Alert system
LVK Public Alerts
The public alert system of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration, which issues automated notices — within seconds to minutes — whenever the detectors flag a candidate gravitational-wave event, so that telescopes around the world can begin the hunt for a counterpart. The alerts are distributed through GCN.
Highlights
- ›Gravitational-wave alerts within seconds of a detection
Detectors, messengers & sources
Across multi-messenger astronomy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGeneral Coordinates Network
- Associated withLIGO Hanford
- Associated withRapid Response
- Associated withLocalization
- Associated withRapid Response
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.