SOAR/Goodman Spectroscopic Assessment of Candidate Counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo Event GW190814
Abstract
On 2019 August 14 at 21:10:39 UTC, the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) detected a possible neutron star–black hole merger (NSBH), the first ever identified. An extensive search for an optical counterpart of this event, designated GW190814, was undertaken using the Dark Energy Camera on the 4 m Victor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Target of Opportunity interrupts were issued on eight separate nights to observe 11 candidates using the 4.1 m Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope’s Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph in order to assess whether any of these transients was likely to be an optical counterpart of the possible NSBH merger. Here, we describe the process of observing with SOAR, the analysis of our spectra, our spectroscopic typing methodology, and our resultant conclusion that none of the candidates corresponded to the gravitational wave merger event but were all instead other transients. Finally, we describe the lessons learned from this effort. Application of these lessons will be critical for a successful community spectroscopic follow-up program for LVC observing run 4 (O4) and beyond.
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Contributing Org.:
- DES Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1832828
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1866588; OSTI ID: 1886477; OSTI ID: 1983572
- Report Number(s):
- DES-2020-601; FERMILAB-PUB-21-454-AE-E-SCD; arXiv:2109.13351
Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X; oai:inspirehep.net:1932685; TRN: US2216786
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- AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76SF00515; AC05-00OR22725; SC0019193
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 929; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; gravitational waver; spectroscopy; neutron stars; black holes
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Tucker, D. L., Wiesner, M. P., Allam, S. S., Soares-Santos, M., Bom, C. R., Butner, M., Garcia, A., Morgan, R., Olivares E., F., Palmese, A., Santana-Silva, L., Shrivastava, A., Annis, J., García-Bellido, J., Gill, M. S., Herner, K., Kilpatrick, C. D., Makler, M., Sherman, N., Amara, A., Lin, H., Smith, M., Swann, E., Arcavi, I., Bachmann, T. G., Bechtol, K., Berlfein, F., Briceño, C., Brout, D., Butler, R. E., Cartier, R., Casares, J., Chen, H. -Y., Conselice, C., Contreras, C., Cook, E., Cooke, J., Dage, K., D’Andrea, C., Davis, T. M., de Carvalho, R., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doctor, Z., Drlica-Wagner, A., Drout, M., Farr, B., Finley, D. A., Fishbach, M., Foley, R. J., Förster-Burón, F., Fosalba, P., Friedel, D., Frieman, J., Frohmaier, C., Gruendl, R. A., Hartley, W. G., Hiramatsu, D., Holz, D. E., Howell, D. A., Kawash, A., Kessler, R., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lundgren, A., Lundquist, M., Malik, U., Mann, A. W., Marriner, J., Marshall, J. L., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., McCully, C., Menanteau, F., Meza, N., Narayan, G., Neilsen, E., Nicolaou, C., Nichol, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Pereira, M. S., Pineda, J., Points, S., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Rembold, S., Rest, A., Rodriguez, Ó., Romer, A. K., Sako, M., Salim, S., Scolnic, D., Smith, J. A., Strader, J., Sullivan, M., Swanson, M. C., Thomas, D., Valenti, S., Varga, T. N., Walker, A. R., Weller, J., Wood, M. L., Yanny, B., Zenteno, A., Aguena, M., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Lima, M., Maia, M. G., Miquel, R., Ogando, R. C., Pieres, A., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., To, C., and Zhang, Y. SOAR/Goodman Spectroscopic Assessment of Candidate Counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo Event GW190814. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac5b60.
