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Quantifying Night Sky Fluctuations: Striving For A Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Rachel K. Nydegger, Shane L. Larson Ph.D.
Quantifying Night Sky Fluctuations: Striving For A Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Rachel K. Nydegger, Shane L. Larson Ph.D.
Rachel Nydegger Rozum
With LIGO coming back online soon, astronomers are attempting to solve the problems involved with coupling gravitational observations with electromagnetic telescope observations. To do this, my project aims to create all-sky surveys to characterize natural variability to reduce "false-alarm" rates in detections of gravitational emissions.
Characterizing Sky Variability For Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Rachel K. Nydegger, Shane L. Larson Ph.D.
Characterizing Sky Variability For Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Rachel K. Nydegger, Shane L. Larson Ph.D.
Rachel Nydegger Rozum
Multi-messenger astronomy employs both electromagnetic and gravitational -wave detectors to paint a richer picture of celestial objects, providing more depth and information. The interferometers utilized for gravitational-wave observations receive input from very broad fields of view on the sky, typically a few square degrees. To have simultaneous electromagnetic observations (typically less than one square degree) requires innovative techniques for the telescopes to find the origin of radiation. One idea is to “tile” the view of the interferometer, using multiple telescopes to simultaneously point at different areas of the field to observe the source. One di"culty of this observing paradigm is …
Characterizing Sky Variability For Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Rachel K. Nydegger, Katie Breivik, Shane L. Larson Ph.D.
Characterizing Sky Variability For Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Rachel K. Nydegger, Katie Breivik, Shane L. Larson Ph.D.
Rachel Nydegger Rozum
Multi-messenger astronomy employs both electromagnetic and gravitational -wave detectors to paint a richer picture of celestial objects, providing more depth and information. The interferometers utilized for gravitational-wave observations receive input from very broad fields of view on the sky, typically a few square degrees. To have simultaneous electromagnetic observations (typically less than one square degree) requires innovative techniques for the telescopes to find the origin of radiation. One idea is to “tile” the view of the interferometer, using multiple telescopes to simultaneously point at different areas of the field to observe the source. One di"culty of this observing paradigm is …