Multi-messenger channel
Gravitational Waves + Gamma Rays
The pairing of a gravitational-wave chirp with a short gamma-ray burst. Their near-simultaneous arrival from GW170817 confirmed that neutron-star mergers cause short gamma-ray bursts, and that gravitational waves travel at the speed of light.
Detectors, messengers & sources
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGamma-Ray Burst
- Associated withGamma-ray
- Associated withBinary Neutron Star Merger
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- LIGO Scientific CollaborationLIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.