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Infrared wavefront sensing for adaptive optics assisted Galactic Center observations with the VLT interferometer and GRAVITY: operation and results

This article describes the operation of the near-infrared wavefront sensing based Adaptive Optics (AO) system CIAO. The Coud\'e Infrared Adaptive Optics (CIAO) system is a central auxiliary component of the Very Large Telescope (VLT)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-16 Stefan Hippler , Wolfgang Brandner , Silvia Scheithauer , Martin Kulas , Johana Panduro , Peter Bizenberger , Henry Bonnet , Casey Deen , Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele , Frank Eisenhauer , Gert Finger , Zoltan Hubert , Johann Kolb , Eric Müller , Laurent Pallanca , Julien Woillez , Gérard Zins , GRAVITY Collaboration

Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts

Aims. A transient astrophysical event observed in both gravitational wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) channels would yield rich scientific rewards. A first program initiating EM follow-ups to possible transient GW events has been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , Virgo Collaboration , J. Abadie , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , M. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , C. Adams , R. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , P. Ajith , B. Allen , G. S. Allen , E. Amador Ceron , D. Amariutei , R. S. Amin , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. A. Arain , M. C. Araya , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , D. Atkinson , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. Ballmer , D. Barker , F. Barone , B. Barr , P. Barriga , L. Barsotti , M. Barsuglia , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , R. Bassiri , M. Bastarrika , A. Basti , J. Batch , J. Bauchrowitz , Th. S. Bauer , M. Bebronne , B. Behnke , M. G. Beker , A. S. Bell , A. Belletoile , I. Belopolski , M. Benacquista , J. M. Berliner , A. Bertolini , J. Betzwieser , N. Beveridge , P. T. Beyersdorf , I. A. Bilenko , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , R. Biswas , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , E. Black , J. K. Blackburn , L. Blackburn , D. Blair , B. Bland , M. Blom , O. Bock , T. P. Bodiya , C. Bogan , R. Bondarescu , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , R. Bork , M. Born , V. Boschi , S. Bose , L. Bosi , B. Bouhou , S. Braccini , C. Bradaschia , P. R. Brady , V. B. Braginsky , M. Branchesi , J. E. Brau , J. Breyer , T. Briant , D. O. Bridges , A. Brillet , M. Brinkmann , V. Brisson , M. Britzger , A. F. Brooks , D. A. Brown , A. Brummit , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , A. Buonanno , J. Burguet--Castell , O. Burmeister , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , R. L. Byer , L. Cadonati , G. Cagnoli , J. Cain , E. Calloni , J. B. Camp , P. Campsie , J. Cannizzo , K. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , S. Caride , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglià , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , O. Chaibi , T. Chalermsongsak , E. Chalkley , P. Charlton , E. Chassande-Mottin , S. Chelkowski , Y. Chen , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , H. Cho , N. Christensen , S. S. Y. Chua , C. T. Y. Chung , S. Chung , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. E. Clark , J. Clark , J. H. Clayton , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , C. N. Colacino , J. Colas , A. Colla , M. Colombini , A. Conte , R. Conte , D. Cook , T. R. Corbitt , M. Cordier , N. Cornish , A. Corsi , C. A. Costa , M. Coughlin , J. -P. Coulon , P. Couvares , D. M. Coward , D. C. Coyne , J. D. E. Creighton , T. D. Creighton , A. M. Cruise , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , E. Cuoco , R. M. Cutler , K. Dahl , S. L. Danilishin , R. Dannenberg , S. D'Antonio , K. Danzmann , V. Dattilo , B. Daudert , H. Daveloza , M. Davier , G. Davies , E. J. Daw , R. Day , T. Dayanga , R. De Rosa , D. DeBra , G. Debreczeni , J. Degallaix , W. Del Pozzo , M. del Prete , T. Dent , V. Dergachev , R. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , V. Dhillon , S. Dhurandhar , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , I. Di Palma , M. Di Paolo Emilio , A. Di Virgilio , M. Díaz , A. Dietz , F. Donovan , K. L. Dooley , S. Dorsher , M. Drago , R. W. P. Drever , J. C. Driggers , Z. Du , J. -C. Dumas , S. Dwyer , T. Eberle , M. Edgar , M. Edwards , A. Effler , P. Ehrens , G. Endrőczi , R. Engel , T. Etzel , K. Evans , M. Evans , T. Evans , M. Factourovich , V. Fafone , S. Fairhurst , Y. Fan , B. F. Farr , W. Farr , D. Fazi , H. Fehrmann , D. Feldbaum , I. Ferrante , F. Fidecaro , L. S. Finn , I. Fiori , R. P. Fisher , R. Flaminio , M. Flanigan , S. Foley , E. Forsi , L. A. Forte , N. Fotopoulos , J. -D. Fournier , J. Franc , S. Frasca , F. Frasconi , M. Frede , M. Frei , Z. Frei , A. Freise , R. Frey , T. T. Fricke , J. K. Fridriksson , D. Friedrich , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , P. J. Fulda , M. Fyffe , M. Galimberti , L. Gammaitoni , M. R. Ganija , J. Garcia , J. A. Garofoli , F. Garufi , M. E. Gáspár , G. Gemme , R. Geng , E. Genin , A. Gennai , L. Á. Gergely , S. Ghosh , J. A. Giaime , S. Giampanis , K. D. Giardina , A. Giazotto , C. Gill , E. Goetz , L. M. Goggin , G. González , M. L. Gorodetsky , S. Goßler , R. Gouaty , C. Graef , M. Granata , A. Grant , S. Gras , C. Gray , N. Gray , R. J. S. Greenhalgh , A. M. Gretarsson , C. Greverie , R. Grosso , H. Grote , S. Grunewald , G. M. Guidi , C. Guido , R. Gupta , E. K. Gustafson , R. Gustafson , T. Ha , B. Hage , J. M. Hallam , D. Hammer , G. Hammond , J. Hanks , C. Hanna , J. Hanson , J. Harms , G. M. Harry , I. W. Harry , E. D. Harstad , M. T. Hartman , K. Haughian , K. Hayama , J. -F. Hayau , T. Hayler , J. Heefner , A. Heidmann , M. C. Heintze , H. Heitmann , P. Hello , M. A. Hendry , I. S. Heng , A. W. Heptonstall , V. Herrera , M. Hewitson , S. Hild , D. Hoak , K. A. Hodge , K. Holt , J. Homan , T. Hong , S. Hooper , D. J. Hosken , J. Hough , E. J. Howell , B. Hughey , S. Husa , S. H. Huttner , T. Huynh-Dinh , D. R. Ingram , R. Inta , T. Isogai , A. Ivanov , K. Izumi , M. Jacobson , H. Jang , P. Jaranowski , W. W. Johnson , D. I. Jones , G. Jones , R. Jones , L. Ju , P. Kalmus , V. Kalogera , I. Kamaretsos , S. Kandhasamy , G. Kang , J. B. Kanner , E. Katsavounidis , W. Katzman , H. Kaufer , K. Kawabe , S. Kawamura , F. Kawazoe , W. Kells , D. G. Keppel , Z. Keresztes , A. Khalaidovski , F. Y. Khalili , E. A. Khazanov , B. Kim , C. Kim , D. Kim , H. Kim , K. Kim , N. Kim , Y. -M. Kim , P. J. King , M. Kinsey , D. L. Kinzel , J. S. Kissel , S. Klimenko , K. Kokeyama , V. Kondrashov , R. Kopparapu , S. Koranda , W. Z. Korth , I. Kowalska , D. Kozak , V. Kringel , S. Krishnamurthy , B. Krishnan , A. Królak , G. Kuehn , R. Kumar , P. Kwee , M. Laas-Bourez , P. K. Lam , M. Landry , M. Lang , B. Lantz , N. Lastzka , C. Lawrie , A. Lazzarini , P. Leaci , C. H. Lee , H. M. Lee , N. Leindecker , J. R. Leong , I. Leonor , N. Leroy , N. Letendre , J. Li , T. G. F. Li , N. Liguori , P. E. Lindquist , N. A. Lockerbie , D. Lodhia , M. Lorenzini , V. Loriette , M. Lormand , G. Losurdo , J. Luan , M. Lubinski , H. Lück , A. P. Lundgren , E. Macdonald , B. Machenschalk , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , M. Mageswaran , K. Mailand , E. Majorana , I. Maksimovic , N. Man , I. Mandel , V. Mandic , M. Mantovani , A. Marandi , F. Marchesoni , F. Marion , S. Márka , Z. Márka , A. Markosyan , E. Maros , J. Marque , F. Martelli , I. W. Martin , R. M. Martin , J. N. Marx , K. Mason , A. Masserot , F. Matichard , L. Matone , R. A. Matzner , N. Mavalvala , G. Mazzolo , R. McCarthy , D. E. McClelland , P. McDaniel , S. C. McGuire , G. McIntyre , D. J. A. McKechan , G. D. Meadors , M. Mehmet , T. Meier , A. Melatos , A. C. Melissinos , G. Mendell , D. Menendez , R. A. Mercer , L. Merill , S. Meshkov , C. Messenger , M. S. Meyer , H. Miao , C. Michel , L. Milano , J. Miller , Y. Minenkov , V. P. Mitrofanov , G. Mitselmakher , R. Mittleman , O. Miyakawa , B. Moe , P. Moesta , M. Mohan , S. D. Mohanty , S. R. P. Mohapatra , D. Moraru , G. Moreno , N. Morgado , A. Morgia , T. Mori , S. Mosca , K. Mossavi , B. Mours , C. M. Mow--Lowry , C. L. Mueller , G. Mueller , S. Mukherjee , A. Mullavey , H. Müller-Ebhardt , J. Munch , P. G. Murray , A. Mytidis , T. Nash , L. Naticchioni , R. Nawrodt , V. Necula , J. Nelson , G. Newton , E. Nishida , A. Nishizawa , F. Nocera , D. Nolting , L. Nuttall , E. Ochsner , J. O'Dell , E. Oelker , G. H. Ogin , J. J. Oh , S. H. Oh , R. G. Oldenburg , B. O'Reilly , R. O'Shaughnessy , C. Osthelder , C. D. Ott , D. J. Ottaway , R. S. Ottens , H. Overmier , B. J. Owen , A. Page , G. Pagliaroli , L. Palladino , C. Palomba , Y. Pan , C. Pankow , F. Paoletti , M. A. Papa , M. Parisi , A. Pasqualetti , R. Passaquieti , D. Passuello , P. Patel , D. Pathak , M. Pedraza , P. Peiris , L. Pekowsky , S. Penn , C. Peralta , A. Perreca , G. Persichetti , M. Phelps , M. Pickenpack , F. Piergiovanni , M. Pietka , L. Pinard , I. M. Pinto , M. Pitkin , H. J. Pletsch , M. V. Plissi , R. Poggiani , J. Pöld , F. Postiglione , M. Prato , V. Predoi , L. R. Price , M. Prijatelj , M. Principe , S. Privitera , R. Prix , G. A. Prodi , L. Prokhorov , O. Puncken , M. Punturo , P. Puppo , V. Quetschke , F. J. Raab , D. S. Rabeling , I. Rácz , H. Radkins , P. Raffai , M. Rakhmanov , C. R. Ramet , B. Rankins , P. Rapagnani , S. Rapoport , V. Raymond , V. Re , K. Redwine , C. M. Reed , T. Reed , T. Regimbau , S. Reid , D. H. Reitze , F. Ricci , R. Riesen , K. Riles , N. A. Robertson , F. Robinet , C. Robinson , E. L. Robinson , A. Rocchi , S. Roddy , C. Rodriguez , M. Rodruck , L. Rolland , J. Rollins , J. D. Romano , R. Romano , J. H. Romie , D. Rosińska , C. Röver , S. Rowan , A. Rüdiger , P. Ruggi , K. Ryan , H. Ryll , P. Sainathan , M. Sakosky , F. Salemi , L. Sammut , L. Sancho de la Jordana , V. Sandberg , S. Sankar , V. Sannibale , L. Santamaría , I. Santiago-Prieto , G. Santostasi , B. Sassolas , B. S. Sathyaprakash , S. Sato , M. Satterthwaite , P. R. Saulson , R. L. Savage , R. Schilling , S. Schlamminger , R. Schnabel , R. M. S. Schofield , B. Schulz , B. F. Schutz , P. Schwinberg , J. Scott , S. M. Scott , A. C. Searle , F. Seifert , D. Sellers , A. S. Sengupta , D. Sentenac , A. Sergeev , D. A. Shaddock , M. Shaltev , B. Shapiro , P. Shawhan , D. H. Shoemaker , A. Sibley , X. Siemens , D. Sigg , A. Singer , L. Singer , A. M. Sintes , G. Skelton , B. J. J. Slagmolen , J. Slutsky , J. R. Smith , M. R. Smith , N. D. Smith , R. J. E. Smith , K. Somiya , B. Sorazu , J. Soto , F. C. Speirits , L. Sperandio , M. Stefszky , A. J. Stein , E. Steinert , J. Steinlechner , S. Steinlechner , S. Steplewski , A. Stochino , R. Stone , K. A. Strain , S. Strigin , A. S. Stroeer , R. Sturani , A. L. Stuver , T. Z. Summerscales , M. Sung , S. Susmithan , P. J. Sutton , B. Swinkels , M. Tacca , L. Taffarello , D. Talukder , D. B. Tanner , S. P. Tarabrin , J. R. Taylor , R. Taylor , P. Thomas , K. A. Thorne , K. S. Thorne , E. Thrane , A. Thüring , C. Titsler , K. V. Tokmakov , A. Toncelli , M. Tonelli , O. Torre , C. Torres , C. I. Torrie , E. Tournefier , F. Travasso , G. Traylor , M. Trias , K. Tseng , L. Turner , D. Ugolini , K. Urbanek , H. Vahlbruch , G. Vajente , M. Vallisneri , J. F. J. van den Brand , C. Van Den Broeck , S. van der Putten , A. A. van Veggel , S. Vass , M. Vasuth , R. Vaulin , M. Vavoulidis , A. Vecchio , G. Vedovato , J. Veitch , P. J. Veitch , C. Veltkamp , D. Verkindt , F. Vetrano , A. Viceré , A. E. Villar , J. -Y. Vinet , S. Vitale , S. Vitale , H. Vocca , C. Vorvick , S. P. Vyatchanin , A. Wade , S. J. Waldman , L. Wallace , Y. Wan , X. Wang , Z. Wang , A. Wanner , R. L. Ward , M. Was , P. Wei , M. Weinert , A. J. We , R. Weiss , L. Wen , S. Wen , P. Wessels , M. West , T. Westphal , K. Wette , J. T. Whelan , S. E. Whitcomb , D. White , B. F. Whiting , C. Wilkinson , P. A. Willems , H. R. Williams , L. Williams , B. Willke , L. Winkelmann , W. Winkler , C. C. Wipf , A. G. Wiseman , H. Wittel , G. Woan , R. Wooley , J. Worden , J. Yablon , I. Yakushin , H. Yamamoto , K. Yamamoto , H. Yang , D. Yeaton-Massey , S. Yoshida , P. Yu , M. Yvert , A. Zadroźny , M. Zanolin , J. -P. Zendri , F. Zhang , L. Zhang , W. Zhang , Z. Zhang , C. Zhao , N. Zotov , M. E. Zucker , J. Zweizig , C. Akerlof , M. Boer , R. Fender , N. Gehrels , A. Klotz , E. O. Ofek , M. Smith , M. Sokolowski , B. W. Stappers , I. Steele , J. Swinbank , R. A. M. J. Wijers , W. Zheng

