GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

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

I Andreoni, R Margutti, OS Salafia… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of the electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star (NS) merger
GW170817 has opened the era of gravitational-wave multimessenger astronomy. Rapid …

Constraints on the physical properties of GW190814 through simulations based on DECam follow-up observations by the dark energy survey

R Morgan, M Soares-Santos, J Annis… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
On 2019 August 14, the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations detected gravitational waves from a
black hole and a 2.6 solar mass compact object, possibly the first neutron star–black hole …

Searches after gravitational waves using ARizona observatories (SAGUARO): Observations and analysis from advanced LIGO/virgo's third observing run

K Paterson, MJ Lundquist, JC Rastinejad… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
With the conclusion of the third observing run for Advanced LIGO/Virgo (O3), we present a
detailed analysis of both triggered and serendipitous observations of 17 gravitational-wave …

Designing an Optimal Kilonova Search Using DECam for Gravitational-wave Events

CR Bom, J Annis, A Garcia, A Palmese… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We address the problem of optimally identifying all kilonovae detected via gravitational-
wave emission in the upcoming LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA observing run, O4, which is expected to …

Enabling the discovery of fast transients-A kilonova science module for the Fink broker

B Biswas, EEO Ishida, J Peloton, A Möller… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Large-scale astronomical surveys such as the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)
opened a new window of opportunity in the search for rare astrophysical phenomena …

The S-PLUS Transient Extension Program: imaging pipeline, transient identification, and survey optimization for multimessenger astronomy

A Santos, CD Kilpatrick, CR Bom, P Darc… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present the S-PLUS Transient Extension Program (STEP): a supernova and fast
transient survey conducted in the southern hemisphere using data from the Southern …

A Systematic Exploration of Kilonova Candidates from Neutron Star Mergers during the Third Gravitational-wave Observing Run

JC Rastinejad, K Paterson, W Fong… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive analysis of 653 optical candidate counterparts reported during
the third gravitational-wave (GW) observing run. Our sample concentrates on candidates …

SAGUARO: Time-domain Infrastructure for the Fourth Gravitational-wave Observing Run and Beyond

G Hosseinzadeh, K Paterson… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present upgraded infrastructure for Searches After Gravitational waves Using ARizona
Observatories (SAGUARO) during LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth gravitational-wave (GW) …

Searching for electromagnetic emission in an AGN from the gravitational wave binary black hole merger candidate S230922g

T Cabrera, A Palmese, L Hu, B O'Connor… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We carried out long-term monitoring of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA binary black hole (BBH)
merger candidate S230922g in search of electromagnetic emission from the interaction of …