Swift follow-up of the gravitational wave source GW150914

P. A. Evans; J. A. Kennea; S. D. Barthelmy; A. P. Beardmore; D. N. Burrows; S. Campana; S. B. Cenko; N. Gehrels; P. Giommi; C. Gronwall; F. E. Marshall; D. Malesani; C. B. Markwardt; B. Mingo; J. A. Nousek; P. T. O'Brien; J. P. Osborne; C. Pagani; K. L. Page; D. M. Palmer; M. Perri; J. L. Racusin; M. H. Siegel; B. Sbarufatti; G. Tagliaferri

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Swift follow-up of the gravitational wave source GW150914

P. A. Evans, J. A. Kennea, S. D. Barthelmy, A. P. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, S. B. Cenko, N. Gehrels, P. Giommi, C. Gronwall, F. E. Marshall, D. Malesani, C. B. Markwardt, B. Mingo, J. A. Nousek, P. T. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne, C. Pagani, K. L. Page, D. M. PalmerM. Perri, J. L. Racusin, M. H. Siegel, B. Sbarufatti, G. Tagliaferri

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The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (ALIGO) observatory recently reported the first direct detection of gravitationalwaves (GW)which triggered ALIGO on 2015 September 14. We report on observations taken with the Swift satellite two days after the trigger. No new X-ray, optical, UV or hard X-ray sources were detected in our observations, which were focused on nearby galaxies in the GW error region and covered 4.7 deg² (~2 per cent of the probability in the rapidly available GW error region; 0.3 per cent of the probability from the finalGWerror region, which was produced several months after the trigger). We describe the rapid Swift response and automated analysis of the X-ray telescope and UV/Optical telescope data, and note the importance to electromagnetic follow-up of early notification of the progenitor details inferred from GW analysis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L40-L44
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volume	460
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw065
State	Published - Jul 21 2016

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Evans, P. A., Kennea, J. A., Barthelmy, S. D., Beardmore, A. P., Burrows, D. N., Campana, S., Cenko, S. B., Gehrels, N., Giommi, P., Gronwall, C., Marshall, F. E., Malesani, D., Markwardt, C. B., Mingo, B., Nousek, J. A., O'Brien, P. T., Osborne, J. P., Pagani, C., Page, K. L., ... Tagliaferri, G. (2016). Swift follow-up of the gravitational wave source GW150914. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 460(1), L40-L44. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw065

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