Follow-up stage
Localization
Working out where on the sky a gravitational-wave source lies, from the tiny differences in when and how strongly each detector in the network registers the wave. With only two or three detectors the region can be huge — hundreds of square degrees — which is what makes the counterpart search so hard.
Highlights
- ›Turning three detectors into a position on the sky
Detectors, messengers & sources
Across multi-messenger astronomy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withSky Localization Map
- Associated withLVK Public Alerts
- Associated withCounterpart Search
- Associated withSky Localization Map
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.