Tucker, D. L., Wiesner, M. P., Allam, S. S., Soares-Santos, M., Bom, C. R., Butner, M., Garcia, A., Morgan, R., Olivares E., F., Palmese, A., Santana-Silva, L., Shrivastava, A., Annis, J., García-Bellido, J., Gill, M. S., Herner, K., Kilpatrick, C. D., Makler, M., Sherman, N., Amara, A., Lin, H., Smith, M., Swann, E., Arcavi, I., Bachmann, T. G., Bechtol, K., Berlfein, F., Briceño, C., Brout, D., Butler, R. E., Cartier, R., Casares, J., Chen, H. -Y., Conselice, C., Contreras, C., Cook, E., Cooke, J., Dage, K., D’Andrea, C., Davis, T. M., de Carvalho, R., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doctor, Z., Drlica-Wagner, A., Drout, M., Farr, B., Finley, D. A., Fishbach, M., Foley, R. J., Förster-Burón, F., Fosalba, P., Friedel, D., Frieman, J., Frohmaier, C., Gruendl, R. A., Hartley, W. G., Hiramatsu, D., Holz, D. E., Howell, D. A., Kawash, A., Kessler, R., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lundgren, A., Lundquist, M., Malik, U., Mann, A. W., Marriner, J., Marshall, J. L., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., McCully, C., Menanteau, F., Meza, N., Narayan, G., Neilsen, E., Nicolaou, C., Nichol, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Pereira, M. S., Pineda, J., Points, S., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Rembold, S., Rest, A., Rodriguez, Ó., Romer, A. K., Sako, M., Salim, S., Scolnic, D., Smith, J. A., Strader, J., Sullivan, M., Swanson, M. C., Thomas, D., Valenti, S., Varga, T. N., Walker, A. R., Weller, J., Wood, M. L., Yanny, B., Zenteno, A., Aguena, M., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Lima, M., Maia, M. G., Miquel, R., Ogando, R. C., Pieres, A., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., To, C., & Zhang, Y. SOAR/Goodman Spectroscopic Assessment of Candidate Counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo Event GW190814. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac5b60
Tucker, D. L., Wiesner, M. P., Allam, S. S., Soares-Santos, M., Bom, C. R., Butner, M., Garcia, A., Morgan, R., Olivares E., F., Palmese, A., Santana-Silva, L., Shrivastava, A., Annis, J., García-Bellido, J., Gill, M. S., Herner, K., Kilpatrick, C. D., Makler, M., Sherman, N., Amara, A., Lin, H., Smith, M., Swann, E., Arcavi, I., Bachmann, T. G., Bechtol, K., Berlfein, F., Briceño, C., Brout, D., Butler, R. E., Cartier, R., Casares, J., Chen, H. -Y., Conselice, C., Contreras, C., Cook, E., Cooke, J., Dage, K., D’Andrea, C., Davis, T. M., de Carvalho, R., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doctor, Z., Drlica-Wagner, A., Drout, M., Farr, B., Finley, D. A., Fishbach, M., Foley, R. J., Förster-Burón, F., Fosalba, P., Friedel, D., Frieman, J., Frohmaier, C., Gruendl, R. A., Hartley, W. G., Hiramatsu, D., Holz, D. E., Howell, D. A., Kawash, A., Kessler, R., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lundgren, A., Lundquist, M., Malik, U., Mann, A. W., Marriner, J., Marshall, J. L., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., McCully, C., Menanteau, F., Meza, N., Narayan, G., Neilsen, E., Nicolaou, C., Nichol, R., Paz-Chinchón, F., Pereira, M. S., Pineda, J., Points, S., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Rembold, S., Rest, A., Rodriguez, Ó., Romer, A. K., Sako, M., Salim, S., Scolnic, D., Smith, J. A., Strader, J., Sullivan, M., Swanson, M. C., Thomas, D., Valenti, S., Varga, T. N., Walker, A. R., Weller, J., Wood, M. L., Yanny, B., Zenteno, A., Aguena, M., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Flaugher, B., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Lima, M., Maia, M. G., Miquel, R., Ogando, R. C., Pieres, A., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., To, C., and Zhang, Y. Tue .
"SOAR/Goodman Spectroscopic Assessment of Candidate Counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo Event GW190814". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac5b60. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1832828.
