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JOINT IPTF-VLA-SWIFT FOLLOW-UP OF ALIGO EVENTSSTARTING FROM 2015 A NEW WINDOW ON THE UNIVERSE IS GOING TO OPEN AS THE ADVANCED GROUND-BASED GRAVITATIONAL WAVE (GW) DETECTORS ALIGO (NOW IN ITS 1ST OBSERVING RUN) AND VIRGO WILL REACH DESIGN SENSITIVITY. BECAUSE GW-TRIGGERED EVENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONLY COARSELY LOCALIZED TO LARGE AREAS OF THE SKY THE IDENTIFICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COUNTERPARTS COULD PROVIDE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE BETTER LOCALIZATION AND ENHANCE CONFIDENCE IN THE GW DETECTIONS. HERE WE PROPOSE TO COMPLEMENT OUR IPTF+VLA FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM OF ALIGO TRIGGERS WITH DATA FROM SWIFT. A RADIO PLUS X-RAY DETECTION OF THE SEVERAL OPTICAL CANDIDATES EXPECTED TO BE FOUND IN A TYPICAL GW TRIGGER ERROR-AREA WOULD GREATLY ENHANCE THE CONFIDENCE IN THE DETECTION AND HELP IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF THE EVENT.

$39,000FY2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

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