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.

该项目旨在利用引力波天文学时代的曙光，通过研究引力波合并事件产生的无线电余辉的微小细节。通过将超高分辨率图像与复杂的计算模型进行比较，我们预计可以恢复无法单独从引力波数据中获得的合并事件的信息。在这样做的过程中，我们不仅期待对剧烈中子星星合并后的极端和独特物理学的新见解，而且还期待对宇宙基本性质的新见解，即宇宙膨胀的速度。这些知识将为天文学家在所有波长上研究宇宙提供重大利益。