@article{osti_1832828,
title = {SOAR/Goodman Spectroscopic Assessment of Candidate Counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo Event GW190814},
author = {Tucker, D. L. and Wiesner, M. P. and Allam, S. S. and Soares-Santos, M. and Bom, C. R. and Butner, M. and Garcia, A. and Morgan, R. and Olivares E., F. and Palmese, A. and Santana-Silva, L. and Shrivastava, A. and Annis, J. and García-Bellido, J. and Gill, M. S. and Herner, K. and Kilpatrick, C. D. and Makler, M. and Sherman, N. and Amara, A. and Lin, H. and Smith, M. and Swann, E. and Arcavi, I. and Bachmann, T. G. and Bechtol, K. and Berlfein, F. and Briceño, C. and Brout, D. and Butler, R. E. and Cartier, R. and Casares, J. and Chen, H. -Y. and Conselice, C. and Contreras, C. and Cook, E. and Cooke, J. and Dage, K. and D’Andrea, C. and Davis, T. M. and de Carvalho, R. and Diehl, H. T. and Dietrich, J. P. and Doctor, Z. and Drlica-Wagner, A. and Drout, M. and Farr, B. and Finley, D. A. and Fishbach, M. and Foley, R. J. and Förster-Burón, F. and Fosalba, P. and Friedel, D. and Frieman, J. and Frohmaier, C. and Gruendl, R. A. and Hartley, W. G. and Hiramatsu, D. and Holz, D. E. and Howell, D. A. and Kawash, A. and Kessler, R. and Kuropatkin, N. and Lahav, O. and Lundgren, A. and Lundquist, M. and Malik, U. and Mann, A. W. and Marriner, J. and Marshall, J. L. and Martínez-Vázquez, C. E. and McCully, C. and Menanteau, F. and Meza, N. and Narayan, G. and Neilsen, E. and Nicolaou, C. and Nichol, R. and Paz-Chinchón, F. and Pereira, M. S. and Pineda, J. and Points, S. and Quirola-Vásquez, J. and Rembold, S. and Rest, A. and Rodriguez, Ó. and Romer, A. K. and Sako, M. and Salim, S. and Scolnic, D. and Smith, J. A. and Strader, J. and Sullivan, M. and Swanson, M. C. and Thomas, D. and Valenti, S. and Varga, T. N. and Walker, A. R. and Weller, J. and Wood, M. L. and Yanny, B. and Zenteno, A. and Aguena, M. and Andrade-Oliveira, F. and Bertin, E. and Brooks, D. and Burke, D. L. and Rosell, A. Carnero and Kind, M. Carrasco and Carretero, J. and Costanzi, M. and da Costa, L. N. and De Vicente, J. and Desai, S. and Everett, S. and Ferrero, I. and Flaugher, B. and Gaztanaga, E. and Gerdes, D. W. and Gruen, D. and Gschwend, J. and Gutierrez, G. and Hinton, S. R. and Hollowood, D. L. and Honscheid, K. and James, D. J. and Kuehn, K. and Lima, M. and Maia, M. G. and Miquel, R. and Ogando, R. C. and Pieres, A. and Plazas Malagón, A. A. and Rodriguez-Monroy, M. and Sanchez, E. and Scarpine, V. and Schubnell, M. and Serrano, S. and Sevilla-Noarbe, I. and Suchyta, E. and Tarle, G. and To, C. and Zhang, Y.},
abstractNote = {On 2019 August 14 at 21:10:39 UTC, the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) detected a possible neutron star–black hole merger (NSBH), the first ever identified. An extensive search for an optical counterpart of this event, designated GW190814, was undertaken using the Dark Energy Camera on the 4 m Victor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Target of Opportunity interrupts were issued on eight separate nights to observe 11 candidates using the 4.1 m Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope’s Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph in order to assess whether any of these transients was likely to be an optical counterpart of the possible NSBH merger. Here, we describe the process of observing with SOAR, the analysis of our spectra, our spectroscopic typing methodology, and our resultant conclusion that none of the candidates corresponded to the gravitational wave merger event but were all instead other transients. Finally, we describe the lessons learned from this effort. Application of these lessons will be critical for a successful community spectroscopic follow-up program for LVC observing run 4 (O4) and beyond.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac5b60},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
number = 2,
volume = 929,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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