Gravitational wave astronomy with LIGO and similar detectors in the next decade

We describe the plans for gravitational-wave observations and astrophysics that will be carried out by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) in the next decade using data from the LIGO Observatories in the US, and sister facilities abroad…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-09 The LIGO Scientific collaboration

Detecting optical transients using artificial neural networks and reference images from different surveys

To search for optical counterparts to gravitational waves, it is crucial to develop an efficient follow-up method that allows for both a quick telescopic scan of the event localization region and search through the resulting image data for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 Katarzyna Wardęga , Adam Zadrożny , Martin Beroiz , Richard Camuccio , Mario C. Díaz

Maximising the detection probability of kilonovae associated with gravitational wave observations

Estimates of the source sky location for gravitational wave signals are likely span areas ranging up to hundreds of square degrees or more, making it very challenging for most telescopes to search for counterpart signals in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-20 Man Leong Chan , Yi-Ming Hu , Chris Messenger , Martin Hendry , Ik Siong Heng

SAGUARO: Time-domain Infrastructure for the Fourth Gravitational-wave Observing Run and Beyond

We present upgraded infrastructure for Searches after Gravitational Waves Using ARizona Observatories (SAGUARO) during LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth gravitational-wave (GW) observing run (O4). These upgrades implement many of the lessons…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-21 Griffin Hosseinzadeh , Kerry Paterson , Jillian C. Rastinejad , Manisha Shrestha , Philip N. Daly , Michael J. Lundquist , David J. Sand , Wen-fai Fong , K. Azalee Bostroem , Saarah Hall , Samuel D. Wyatt , Alex R. Gibbs , Eric Christensen , William Lindstrom , Jonathan Nation , Joseph Chatelain , Curtis McCully

