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Observational Astrophysics seminar Title: Transient astrophysics with the Gravitational wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) Speaker: Dr. Joseph Lyman - University of Warwick

Title: Transient astrophysics with the Gravitational wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

Abstract: Beginning in 2017, with the discovery of GW170817, we moved to the era of gravitational-wave multi-messenger astronomy. This single source, caused by the merging of two neutron stars, was detected both as a gravitational-wave source by the LIGO/Virgo interferometers and as a multi-wavelength electromagnetic astrophysical transient. In this talk, I will briefly recap ground-breaking results from GW170817, and discuss the scientific potential from observing more multi-messenger events, as motivation for the GOTO project. I will present our telescope array GOTO and its design as a sky-survey to search for fast-evolving transients. I'll show results from the recently completed observing run of the gravitational wave detectors, our developments for optimising recovery of multi-messenger events, and introduce some intriguing electromagnetic transient discoveries from a pilot classification programme on La Palma - GOTO-FAST.

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