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Search for Electromagnetic Counterparts to LIGO-Virgo Candidates: Expanded Very Large Array† Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Joseph Lazio ,
Katie Keating ,
F. A. Jenet  and
N. E. Kassim
Joseph Lazio
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. email: Joseph.Lazio@jpl.nasa.gov
Katie Keating
Affiliation:
National Research Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
F. A. Jenet
Affiliation:
Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Texas, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
N. E. Kassim
Affiliation:
Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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Abstract

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This paper summarizes a search for radio-wavelength counterparts to candidate gravitational-wave events. The identification of an electromagnetic counterpart could provide a more complete understanding of a gravitational-wave event, including such characteristics as the location and the nature of the progenitor. We used the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) to search six galaxies which were identified as potential hosts for two candidate gravitational-wave events. We summarize our procedures and discuss preliminary results.

Keywords

Gravitational wavesmethods: observationalradio continuum: general

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