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通过变率将光学和红外观测与引力波源联系起来

Linking optical and infrared observations with gravitational wave sources through variability

Christopher W. Stubbs

摘要:

迄今为止,光学和红外观测所探测到的天体灾变比在重力波(GW)中所观测到的还要多。这表明,我们应该在精确已知的位置上,寻找与光波长处观测到的通量变化相对应的重力波特征。在光学和重力瞬变之间存在未知的时间延迟,但是知道源位置精确地指定了作为GW到光学到达时间差的函数的穿过重力天线网络的相应时间延迟。光学搜索应该可以探测到几乎所有可能是引力辐射源的超新星。合并紧凑的物体所预期的瞬态光学特征还没有得到很好的理解,但有很好的理由期待从大多数这些来源也可以检测到瞬态光学/红外发射。下一代深宽视场巡天(例如PanSTARRS和LSST)将对细微的光学变化敏感,但我们需要填补银河平面中存在的“盲点”,以及光学明亮的瞬态源。特别是,在2微米的银河平面可变性调查似乎是值得的。各种光学勘测项目与重力波界之间的密切协调将使科学受益。

英文摘要:

Optical and infrared observations have thus far detected more celestial cataclysms than have been seen in gravity waves (GW). This argues that we should search for gravity wave signatures that correspond to flux variability seen at optical wavelengths, at precisely known positions. There is an unknown time delay between the optical and gravitational transient, but knowing the source location precisely specifies the corresponding time delays across the gravitational antenna network as a function of the GW-to-optical arrival time difference. Optical searches should detect virtually all supernovae that are plausible gravitational radiation sources. The transient optical signature expected from merging compact objects is not as well understood, but there are good reasons to expect detectable transient optical/IR emission from most of these sources as well. The next generation of deep wide-field surveys (for example PanSTARRS and LSST) will be sensitive to subtle optical variability, but we need to fill the ``blind spots'' that exist in the Galactic plane, and for optically bright transient sources. In particular, a Galactic plane variability survey at 2 microns seems worthwhile. Science would benefit from closer coordination between the various optical survey projects and the gravity wave community.

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