GEO600 and the GRB that wasn't

On page 20 of issue 3 of the @LIGO Magazine, published in Septmeber 2013, the former GEO600 lead scientist Harmut Grote writes about GEO600 in “Astrowatch Mode”, filling the observing gaps caused by maintenance or upgrades of the larger detectors.

📄 https://www.aei.mpg.de/1206912/LIGO-magazine-issue-3.pdf [PDF|.

Check out the box about an exciting afternoon in April 2013 when it briefly looked like as if a nearby GRB might make it worth searching for gravitational waves in GEO600 data!

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