@article{7323f306bdea4f7588056582ab09dad8,
title = "First searches for optical counterparts to gravitational-wave candidate events",
abstract = "During the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory and Virgo joint science runs in 2009-2010, gravitational wave (GW) data from three interferometer detectors were analyzed within minutes to select GW candidate events and infer their apparent sky positions. Target coordinates were transmitted to several telescopes for follow-up observations aimed at the detection of an associated optical transient. Images were obtained for eight such GW candidates. We present the methods used to analyze the image data as well as the transient search results. No optical transient was identified with a convincing association with any of these candidates, and none of the GW triggers showed strong evidence for being astrophysical in nature. We compare the sensitivities of these observations to several model light curves from possible sources of interest, and discuss prospects for future joint GW-optical observations of this type.",
keywords = "binaries: close, catalogs, gravitational waves, stars: neutron, surveys",
author = "{LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration} and M. Constancio and J. Aasi and J. Abadie and Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and T. Abbott and Abernathy, {M. R.} and T. Accadia and F. Acernese and C. Adams and T. Adams and Adhikari, {R. X.} and C. Affeldt and M. Agathos and N. Aggarwal and Aguiar, {O. D.} and P. Ajith and B. Allen and A. Allocca and {Amador Ceron}, E. and D. Amariutei and Anderson, {R. A.} and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and K. Arai and Araya, {M. C.} and C. Arceneaux and J. Areeda and S. Ast and Aston, {S. M.} and P. Astone and P. Aufmuth and C. Aulbert and L. Austin and Aylott, {B. E.} and S. Babak and Baker, {P. T.} and G. Ballardin and Ballmer, {S. W.} and Barayoga, {J. C.} and D. Barker and Barnum, {S. H.} and F. Barone and B. Barr and L. Barsotti and M. Barsuglia and Barton, {M. A.} and I. Bartos and R. Bassiri and A. Basti and J. Batch and J. Bauchrowitz and Bauer, {Th S.} and M. Bebronne and B. Behnke and M. Bejger and Beker, {M. G.} and Bell, {A. S.} and C. Bell and I. Belopolski and G. Bergmann and Berliner, {J. M.} and A. Bertolini and D. Bessis and J. Betzwieser and Beyersdorf, {P. T.} and T. Bhadbhade and Bilenko, {I. A.} and G. Billingsley and J. Birch and M. Bitossi and Bizouard, {M. A.} and E. Black and Blackburn, {J. K.} and L. Blackburn and D. Blair and M. Blom and O. Bock and Bodiya, {T. P.} and M. Boer and C. Bogan and C. Bond and F. Bondu and L. Bonelli and R. Bonnand and R. Bork and M. Born and S. Bose and L. Bosi and J. Bowers and C. Bradaschia and Brady, {P. R.} and Braginsky, {V. B.} and M. Branchesi and Brannen, {C. A.} and Brau, {J. E.} and J. Breyer and T. Briant and Bridges, {D. O.} and A. Brillet and M. Brinkmann and V. Brisson and M. Britzger and Brooks, {A. F.} and Brown, {D. A.} and Brown, {D. D.} and F. Br{\"u}ckner and T. Bulik and Bulten, {H. J.} and A. Buonanno and D. Buskulic and C. Buy and Byer, {R. L.} and L. Cadonati and G. Cagnoli and {Calder{\'o}n Bustillo}, J. and E. Calloni and Camp, {J. B.} and P. Campsie and Cannon, {K. C.} and B. Canuel and J. Cao and Capano, {C. D.} and F. Carbognani and L. Carbone and S. Caride and A. Castiglia and S. Caudill and M. Cavagli{\`a} and F. Cavalier and R. Cavalieri and G. Cella and C. Cepeda and E. Cesarini and R. Chakraborty and T. Chalermsongsak and S. Chao and P. Charlton and E. Chassande-Mottin and X. Chen and Y. Chen and A. Chincarini and A. Chiummo and Cho, {H. S.} and J. Chow and N. Christensen and Q. Chu and Chua, {S. S.Y.} and S. Chung and G. Ciani and F. Clara and Clark, {D. E.} and Clark, {J. A.} and F. Cleva and E. Coccia and Cohadon, {P. F.} and A. Colla and M. Colombini and M. Constancio and A. Conte and R. Conte and D. Cook and Corbitt, {T. R.} and M. Cordier and N. Cornish and A. Corsi and Costa, {C. A.} and Coughlin, {M. W.} and Coulon, {J. P.} and S. Countryman and P. Couvares and Coward, {D. M.} and M. Cowart and Coyne, {D. C.} and K. Craig and Creighton, {J. D.E.} and Creighton, {T. D.} and Crowder, {S. G.} and A. Cumming and L. Cunningham and E. Cuoco and K. Dahl and {Dal Canton}, T. and M. Damjanic and Danilishin, {S. L.} and S. D'Antonio and K. Danzmann and V. Dattilo and B. Daudert and H. Daveloza and M. Davier and Davies, {G. S.} and Daw, {E. J.} and R. Day and T. Dayanga and {De Rosa}, R. and G. Debreczeni and J. Degallaix and {Del Pozzo}, W. and E. Deleeuw and S. Del{\'e}glise and T. Denker and H. Dereli and V. Dergachev and R. Derosa and R. Desalvo and S. Dhurandhar and {Di Fiore}, L. and {Di Lieto}, A. and {Di Palma}, I. and {Di Virgilio}, A. and M. D{\'i}az and A. Dietz and K. Dmitry and F. Donovan and Dooley, {K. L.} and S. Doravari and M. Drago and Drever, {R. W.P.} and Driggers, {J. C.} and Z. Du and Dumas, {J. C.} and S. Dwyer and T. Eberle and M. Edwards and A. Effler and P. Ehrens and J. Eichholz and Eikenberry, {S. S.} and G. Endrczi and R. Essick and T. Etzel and K. Evans and M. Evans and T. Evans and M. Factourovich and V. Fafone and S. Fairhurst and Q. Fang and B. Farr and W. Farr and M. Favata and D. Fazi and H. Fehrmann and D. Feldbaum and I. Ferrante and F. Ferrini and F. Fidecaro and Finn, {L. S.} and Hosken, {D. J.}",
year = "2014",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/7",
language = "English",
volume = "211",
journal = "Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series",
issn = "0067-0049",
publisher = "American Astronomical Society",
number = "1",
}