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标题：Searching for electromagnetic counterpart of LIGO gravitational waves in the Fermi GBM data with ADWO
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作者：Zsolt Bagoly ; Zsolt Bagoly ; Dorottya Szécsi 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2016
卷号：593
页码：1-4
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201628569
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Aims. The Fermi collaboration identified a possible electromagnetic counterpart of the gravitational wave event of September 14, 2015. Our goal is to provide an unsupervised data analysis algorithm to identify similar events in Fermi’s Gamma-ray Burst Monitor CTTE data stream. Methods. We are looking for signals that are typically weak. Therefore, they can only be found by a careful analysis of count rates of all detectors and energy channels simultaneously. Our Automatized Detector Weight Optimization (ADWO) method consists of a search for the signal, and a test of its significance. Results. We developed ADWO, a virtual detector analysis tool for multi-channel multi-detector signals, and performed successful searches for short transients in the data-streams. We have identified GRB150522B, as well as possible electromagnetic candidates of the transients GW150914 and LVT151012. Conclusions. ADWO is an independently developed, unsupervised data analysis tool that only relies on the raw data of the Fermi satellite. It can therefore provide a strong, independent test to any electromagnetic signal accompanying future gravitational wave observations.
关键词：gamma rays: general;gravitational waves;gamma-ray burst: general;gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB150522