1. Detecting Gravitational Waves for Multi-Messenger Astronomy Open Access Author: Messick, Cody Title: Detecting Gravitational Waves for Multi-Messenger Astronomy Graduate Program: Physics Keywords: gravitational wavescompact binarycompact binary coalescencebinary black holebinary neutron starLIGOVirgogeneral relativitymulti-messenger astronomymulti-messenger astrophysicsmulti-messengerGW170817GW150914GW151226GW170104GW170814 File: Download CodyMessick-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Chad Hanna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorChad Hanna, Committee Chair/Co-ChairDoug Cowen, Committee MemberIrina Mocioiu, Committee MemberDerek Fox, Outside Member