image credit: nsf, ligo, sonoma state university, a. simmonet

LssT detection of optical counterparts of Gravitational Waves 2019

May 3-4, 2019
columbia university, new york city

the workshop will outline the prospects of using lsst to observe the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave observations by Advanced ligo, virgo and kagra. We will further discuss what needs to be done in getting ready for these observations before lsst comes online.

the workshop is made possible by a grant from lsstc enabling science

organizers: morgan may, szabolcs marka, zsuzsa marka, brian metzger