ESCAPE - Astronomy, Nuclear and Particle Physics - Astronomy, Nuclear and Particle Physics
The Extreme Universe project has developed a sustainable platform within which to enable multi-messenger/multi-probe astronomy (MMA).
ESCAPE took inspiration from the pioneering first observation in 2017 of a gravitational wave source, GW170817, from the merger of two neutron stars, and importantly by the rapid follow-up by instruments from astrophysics, cosmology and nuclear physics of this historical event. Another recent successful example of linking together existing telescopes is the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHT) that leverages considerable global investment and has been awarded a number of prestigious titles for its ground-breaking results in making the first-ever image of a black hole in the galaxy M87. Such observations could lead to images of strong gravitational effects that are expected near a black hole. Extreme energetic astrophysical pulsing phenomena such as GRB, AGN, FRB are also high-energy phenomena not yet fully understood. A data sharing and open-science approach are key to adding knowledge and progressing towards an understanding.
A holistic approach to black holes and exploiting gravitational waves for fundamental physics are the main guidelines of the “extreme universe” (EU) Test Science Project. The ‘frontier’ for multi-messenger science is to understand extreme matter and particle processes in strongly curved spacetime.
The ESCAPE TSP has implemented an integrated platform for Multi-Messenger Astronomy where data from different wavelengths/messengers can be easily gathered, analyzed and modelled holistically, and not remain fragmented as at present.
Video recordings from the ESCAPE final conference:
Presentation
OTHER RESOURCES from the ESCAPE CLUSTER
ESCAPE & Open Science Documentary – Towards finding solutions in science to solve societal challenges
There are many studies of transient astrophysical phenomena that benefit from the combined use of many instruments at different wavelengths and different probe types. Many of these are based on the trigger of one instrument generating follow-ups from others at different timescales from seconds to days. The intention within ESCAPE has been to build a platform for MMA science in such a way as to make it sustainable.