AIM-GWM: Afterglow Imaging and Modelling of Gravitational-Wave Mergers

AIM-GWM：引力波合并的余辉成像和建模

• 批准号: DP200102243
• 负责人: Prof Adam Deller
• 金额: $ 27.74万
• 依托单位: Swinburne University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-12-01 至 2024-12-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200102243
• 关键词: AIM; GWM; Afterglow; Imaging; Modelling

This project aims to capitalise on the dawn of the era of gravitational wave astronomy by studying the radio afterglows that result from gravitational wave merger events in minute detail. By comparing ultra-high resolution images to sophisticated computational models, we anticipate recovering information about the merger events that cannot be obtained from the gravitational wave data alone. In doing so, we expect new insights into not just of the extreme and unique physics in the aftermath of a violent neutron star merger, but also about the fundamental nature of the Universe, namely the speed at which it is expanding. This knowledge will provide significant benefits to astronomers studying the Universe at all wavelengths.

该项目旨在通过详细研究引力波合并事件产生的射电余辉，利用引力波天文学时代的曙光。通过将超高分辨率图像与复杂的计算模型进行比较，我们预计可以恢复有关合并事件的信息，而这些信息无法仅从引力波数据中获得。在此过程中，我们不仅期望对中子星剧烈合并后的极端和独特物理学有新的见解，而且还能对宇宙的基本性质（即宇宙膨胀的速度）有新的见解。这些知识将为天文学家在所有波长下研究宇宙提供重大好处。