RTN-008: Rubin Observatory Processing of Gravitational Wave TOO Data in the Early Operations Era

Bellm, Eric C.

doi:10.71929/rubin/2997564

Title: RTN-008: Rubin Observatory Processing of Gravitational Wave TOO Data in the Early Operations Era

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Since the watershed discovery of an electromagnetic counterpart to the LIGO/VIRGO gravitational wave source GW170817, multi-messenger astrophysics has emerged as a major area of strategic focus for the NSF. Rubin Observatory’s depth, survey speed, and data management systems will make it a key asset in the search for EM counterparts. Exploiting this capability during the phases of Rubin commissioning and early operations that coincide with GW observing run O4 may require special actions, however. We discuss potential approaches to data access, template building, and special data processing.

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Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington

Publication Date:: Wed Aug 03 04:00:00 UTC 2022

Other Number(s):: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Technical Note RTN-008

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Research Org.:: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

OSTI Identifier:: 2997564

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2997564

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                    Bellm, Eric C. RTN-008: Rubin Observatory Processing of Gravitational Wave TOO Data in the Early Operations Era.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
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                    Bellm, Eric C. RTN-008: Rubin Observatory Processing of Gravitational Wave TOO Data in the Early Operations Era.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2997564

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                    Bellm, Eric C. 2022.  
"RTN-008: Rubin Observatory Processing of Gravitational Wave TOO Data in the Early Operations Era".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2997564.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2997564. Pub date:Wed Aug 03 04:00:00 UTC 2022

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  abstractNote = {Since the watershed discovery of an electromagnetic counterpart to the LIGO/VIRGO gravitational wave source GW170817, multi-messenger astrophysics has emerged as a major area of strategic focus for the NSF. Rubin Observatory’s depth, survey speed, and data management systems will make it a key asset in the search for EM counterparts. Exploiting this capability during the phases of Rubin commissioning and early operations that coincide with GW observing run O4 may require special actions, however. We discuss potential approaches to data access, template building, and special data processing.},

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