A Search for an Optical Counterpart to the Gravitational-wave Event GW151226

Year-Month2016-08
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal Letters
AuthorSmartt, S. J., Chambers, K. C., Smith, K. W., Huber, M. E., Young, D. R., Chen, T.-W., Inserra, C., Wright, D. E., Coughlin, M., Denneau, L., Flewelling, H., Heinze, A., Jerkstrand, A., Magnier, E. A., Maguire, K., Mueller, B., Rest, A., Sherstyuk, A., Stalder, B., Schultz, A. S. B., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J., Waters, C., Wainscoat, R. J., Della Valle, M., Dennefeld, M., Dimitriadis, G., Firth, R. E., Fraser, M., Frohmaier, C., Gal-Yam, A., Harmanen, J., Kankare, E., Kotak, R., Kromer, M., Mandel, I., Sollerman, J., Gibson, B., Primak, N., Willman, M.
Bibcode2016ApJ...827L..40S
TelescopeGN
InstrumentGMOS-N
ParticipantDD/UH
First author participant affiliationOTHER
Any author participant affiliationsUSA/University of Hawaiʻi
Program IDGN-2016A-Q-36, GN-2015B-Q-4