Observational Implications of Lowering the LIGO-Virgo Alert Threshold

The recent detection of the binary-neutron-star merger associated with GW170817 by both the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo and the network of electromagnetic-spectrum observing facilities around the world has made the multi-messenger detection of gravitational-w...

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Main Authors: Lynch, Ryan Christopher (Author), Coughlin, Michael (Author), Vitale, Salvatore (Author), Stubbs, Christopher W. (Author), Katsavounidis, Erik (Author), Katsavounidis, Erotokritos (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2019-11-07T21:23:54Z.
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