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Chasing Transients: Constructing Local Galaxy Catalogs For Electromagnetic Follow-Up Of Gravitational Wave Events, Chaoran Zhang
Chasing Transients: Constructing Local Galaxy Catalogs For Electromagnetic Follow-Up Of Gravitational Wave Events, Chaoran Zhang
Theses and Dissertations
Gravitational waves (GWs) provide a new window for observing the universe which is not possible using traditional electromagnetic (EM) wave astronomy. The coalescence of compact object binaries, such as black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs) generates “loud" GW signals that are detectable by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) GW Observa- tory. If the binary contains at least one NS, there is a possibility that an observable EM counterpart will be launched during and/or after the merger. The first joint detection of GW radiation (GW170817) and its EM counterpart (AT 2017gfo) greatly extended our understanding of the universe in many fields, such …
Searching For Gravitational Wave Associations With High-Energy Astrophysical Transients, Brandon Joseph Piotrzkowski
Searching For Gravitational Wave Associations With High-Energy Astrophysical Transients, Brandon Joseph Piotrzkowski
Theses and Dissertations
Gravitational waves (GW) have become an invaluable tool in modern astronomy, especiallyin conjunction with other astronomical observations. GWs are created in highly dynamical systems such as compact binary coalescences (CBC) which are comprised of black holes and/or neutron stars. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), Virgo Observatory, and KAGRA have now collectively identified almost a hundred of these events. GWs have also been predicted to come from core collapse supernovae. Both of these types of systems have been shown to produce other detectable transients, such as gamma- ray bursts (GRB) and neutrino bursts. Observations of the same astrophysical system …
Data-Driven Population Inference From Gravitational-Wave Sources And Electromagnetic Counterparts, Siddharth Mohite
Data-Driven Population Inference From Gravitational-Wave Sources And Electromagnetic Counterparts, Siddharth Mohite
Theses and Dissertations
Gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy has presented an unprecedented way to view the universe and study populations of astrophysical objects such as merging compact binaries containing black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs). With the latest catalog of observations detected by the Advanced LIGO-Virgo detector network, recent analyses are placing interesting constraints on the population of BHs and NSs in these binaries. In particular, we are learning a great deal about how these binaries are distributed as a function of their masses. Another aspect of GW astronomy that has the potential to provide insights into fundamental physics is the multi-messenger follow up …