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

该项目旨在利用引力波天文学时代的曙光，对引力波合并事件产生的射电余辉进行详细研究。通过将超高分辨率图像与复杂的计算模型进行比较，我们预计将恢复仅从引力波数据无法获得的合并事件的信息。在这样做的过程中，我们希望不仅能对剧烈的中子星合并后的极端和独特的物理现象有新的见解，而且还能对宇宙的根本性质，即它正在膨胀的速度有新的见解。这一知识将为天文学家研究所有波长的宇宙提供重大好处。

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.