A program for optical observations of advanced LIGO early triggers in the southern hemisphere

M. Benacquista; C. Belczynski; M. Beroiz; M. Branchesi; C. Colazo; M.C. Diaz; M. Dominguez; D. Garcia Lambas; S. Liang; L. Macri; T. Peñuela; B. Sanchez; M. Schneiter; C.V. Torres

doi:10.1051/eas/1567065

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Volume 67-68 (2014)

EAS Publications Series, 67-68 (2014) 357-358

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 67-68, 2014 The Milky Way Unravelled by Gaia: GREAT Science from the Gaia Data Releases


Page(s)		357 - 358
Section		Poster Presentations
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1567065
Published online		17 July 2015

The Milky Way Unravelled by Gaia: GREAT Science from the Gaia Data Releases
N.A. Walton, F. Figueras, L. Balaguer-Núñez and C. Soubiran (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 67–68 (2014) 357-358

A program for optical observations of advanced LIGO early triggers in the southern hemisphere

M. Benacquista¹, C. Belczynski², M. Beroiz¹, M. Branchesi³, C. Colazo⁴, M.C. Diaz¹, M. Dominguez⁴, D. Garcia Lambas⁴, S. Liang¹, L. Macri⁵, T. Peñuela⁶, B. Sanchez⁴, M. Schneiter⁴ and C.V. Torres¹

¹ Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, The University of Texas at Brownsville, USA
² Warsaw University Observatory, Poland
³ Università di Urbino/INFN Sezione di Firenze, Italy
⁴ IATE and Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba, Argentina
⁵ Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, USA
⁶ Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany

Abstract

In this poster we present a plan to follow-up optically early triggers from the Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors, which will start operating in scientific mode in the northern summer of 2015.