Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 3
Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2019; Denver, Colorado
Session Q16: Neutron Star Merger Outflows and Prospects for Observing Them
10:45 AM–12:21 PM,
Monday, April 15, 2019
Sheraton
Room: Grand Ballroom I
Sponsoring
Units:
DAP DGRAV
Chair: Carolyn Raithel, University of Arizona
Abstract: Q16.00006 : Searching for Prompt Radio Emission from Compact Binaries with the OVRO-LWA
11:45 AM–11:57 AM
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Presenter:
Thomas A Callister
(Caltech)
Authors:
Thomas A Callister
(Caltech)
Marin Anderson
(Caltech)
Gregg Hallinan
(Caltech)
The multi-messenger observation of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 has yielded a wealth of astrophysical information, including the unambiguous observation of a kilonova and direct evidence for the association of short gamma-ray bursts and neutron star mergers. A still-missing piece of this puzzle, however, is the observation of a prompt low-frequency radio burst, which is predicted to accompany compact binary mergers mergers. The discovery of such a signal would be immensely valuable, but is made difficult by the very short delay between the gravitational-wave and radio signals as well as the poor localization of gravitational-wave sources. In this talk, I will describe efforts to detect prompt radio bursts associated with gravitational-wave events using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory’s Long Wavelength Array. I will present results from a proof-of-concept study targeting binary black holes in Advanced LIGO/Virgo’s O2 observing run and discuss plans to target binary neutron star mergers in the upcoming O3 run.
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