1203.0093 (Joseph Lazio et al.)

Search for Electromagnetic Counterparts to LIGO-Virgo Candidates: Expanded Very Large Array    [PDF]

Joseph Lazio, Katie Keating, F. A. Jenet, N. E. Kassim, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration

This paper summarizes a search for radio wavelength counterparts to candidate gravitational wave events. The identification of an electromagnetic counterpart could provide a more complete understanding of a gravitational wave event, including such characteristics as the location and the nature of the progenitor. We used the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) to search six galaxies which were identified as potential hosts for two candidate gravitational wave events. We summarize our procedures and discuss preliminary results.

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