A Strategy for LSST to Unveil a Population of Kilonovae without Gravitational-wave Triggers

• Published in: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Vol. 131; no. 1000; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Andreoni, Igor, Anand, Shreya, Bianco, Federica B., Cenko, S. Bradley, Cowperthwaite, Philip S., Coughlin, Michael W., Drout, Maria, Golkhou, V. Zach, Kaplan, David L., Mooley, Kunal P., Pritchard, Tyler A., Singer, Leo P., Webb, Sara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing Limited 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Special Issues

We present a cadence optimization strategy to unveil a large population of kilonovae using optical imaging alone. These transients are generated during binary neutron star and potentially neutron star–black hole mergers and are electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave signals detectable in...