CDS&E: WoU-MMA: The Treasure Map

CDS

• 批准号: 2308113
• 负责人: Curtis McCully
• 金额: $ 82.03万
• 依托单位: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2308113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CDS&E; WoU; MMA; Treasure; Map

This project focuses on the Treasure Map, a web service for coordinating, visualizing, and facilitating searches for the astronomical sources that can lead to gravitational wave events. When a gravitational wave telescope, such as LIGO/Virgo, sends an alert, it is immediately displayed on the Treasure Map, allowing scientists to observe the source with other telescopes at a variety of wavelengths. The scientists can also add information about their own observations, so that the astronomical community knows what follow-up observations are being made. This project addresses the Windows on the Universe Big Idea “Criterion for Coordination: Hardware, software, or other infrastructure to coordinate observations involving more than one messenger.”  A mechanism to better coordinate observations across the electromagnetic spectrum is critical to the discovery of the next counterpart to one of these significant events.  With this project, the authors will transition the Treasure Map from a beta version to a more robust, modular, well-documented community resource, as well as add additional functionality. Treasure Map is free, open-sourced, and web-based, and the project will result in new tools for classroom activities as well.The Treasure Map is a web service for coordinating, visualizing, and facilitating searches for the electromagnetic counterpart to gravitational wave events. Users see localization probability contours projected on a visualization showing the entire celestial sphere consisting of a base layer displaying the user’s survey of choice spanning X-rays to infrared wavelengths. Observers may submit their planned or completed telescope pointings using an Application Program Interface (API), and these are shown on the visualization. A probability calculator also shows the fraction of the localization probability searched over time, broken down by instrument and bandpass. The authors will transition the Treasure Map from a beta version to a more robust, modular, well-documented community resource, and add functionality: galaxy catalog annotation, electromagnetic counterpart information, support for neutrino localizations, TOM Toolkit support, next generation GCN circular support, next generation Kafka messaging support with Hopskotch, and broker support. The Treasure Map will lower the barrier for contribution to gravitational wave science and increase inclusion: anyone can follow the search in real time. This project will provide new tools for classrooms, such as an activity to the SpaceBook, building on LCO’s Global Sky Program to increase community engagement with multimessenger astronomy. This project addresses the Windows on the Universe Big Idea “Criterion for Coordination: Hardware, software, or other infrastructure to coordinate observations involving more than one messenger.” This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个项目的重点是宝藏地图，这是一个协调、可视化和促进搜索可能导致引力波事件的天文来源的网络服务。当LIGO/Virgo等引力波望远镜发出警报时，它会立即显示在宝藏地图上，让科学家可以用其他望远镜在不同波长观察震源。科学家还可以添加关于他们自己观测的信息，以便天文学团体知道后续正在进行哪些观测。这个项目解决了宇宙之窗的大想法：协调标准：硬件、软件或其他基础设施，以协调涉及多个信使的观测。更好地协调电磁频谱观测的机制对于发现这些重大事件之一的下一个对应物至关重要。有了这个项目，作者将把宝藏地图从测试版转换为更强大、模块化、有良好记录的社区资源，并增加额外的功能。宝藏地图是免费的、开源的、基于网络的，该项目还将为课堂活动带来新的工具。宝藏地图是一个网络服务，用于协调、可视化和方便搜索引力波事件的电磁对应对象。用户可以看到投影在可视化上的定位概率等值线，显示了整个天球，由一个基层组成，显示了用户对从X射线到红外波长的选择的调查。观测者可以使用应用程序接口(API)提交他们计划的或完成的望远镜指向，这些都显示在可视化上。概率计算器还显示随着时间的推移搜索到的定位概率的比例，按仪器和带通细分。作者将把宝藏地图从测试版转换为更强大、更模块化、更有文档记录的社区资源，并添加功能：Galaxy目录注释、电磁对应信息、对中微子本地化的支持、Tom工具包支持、下一代GCN循环支持、与Hopskotch的下一代Kafka消息传递支持以及经纪人支持。宝藏地图将降低对引力波科学做出贡献的门槛，并增加包容性：任何人都可以实时跟踪搜索。该项目将为课堂提供新的工具，例如Spacebook的活动，建立在LCO的全球天空计划的基础上，以增加社区对多传播者天文学的参与。该项目致力于“宇宙之窗大创意：协调硬件、软件或其他基础设施，以协调涉及多个信使的观测”。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。