First Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Merger / 初観測された連星中性子星合体からの重力波
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Koji Arai; 新井 宏二
- Source
- 日本物理学会誌 / Butsuri. 2018, 73(9):619
- Subject
- Language
- Japanese
- ISSN
- 0029-0181
2423-8872
On August 17th, 2017, three interferometric gravitational wave detectors of LIGO-Virgo collaboration observed the first gravitational wave signal from a binary neutron star merger. The constrained sky localization of the event allowed follow-up observations of the optical counterpart by telescopes. This was the moment that multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves became a reality.