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: Status and Prospects

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) Collaboration is currently engaged in design and prototyping work towards the realisation of this future gamma-ray facility. SWGO will complement CTA and the existing ground-particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-29 Jim Hinton

LIGO's "Science Reach"

Technical discussions of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) sensitivity often focus on its effective sensitivity to gravitational waves in a given band; nevertheless, the goal of the LIGO Project is to ``do…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Lee Samuel Finn

Gravitational wave detection by a spherical antenna: the angular sensitivity of resonators in the TIGA configuration and its variation with sidereal time and galactic longitude

Experimental projects using spherical antennas to detect gravitational waves are nowdays a concrete reality. The main purpose of this paper is to give a possible way of interpreting output data from such a system. Responses of the five…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Maria Alice Gasparini

Electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave transient signal candidates

Pioneering efforts aiming at the development of multi-messenger gravitational wave and electromagnetic astronomy have been made. An electromagnetic observation follow-up program of candidate gravitational wave events has been performed (Dec…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Branchesi

Detector performance of the Gamma-ray Transient Monitor onboard DRO-A Satellite

Gamma-ray Transient Monitor (GTM) is an all-sky monitor onboard the Distant Retrograde Orbit-A (DRO-A) satellite with the scientific objective of detecting gamma-ray transients ranging from 20 keV to 1 MeV. GTM is equipped with 5 Gamma-ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-11 Pei-Yi Feng , Zheng-Hua An , Da-Li Zhang , Chen-Wei Wang , Chao Zheng , Sheng Yang , Shao-Lin Xiong , Jia-Cong Liu , Xin-Qiao Li , Ke Gong , Xiao-Jing Liu , Min Gao , Xiang-Yang Wen , Ya-Qing liu , Xiao-Yun Zhao , Fan Zhang , Xi-Lei Sun , Hong Lu

Pan-STARRS and PESSTO search for an optical counterpart to the LIGO gravitational wave source GW150914

We searched for an optical counterpart to the first gravitational wave source discovered by LIGO (GW150914), using a combination of the Pan-STARRS1 wide-field telescope and the PESSTO spectroscopic follow-up programme. As the final LIGO sky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-21 S. J. Smartt , K. C. Chambers , K. W. Smith , M. E. Huber , D. R. Young , E. Cappellaro , D. E. Wright , M. Coughlin , A. S. B. Schultz , L. Denneau , H. Flewelling , A. Heinze , E. A. Magnier , N. Primak , A. Rest , A. Sherstyuk , B. Stalder , C. W. Stubbs , J. Tonry , C. Waters , M. Willman , J. P. Anderson , C. Baltay , M. T. Botticella , H. Campbell , M. Dennefeld , T. -W. Chen , M. Della Valle , N. Elias-Rosa , M. Fraser , C. Inserra , E. Kankare , R. Kotak , T. Kupfer , J. Harmanen , L. Galbany , A. Gal-Yam , L. Le Guillou , J. D. Lyman , K. Maguire , A. Mitra , M. Nicholl , F. E Olivares , D. Rabinowitz , A. Razza , J. Sollerman , M. Smith , G. Terreran , S. Valenti , B. Gibson , T. Goggia

