EM Follow-up: What do the estimates provided about the nature of the source mean, and how should you use them?

Document #:

LIGO-T1600571-v6

Document type:

T - Technical notes

Abstract:

Notes for EM observing partners about the EM-bright classification project for O2

Files in Document:

• Description_Document.pdf (185.7 kB)

Topics:

• Compact Binaries
• Astrophysics / Multi-messenger
• Data analysis software

Authors:

• Patrick Brady
• Deep Chatterjee
• Min-A Cho
• Reed Essick
• Shaon Ghosh
• Richard O'Shaughnessy
• Francesco Pannarale
• Koh Ueno

Notes and Changes:

Fixed author list to "The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration."