A. Chase , Brendan O'Connor , Christopher L. Fryer , Eleonora Troja , Oleg Korobkin , Ryan T. Wollaeger , Marko Ristic , Christopher J. Fontes , Aimee L. Hungerford , Angela M. Herring

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

Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Mergers

We present a systematic search for optical counterparts to 13 gravitational wave (GW) triggers involving at least one neutron star during LIGO/Virgo's third observing run. We searched binary neutron star (BNS) and neutron star black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-06 Mansi M. Kasliwal , Shreya Anand , Tomas Ahumada , Robert Stein , Ana Sagues Carracedo , Igor Andreoni , Michael W. Coughlin , Leo P. Singer , Erik C. Kool , Kishalay De , Harsh Kumar , Mouza AlMualla , Yuhan Yao , Mattia Bulla , Dougal Dobie , Simeon Reusch , Daniel A. Perley , S. Bradley Cenko , Varun Bhalerao , David L. Kaplan , Jesper Sollerman , Ariel Goobar , Christopher M. Copperwheat , Eric C. Bellm , G. C. Anupama , Alessandra Corsi , Samaya Nissanke , Ivan Agudo , Ashot Bagdasaryan , Sudhanshu Barway , Justin Belicki , Joshua S. Bloom , Bryce Bolin , David A. H. Buckley , Kevin B. Burdge , Rick Burruss , Maria D. Caballero-Garcıa , Chris Cannella , Alberto J. Castro-Tirado , David O. Cook , Jeff Cooke , Virginia Cunningham , Aishwarya Dahiwale , Kunal Deshmukh , Simone Dichiara , Dmitry A. Duev , Anirban Dutta , Michael Feeney , Anna Franckowiak , Sara Frederick , Christoffer Fremling , Avishay Gal-Yam , Pradip Gatkine , Shaon Ghosh , Daniel A. Goldstein , V. Zach Golkhou , Matthew J. Graham , Melissa L. Graham , Matthew J. Hankins , George Helou , Youdong Hu , Wing-Huen Ip , Amruta Jaodand , Viraj Karambelkar , Albert K. H. Kong , Marek Kowalski , Maitreya Khandagale , S. R. Kulkarni , Brajesh Kumar , Russ R. Laher , K. L. Li , Ashish Mahabal , Frank J. Masci , Adam A. Miller , Moses Mogotsi , Siddharth Mohite , Kunal Mooley , Przemek Mroz , Jeffrey A. Newman , Chow-Choong Ngeow , Samantha R. Oates , Atharva Sunil Patil , Shashi B. Pandey , M. Pavana , Elena Pian , Reed Riddle , Ruben Sanchez-Ramırez , Yashvi Sharma , Avinash Singh , Roger Smith , Maayane T. Soumagnac , Kirsty Taggart , Hanjie Tan , Anastasios Tzanidakis , Eleonora Troja , Azamat F. Valeev , Richard Walters , Gaurav Waratkar , Sara Webb , Po-Chieh Yu , Bin-Bin Zhang , Rongpu Zhou , Jeffry Zolkower

Constraints on the Physical Properties of GW190814 through Simulations based on DECam Follow-up Observations by the Dark Energy Survey

On 14 August 2019, the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations detected gravitational waves from a black hole and a 2.6 solar mass compact object, possibly the first neutron star -- black hole (NSBH) merger. In search of an optical counterpart, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-23 R. Morgan , M. Soares-Santos , J. Annis , K. Herner , A. Garcia , A. Palmese , A. Drlica-Wagner , R. Kessler , J. Garcia-Bellido , T. G. Bachmann N. Sherman , S. Allam , K. Bechtol , C. R. Bom , D. Brout , R. E. Butler , M. Butner , R. Cartier , H. Chen , C. Conselice , E. Cook , T. M. Davis , Z. Doctor , B. Farr , A. L. Figueiredo , D. A. Finley , R. J. Foley , J. Y. Galarza , M. S. S. Gill , R. A. Gruendl , D. E. Holz , N. Kuropatkin , C. Lidman , H. Lin , U. Malik , A. W. Mann , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , C. E. Martinez-Vazquez , N. Meza , E. Neilsen , C. Nicolaou , F. Olivares E. , F. Paz-Chinchon , S. Points , J. Quirola , O. Rodriguez , M. Sako , D. Scolnic , M. Smith , F. Sobreira , D. L. Tucker , A. K. Vivas , M. Wiesner , M. L. Wood , B. Yanny , A. Zenteno , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Avila , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , L. N. da Costa , M. Costanzi , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , S. Everett , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle

An Optically Led Search for Kilonovae to z$\sim$0.3 with the Kilonova and Transients Program (KNTraP)

Compact binary mergers detectable in gravitational waves can be accompanied by a kilonova, an electromagnetic transient powered by radioactive decay of newly synthesised r-process elements. A few kilonova candidates have been observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-26 Natasha Van Bemmel , Jielai Zhang , Jeff Cooke , Armin Rest , Anais Möller , Igor Andreoni , Katie Auchettl , Dougal Dobie , Bruce Gendre , Simon Goode , James Freeburn , David O. Jones , Charles D. Kilpatrick , Amy Lien , Arne Rau , Lee Spitler , Mark Suhr , Fransisco Valdes

A Systematic Exploration of Kilonova Candidates from Neutron Star Mergers During the Third Gravitational Wave Observing Run

We present a comprehensive analysis of 653 optical candidate counterparts reported during the third gravitational wave (GW) observing run. Our sample concentrates on candidates from the 15 events (published in GWTC-2, GWTC-3 or not…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 J. Rastinejad , K. Paterson , W. Fong , D. J. Sand , M. J. Lundquist , G. Hosseinzadeh , E. Christensen , P. N. Daly , A. R. Gibbs , S. Hall , F. Shelly , S. Yang

Data-driven expectations for electromagnetic counterpart searches based on LIGO/Virgo public alerts

Searches for electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave signals have redoubled since the first detection in 2017 of a binary neutron star merger with a gamma-ray burst, optical/infrared kilonova, and panchromatic afterglow. Yet, one…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Polina Petrov , Leo P. Singer , Michael W. Coughlin , Vishwesh Kumar , Mouza Almualla , Shreya Anand , Mattia Bulla , Tim Dietrich , Francois Foucart , Nidhal Guessoum

A Challenge to Identify an Optical Counterpart of the Gravitational Wave Event GW151226 with Hyper Suprime-Cam

We present the results of the detailed analysis of an optical imaging survey conducted using the Subaru / Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), which aims to identify an optical counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW151226. In half a night, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-01 Yousuke Utsumi , Nozomu Tominaga , Masaomi Tanaka , Tomoki Morokuma , Michitoshi Yoshida , Yuichiro Asakura , Francois Finet , Hisanori Furusawa , Koji S. Kawabata , Wei Liu , Kazuya Matsubayashi , Yuki Moritani , Kentaro Motohara , Fumiaki Nakata , Kouji Ohta , Tsuyoshi Terai , Makoto Uemura , Naoki Yasuda

Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational-wave Merger Events with the Prototype Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO-4)

We report the results of optical follow-up observations of 29 gravitational-wave triggers during the first half of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC) O3 run with the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) in its prototype…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-29 B. P. Gompertz , R. Cutter , D. Steeghs , D. K. Galloway , J. Lyman , K. Ulaczyk , M. J. Dyer , K. Ackley , V. S. Dhillon , P. T. O'Brien , G. Ramsay , S. Poshyachinda , R. Kotak , L. Nuttall , R. P. Breton , E. Pallé , D. Pollacco , E. Thrane , S. Aukkaravittayapun , S. Awiphan , M. J. I. Brown , U. Burhanudin , P. Chote , A. A. Chrimes , E. Daw , C. Duffy , R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris , T. Heikkilä , P. Irawati , M. R. Kennedy , T. Killestein , A. J. Levan , S. Littlefair , L. Makrygianni , T. Marsh , D. Mata Sánchez , S. Mattila , J. Maund , J. McCormac , D. Mkrtichian , Y. -L. Mong , J. Mullaney , B. Müller , A. Obradovic , E. Rol , U. Sawangwit , E. R. Stanway , R. L. C. Starling , P. Strøm , S. Tooke , R. West , K. Wiersema