A Cryogenic Silicon Interferometer for Gravitational-wave Detection

The detection of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers by LIGO has opened the era of gravitational wave astronomy, revealing a previously hidden side of the cosmos. To maximize the reach of the existing LIGO observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Rana X Adhikari , Odylio Aguiar , Koji Arai , Bryan Barr , Riccardo Bassiri , Garilynn Billingsley , Ross Birney , David Blair , Joseph Briggs , Aidan F Brooks , Daniel D Brown , Huy-Tuong Cao , Marcio Constancio , Sam Cooper , Thomas Corbitt , Dennis Coyne , Edward Daw , Johannes Eichholz , Martin Fejer , Andreas Freise , Valery Frolov , Slawomir Gras , Anna Green , Hartmut Grote , Eric K Gustafson , Evan D Hall , Giles Hammond , Jan Harms , Gregg Harry , Karen Haughian , Frances Hellman , Jan-Simon Hennig , Margot Hennig , Stefan Hild , Warren Johnson , Brittany Kamai , Disha Kapasi , Kentaro Komori , Mikhail Korobko , Kevin Kuns , Brian Lantz , Sean Leavey , Fabian Magana-Sandoval , Ashot Markosyan , Iain Martin , Rodica Martin , Denis V Martynov , David Mcclelland , Graeme Mcghee , Joseph Mills , Valery Mitrofanov , Manel Molina-Ruiz , Conor Mow-Lowry , Peter Murray , Sebastian Ng , Leonid Prokhorov , Volker Quetschke , Stuart Reid , David Reitze , Jonathan Richardson , Raymond Robie , Isobel Romero-Shaw , Sheila Rowan , Roman Schnabel , Merle Schneewind , Brett Shapiro , David Shoemaker , Bram Slagmolen , Joshua Smith , Jessica Steinlechner , Simon Tait , David Tanner , Calum Torrie , Joris Vanheijningen , Peter Veitch , Gavin Wallace , Peter Wessels , Benno Willke , Christopher Wipf , Hiro Yamamoto , Chunnong Zhao , Lisa Barsotti , Robert Ward , Angus Bell , Robert Byer , Andrew Wade , William Z Korth , Frank Seifert , Nicholas Smith , Dimitry Koptsov , Zeno Tornasi , Aaron Markowitz , Georgia Mansell , Terry Mcrae , Paul Altin , Min J Yap , Marielle Van Veggel , Graeme Eddolls , Edgard Bonilla , Elvis C Ferreira , Allan S Silva , Marcos A Okada , Diego Taira , Daniel Heinert , James Hough , Ken Strain , Alan Cumming , Roger Route , Daniel Shaddock , Matthew Evans , Rainer Weiss

Development of the LAGO Project in Chiapas-Mexico

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended astroparticle observatory with the goal of studying Gamma Ray Bursts (among other extreme universe phenomena), space weather and atmospheric radiation at ground level. It consists…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Karen Salomé Caballero Mora , Hugo de León Hidalgo , Eduardo Moreno Barbosa , César Álvarez Ochoa , Roberto Arceo Reyes , Filiberto Hueyotl Zahuantitla , Sarah Kaufmann , Luis Rodolfo Pérez Sánchez1 , Elí Santos Rodríguez , Omar Tibolla , Arnulfo Zepeda Domínguez

Robo-AO: autonomous and replicable laser-adaptive-optics and science system

We have created a new autonomous laser-guide-star adaptive-optics (AO) instrument on the 60-inch (1.5-m) telescope at Palomar Observatory called Robo-AO. The instrument enables diffraction-limited resolution observing in the visible and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 C. Baranec , R. Riddle , A. N. Ramaprakash , N. Law , S. Tendulkar , S. Kulkarni , R. Dekany , K. Bui , J. Davis , M. Burse , H. Das , S. Hildebrandt , S. Punnadi , R. Smith

Follow-up of X-ray transients detected by SWIFT with COLORES using the BOOTES network

The Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES) is a network of telescopes that allows the continuous monitoring of transient astrophysical sources. It was originally devoted to the study of the optical emission from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-03 M. D. Caballero-Garcia , M. Jelinek , A. J. Castro-Tirado , R. Hudec , R. Cunniffe , O. Rabaza , L. Sabau-Graziati

Prospects for the detection of electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events

Various models for electromagnetic emissions correlated with the gravitational wave signals expected to be detectable by the current and planned gravitational wave detectors are studied. The position error on the location of a gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Julien Sylvestre

Gravitational Waves: Sources, Detectors and Searches

Gravitational wave science should transform in this decade from a study of what has not been seen to a full-fledged field of astronomy in which detected signals reveal the nature of cataclysmic events and exotic objects. The LIGO Scientific…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-11 Keith Riles

Gravitational Waves

This article reviews current efforts and plans for gravitational-wave detection, the gravitational-wave sources that might be detected, and the information that the detectors might extract from the observed waves. Special attention is paid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kip S. Thorne

DSN Transient Observatory

The DSN Transient Observatory (DTO) is a signal processing facility that can monitor up to four DSN downlink bands for astronomically interesting signals. The monitoring is done commensally with reception of deep space mission telemetry.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-03 T. B. H. Kuiper , R. M. Monroe , L. A. White , C. Garcia Miro , S. M. Levin , W. A. Majid , M. Soriano