Time Domain Astronomy with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor in the Multimessenger Era

Wilson-Hodge, Colleen A

关键词: TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;    GAMMA RAY BURSTS;    FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE;    LIGO (OBSERVATORY);    GRAVITATIONAL WAVES;    MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS;    MULTI-MESSENGER ASTRONOMY;    MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS;    LASER INTERFEROMETRY;    OBSERVATORIES;    NEUTRON STARS;    PULSARS;   

RP-ID  :  MSFC-E-DAA-TN74876,MSFC-E-DAA-TN67612

学科分类：天文学(综合)

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Outline -Introduction: Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM); Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). -GRB 170817A: GBM’s most famous GRB; Gamma-ray and Gravitational Wave (GW) Observations; Science from Joint GW/GRB observations; Timeline of follow-up observations. -Similar GRBs in GBM data: GRB 150101B; Other similar GRBs. -What comes next?: Joint GBM and LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) / Virgo (Michelson interferometer operated by a European consortium) observations; Science from new GW/GRB observations; New types of coincident events. -Other types of transient and variable sources observed with Fermi GBM.