Low-latency gravitational wave alert products and their performance at the time of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
Abstract
We present the low-latency alert infrastructure performance and data products based on an end-to-end MDC designed to prepare for O4. We aim to provide a useful reference for the broader astronomy community following up on GW alerts, and aid in interpreting the data products made public by the LVK. The MDC covers a dense sample of compact binary coalescence (CBC) events similar to those we hope to observe during O4, demonstrating up-to-date results for the public data products. We strive to maximize the efficacy of multimessenger follow-up searches by helping astronomers utilize our data products to their full advantage. The description of the alert infrastructure may be used as a reference for astronomical experiments targeting similar timescales.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- April 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2308.04545
- Bibcode:
- 2024PNAS..12116474C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- PNAS 121 (18) e2316474121 (2024)