Toward Early-Warning Detection of Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence
arXiv:1107.2665 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/136
Abstract
Rapid detection of compact binary coalescence (CBC) with a network of advanced gravitational-wave detectors will offer a unique opportunity for multi-messenger astronomy. Prompt detection alerts for the astronomical community might make it possible to observe the onset of electromagnetic emission from (CBC). We demonstrate a computationally practical filtering strategy that could produce early-warning triggers before gravitational radiation from the final merger has arrived at the detectors.
16 pages, 7 figures, published in ApJ. Reformatted preprint with emulateapj