The Potential of Coordinated Gravitational-Wave Followup for Improving Kilonova Detection Prospects: Lessons from GW190425

The discovery of a kilonova associated with the GW170817 binary neutron star merger had far-reaching implications for our understanding of several open questions in physics and astrophysics. Unfortunately, since then, only one robust binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-14 Ido Keinan , Iair Arcavi

Optical follow-up of gravitational wave events during the second advanced LIGO/VIRGO observing run with the DLT40 Survey

We describe the GW follow-up strategy and subsequent results of the DLT40 during the second science run (O2) of the LVC. Depending on the information provided in the GW alert together with the localization map sent by the LVC, DLT40 would…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 Sheng Yang , David J. Sand , Stefano Valenti , Enrico Cappellaro , Leonardo Tartaglia , Samuel Wyatt , Alessandra Corsi , Daniel E. Reichart , Joshua Haislip , Vladimir Kouprianov

Panning for gold with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory: an optimal strategy for finding the counterparts to gravitational wave events

The LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA gravitational wave observatories are currently undertaking their O4 observing run offering the opportunity to discover new electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events. We examine the capability of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-19 R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris , P. A. Evans , A. A. Breeveld , S. B. Cenko , S. Dichiara , J. A. Kennea , N. J. Klingler , N. P. M. Kuin , F. E. Marshall , S. R. Oates , M. J. Page , S. Ronchini , M. H. Siegel , A. Tohuvavohu , S. Campana , V. D'Elia , J. P. Osborne , K. L. Page , M. De Pasquale , E. Troja

Multi-messenger observations of binary neutron star mergers in the O4 run

We present realistic expectations for the number and properties of neutron star binary mergers to be detected as multi-messenger sources during the upcoming fourth observing run (O4) of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA gravitational wave (GW)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-12 A. Colombo , O. S. Salafia , F. Gabrielli , G. Ghirlanda , B. Giacomazzo , A. Perego , M. Colpi

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

Constraints Based on Non-detection of Kilonova Optical Searching

Mergers of binary neutron stars are multimessenger sources of gravitational waves that have an optical luminous counterpart, commonly referred to as 'kilonova'. Inspired by the detection of GW170817, intensive searches have been conducted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 Runduo Liang , Zhengyan Liu , Lei Lei , Wen Zhao

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

Optimizing Cadences with Realistic Light Curve Filtering for Serendipitous Kilonova Discovery with Vera Rubin Observatory

Current and future optical and near-infrared wide-field surveys have the potential of finding kilonovae, the optical and infrared counterparts to neutron star mergers, independently of gravitational-wave or high-energy gamma-ray burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 Igor Andreoni , Michael W. Coughlin , Mouza Almualla , Eric C. Bellm , Federica B. Bianco , Mattia Bulla , Antonino Cucchiara , Tim Dietrich , Ariel Goobar , Erik C. Kool , Xiaolong Li , Fabio Ragosta , Ana Sagues-Carracedo , Leo P. Singer

Galaxy-Targeting Approach Optimized for Finding the Radio Afterglows of Gravitational Wave Sources

Kilonovae and radio afterglows of neutron star merger events have been identified as the two most promising counterparts, of these gravitational wave sources, that can provide arcsecond localization. While several new and existing optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Javed Rana , Kunal P. Mooley

No Detectable Kilonova Counterpart is Expected for O3 Neutron Star-Black Hole Candidates

We analyse the tidal disruption probability of potential neutron star--black hole (NSBH) merger gravitational wave (GW) events, including GW190426_152155, GW190814, GW200105_162426 and GW200115_042309, detected during the third observing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-12 Jin-Ping Zhu , Shichao Wu , Yuan-Pei Yang , Bing Zhang , Yun-Wei Yu , He Gao , Zhoujian Cao , Liang-Duan Liu