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MAGIC electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave alerts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2017

Barbara De Lotto ,
Stefano Ansoldi ,
Angelo Antonelli ,
Alessio Berti ,
Alessandro Carosi ,
Francesco Longo  and
Antonio Stamerra
Barbara De Lotto
Affiliation:
University of Udine & INFN Trieste, Italy
Stefano Ansoldi
Affiliation:
University of Udine & INFN Trieste, Italy Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
Angelo Antonelli
Affiliation:
INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy ASI Science Data Center, I-00133 Rome, Italy
Alessio Berti
Affiliation:
University & INFN Trieste, Italy
Alessandro Carosi
Affiliation:
INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy ASI Science Data Center, I-00133 Rome, Italy
Francesco Longo
Affiliation:
University & INFN Trieste, Italy
Antonio Stamerra
Affiliation:
INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino & Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
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Abstract

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The year 2015 witnessed the first direct observations of a transient gravitational-wave (GW) signal from binary black hole mergers by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO) Collaboration with the Virgo Collaboration. The MAGIC two 17m diameter Cherenkov telescopes system joined since 2014 the vast collaboration of electromagnetic facilities for follow-up of gravitational wave alerts. During the 2015 LIGO-Virgo science run we set up the procedure for GW alerts follow-up and took data following the last GW alert. MAGIC results on the data analysis and prospects for the forthcoming run are presented.

Keywords

electromagnetic follow-upgravitational wave alertcherenkov telescope

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