Gamma Rays and Gravitational Waves

doi:10.48550/arXiv.1903.04472

Gamma Rays and Gravitational Waves

Burns, Eric
Zhu, S.
Hui, C. M.
Ansoldi, S.
Barthelmy, S.
Boggs, S.
Cenko, S. B.
Christensen, N.
Fryer, C.
Goldstein, A.
Harding, A.
Hartmann, D.
Joens, A.
Kanbach, G.
Kerr, M.
Kierans, C.
McEnery, J.
Patricelli, B.
Perkins, J.
Racusin, J.
Ray, P.
Schlieder, J.
Schoorlemmer, H.
Schussler, F.
Stamerra, A.
Tomsick, J.
Wadiasingh, Z.
Wilson-Hodge, C.
Younes, G.
Zhang, B.
Zoglauer, A.

The first multimessenger detection of a neutron star merger was independently detected in gamma-rays and gravitational waves. The two messengers will jointly identify new sources in the next few years, beyond neutron star mergers. We present a summary of possible sources and discuss the capabilities needed to study them.

Publication:

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society

Pub Date:

May 2019

DOI:

10.48550/arXiv.1903.04472

arXiv:

arXiv:1903.04472

Bibcode:

2019BAAS...51c.260B

Keywords:

Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

E-Print:

Astro2020 White Paper for the Thematic Area Multimessenger Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Gamma Rays and Gravitational Waves

Abstract