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Target-of-opportunity observations of gravitational-wave events with Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Andreoni, Igor, Margutti, Raffaella, Salafia, Om Sharan, Parazin, B., Villar, V. Ashley, Coughlin, Michael W., Yoachim, Peter, Mortensen, Kris, Brethauer, Daniel, Smartt, S. J. et al.
(2022) Target-of-opportunity observations of gravitational-wave events with Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 260 (1). 18. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac617c ISSN 0067-0049.

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Abstract

The discovery of the electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star (NS) merger GW170817 has opened the era of gravitational-wave multimessenger astronomy. Rapid identification of the optical/infrared kilonova enabled a precise localization of the source, which paved the way to deep multiwavelength follow-up and its myriad of related science results. Fully exploiting this new territory of exploration requires the acquisition of electromagnetic data from samples of NS mergers and other gravitational-wave sources. After GW170817, the frontier is now to map the diversity of kilonova properties and provide more stringent constraints on the Hubble constant, and enable new tests of fundamental physics. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time can play a key role in this field in the 2020s, when an improved network of gravitational-wave detectors is expected to reach a sensitivity that will enable the discovery of a high rate of merger events involving NSs (∼tens per year) out to distances of several hundred megaparsecs. We design comprehensive target-of-opportunity observing strategies for follow-up of gravitational-wave triggers that will make the Rubin Observatory the premier instrument for discovery and early characterization of NS and other compact-object mergers, and yet unknown classes of gravitational-wave events.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Neutron stars, Gravitational waves , Gravitational waves -- Detection , Black holes (Astronomy), Transients (Dynamics), Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Journal or Publication Title: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 0067-0049
Official Date: 13 May 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
13 May 2022Published
24 March 2022Accepted
3 November 2021Submitted
Volume: 260
Number: 1
Number of Pages: 17
Article Number: 18
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac617c
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 6 July 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access: 7 July 2022
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AST-1909796[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
AST-1944985[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
UNSPECIFIEDHeising-Simons Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014155
PHY-2010970[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
OAC-2117997[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
1907975[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
ST/T000198/1[STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
ST/S006109/1[STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
PHY-1914448[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
AST-2037297[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
758638[ERC] Horizon 2020 Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661
80NSSC19K1422[NASA] National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000104
948381[ERC] Horizon 2020 Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661
UNSPECIFIEDAlan Turing Institutehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012338
20179ZF5KS (PRIN-MUIR 2017)Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della RicercaUNSPECIFIED
I/004/11/4Agenzia Spaziale Italianahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003981
2016-06012Vetenskapsrådethttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004359
UNSPECIFIEDWenner-Gren Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100001388
2020-03330Vetenskapsrådethttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004359
NNG17PX03C[NASA] National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000104
AST-1815935[NSF] National Science Foundation (US)http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001
UNSPECIFIEDGordon and Betty Moore Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000936
UNSPECIFIEDDavid and Lucile Packard Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000008
2021-2975Heising-Simons Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014155

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