Enabling novel real-time multi-messenger studies

26 Mar 2020, 09:00 → 27 Mar 2020, 19:00 Europe/Berlin

1.101 (HU Berlin)

Multi-messenger real-time studies are in an exciting stage both in terms of ongoing observational programs as well as in terms of planning for upcoming large observatories. To ensure that these data are being optimally used we invite members of these communities to join for a two day workshop to discuss lessons learned from live operations as well as future plans. Besides reviewing the current status of the field, a main goal will be to ensure that follow-up facilities, tools, data formats and policies are all developed according to our needs and at a pace such that the new data streams are optimally used.

Slides TOMASA_Menükarte_mit_Preisen.pdf

Thursday 26 March

"Real-time multi-messenger campaigns to date"

• What worked well and what did not?
• What needs to be changed to achieve greater efficiency/depth?
• What have we learned regarding the multi-messenger Universe

1 Workshop introduction

Speaker: Mr Jakob Nordin (HU Berlin)

2 A global network of Observatories

Speaker: M. Kasliwal

3 Radio Transients

Speaker: R. Fender

4 Fermi Large-Area Telescope - Real-time multi-messenger capabilities

Speaker: S. Buson

5 Neutrino Multi-messenger real-time programs

Speaker: C. Kopper

6 (Cancelled / Moved to Friday)

Speaker: E. De Ona

16:30 Break

"Collaboration, community, coordination and cash (funding)"

• Are we necessary moving in the direction of a few large collaboration?
• How are resources to be divided between these, and how do they coordinate?

7 The Bottleneck

Speaker: S. Kulkarni

8 ENGRAVE: A European Collaboration for Gravitational Wave Followup

Speaker: M. Fraser

9 Lessons for Multi-Messenger Astronomy from Swift

Speaker: B. Cenko

10 Transients (Supernova)

Speaker: A. Galyam

Friday 27 March

"Tools and methods for real-time multi-messenger studies"

• Do we have the formats and infrastructure required to exchange information?
• Are we developing the software tools needed to optimally use future real-time data streams?

11 SCiMMA: Scalable Cyberinfrastructure to support Multimessenger Astrophysics

Speaker: M. Juric

12 ATLAS & Pan-STARRS GW Event Followup Tools & Challenges

Speaker: K. Smith

13 Streaming transient analysis with AMPEL

Speaker: J. Van Santen

14 Tools and methods: the ZTF experience

Speaker: M. Graham

15 Real-time Multi-Messenger Analysis and Machine Learning: ESCAPE Test Science Project

Speakers: E. Cuoco, Z. Meyer

16:30 Break

"Next generation observational facilities"

• What new observatories are coming online and what sort of real-time data will they produce?
• What kind of objects/models could these probe?

16 Mulit-messenger Astronomy in the 2030s (focusing on ground-based GW detectors)

Speaker: S. Nissanke

17 Rubin Observatory - Overview of Alert Production

Speaker: Eric Bellm

18 Science alerts in the MWL/MM era: The case of CTA

Speaker: Dr Roberta Zanin (0)

19 KM3NeT neutrino telescope - Multi-messenger analysis

Speaker: D. Dornic

20 SRG/eROSITA - Mission Overview, Early Science, Contribution to Time Domain Astrophysics

Speaker: A. Rau