Using Galaxy Formation Simulations to optimise LIGO Follow-Up Observations
arXiv:1612.04412 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stw3292
Abstract
The recent discovery of gravitational radiation from merging black holes poses a challenge of how to organize the electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational-wave events as well as observed bursts of neutrinos. We propose a technique to select the galaxies that are most likely to host the event given some assumptions of whether the particular event is associated with recent star formation, low metallicity stars or simply proportional to the total stellar mass in the galaxy. We combine data from the 2-MASS Photometric Redshift Galaxy Catalogue with results from galaxy formation simulations to develop observing strategies that potentially reduce the area of sky to search by up to a factor of two relative to an unweighted search of galaxies, and a factor twenty to a search over the entire LIGO localization region.
arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Monthly Notices
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