A Vision for Canadian Leadership in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Next Decade
| Main Authors: | Ruan, John J., Afsari, Niloufar, Brunner, Thomas, Carlberg, Raymond, Doyon, Rene, Drout, Maria, Dykaar, Hannah, Fernandez, Rodrigo, Gaensler, Bryan, Haggard, Daryl, Kaspi, Victoria, Lafreniere, David, McIver, Jess, Moon, Dae-Sik, Ni, Yuan Chris, Safi-Harb, Samar, Spekkens, Kristine, Tohuvavohu, Aaron, Vieira, Nicholas, Virtue, Clarence J. |
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| Format: | Report Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3825042 |
Daftar Isi:
- Multi-messenger astronomy is currently entering a golden era of discovery. Our new abilities to detect individual sources using combinations of electromagnetic emission, gravitational waves, and cosmic neutrinos enable novel probes of matter at extreme densities, the origin of the elements, and the acceleration of cosmic rays. Over the next decade, the pace of multi-messenger discoveries will rapidly accelerate, thanks to planned upgrades to current GW detectors and new GW facilities that will come online. For several classes of new GW sources (e.g., core collapse supernovae), additional multi-messenger observations of neutrinos may be expected. The Canadian multi-messenger astrophysics community has reached a critical mass, and is well-poised to take a leadership role in upcoming landmark discoveries. Our efforts will utilize new Canadian telescope facilities that are scheduled to come online over the next decade such as JWST, LSST, TMT, SKA, and CASTOR. These new facilities will enable multi-messenger studies of GW events at progressively larger distances, in lockstep with planned sensitivity upgrades to GW detectors. However, challenges await, and we make recommendations that will ensure Canadian leadership in the next breakthrough discoveries in this burgeoning field.
- White paper identifier W042