Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3

0538189 - ASÚ 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Kasliwal, M.M. - Anand, S. - Ahumada, T. - Stein, R. - Carracedo, A. S. - Andreoni, I. - Coughlin, M. V. - Singer, L. P. - Kool, E. C. - De, K. - Caballero-García, María Dolores … Total 103 authors
Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 905, č. 2 (2020), č. článku 145. ISSN 0004-637X. E-ISSN 1538-4357
Institutional support: RVO:67985815
Keywords : neutron stars * black holes * gravitational waves
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Impact factor: 5.877, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc335

We present a systematic search for optical counterparts to 13 gravitational wave (GW) triggers involving at least one neutron star during LIGO/Virgo's third observing run (O3). We searched binary neutron star (BNS) and neutron star black hole (NSBH) merger localizations with the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and undertook follow-up with the Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen (GROWTH) collaboration. The GW triggers had a median localization area of 4480 deg(2), a median distance of 267 Mpc, and false-alarm rates ranging from 1.5 to 10(-25) yr(-1).
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0316009