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Depending on the source, we may or may not expect photon's to accompany the gravity waves. The most note worthy one so far was a gravity wave signal that we ass
by wolfram74 6y ago
Depending on the source, we may or may not expect photon's to accompany the gravity waves. The most note worthy one so far was a gravity wave signal that we associate with a neutron star merger[1] that we also managed to catch a lot of photon signals which also matched what we think should come out of such a collision. Most black hole mergers that I know of would be dark. I imagine if they had a large accretion disks associated with them they might generate some light as well as gravity waves? But I'm not sure, I get most of my astronomy over lunch with colleagues.
[1] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/merging-neutron-stars-generate-gravitational-waves-and-celestial-light-show https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/merging-neutron-star...