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Title: | AGILE hunts gravitational waves counterparts | Authors: | PITTORI, Carlotta TAVANI, MARCO |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal: | POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE | Volume: | Frontier Research in Astrophysics II (FRAPWS2016) | Editors: | Giovannelli, Franco; Sabau-Graziati, Lola | Number: | 269 | First Page: | 83 | Abstract: | After the breakthrough discovery of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration in 2015, the quest for electromagnetic counterparts to extreme gravitational events is now open. We report the results of an extensive search through AGILE data for a high-energy counterpart to the first gravitational wave event ever detected: GW150914. The Italian Space Agency satellite AGILE devoted to gamma-ray astrophysics is operating nominally since its launch on April 23, 2007, and it is continuosly monitoring the sky in a spinning observation mode. With the potential of covering ∼80% of the entire sky with its gamma-ray instrument more than 100 times a day, AGILE is currently at the forefront in the hunt for electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves. Even though a gamma-ray counterpart of the GW150914 event was not detected, the prospects for future AGILE observations of GW sources are shown to be very promising | Conference Name: | Mondello Workshop 2016 Frontier Research in Astrophysics – II | Conference Place: | Mondello, Palermo. Italy | Conference Date: | 23-28 May, 2016 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/30427 | URL: | https://pos.sissa.it/269/083 https://pos.sissa.it/269/ |
ISSN: | 1824-8039 | DOI: | 10.22323/1.269.0083 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016frap.confE..83P | Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 3.01 Contributi in Atti di convegno |
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