Finn, Lee Samuel, Krishnan, Badri and Sutton, Patrick J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-3922 2004. Swift Pointing and the association between gamma-ray bursts and gravitational wave bursts. Astrophysical Journal 607 (1) , pp. 384-390. 10.1086/383257 |
Abstract
It is widely believed that gamma-ray bursts originate in relativistic fireballs produced by the merger or collapse of solar-mass compact objects. Gravitational waves should be associated with these violent, relativistic events, and their detection may shed light on the nature of the inner engine that powers the gamma-ray burst. Doing this requires joint observations of gamma-ray burst events with gravitational and gamma-ray detectors. Here we examine how the quality of an upper limit on the gravitational wave strength at Earth associated with gamma-ray burst observations depends on the relative orientation of the gamma-ray burst and gravitational wave detectors, and we apply our results to the particular case of the Swift Burst Alert Telescope and the LIGO gravitational wave detectors. A result of this investigation is a science-based "figure of merit" that can be used, together with other mission constraints, to optimize the pointing of the Swift telescope for the detection of gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Physics and Astronomy |
Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
Publisher: | IOP Science |
ISSN: | 0004-637X |
Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2023 03:21 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35944 |
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