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伽马射线暂现源网络科学分析组报告

Gamma-ray Transient Network Science Analysis Group Report

Eric Burns, Michael Coughlin, Kendall Ackley, Igor Andreoni, Marie-Anne Bizouard, Floor Broekgaarden, Nelson L. Christensen, Filippo D'Ammando, James DeLaunay, … 展开作者

Eric Burns, Michael Coughlin, Kendall Ackley, Igor Andreoni, Marie-Anne Bizouard, Floor Broekgaarden, Nelson L. Christensen, Filippo D'Ammando, James DeLaunay, Henrike Fleischhack, Raymond Frey, Chris L. Fryer, Adam Goldstein, Bruce Grossan, Rachel Hamburg, Dieter H. Hartmann, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Eric J. Howell, C. Michelle Hui, Leah Jenks, Alyson Joens, Stephen Lesage, Andrew J. Levan, Amy Lien, Athina Meli, Michela Negro, Tyler Parsotan, Oliver J. Roberts, Marcos Santander, Jacob R. Smith, Aaron Tohuvavohu, John A. Tomsick, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Peter Veres, Ashley V. Villar, Haocheng Zhang, Sylvia J. Zhu

AI总结:

本报告由伽马射线暂现源网络科学分析组发布,梳理了行星际网络(IPN)及天基高能监测设备在时域与多信使天体物理新时代的作用、科学价值与优化方向,为相关领域未来发展提供参考。

摘要:

行星际网络(Interplanetary Network,简称IPN)是一套探测、定位与预警系统,它利用分布在行星级基线距离上的航天器所载伽马射线探测器的暂现信号到达时间,通过几何方法确定这些暂现源的起源位置。由于天体物理研究格局不断变化,且《2020年代天文学与天体物理发现路径》报告重新强调了时域与多信使天体物理学(time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics,简称TDAMM)的重要性,伽马射线暂现源网络科学分析组受命研究IPN及高能监测设备在这一新时代的作用。其任务包括阐明这些设施可支撑的科学研究,梳理对应的需求与能力,并指出现有仪器及IPN的运行优化可在哪些方面推动TDAMM科学发展。本研究虽考量了全多波段与多信使研究背景,但研究结果专门针对天基高能监测设备。这些设施对于全面表征暂现源特性,以及通过发现与定位推动后续观测都至关重要。完整报告包含该领域的简要历史,随后是约68页的详细分析与研究结果,全面概述了未来几十年IPN与高能监测设备的作用。

英文摘要:

The Interplanetary Network (IPN) is a detection, localization and alert system that utilizes the arrival time of transient signals in gamma-ray detectors on spacecraft separated by planetary baselines to geometrically locate the origin of these transients. Due to the changing astrophysical landscape and the new emphasis on time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics (TDAMM) from the Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s, this Gamma-ray Transient Network Science Analysis Group was tasked to understand the role of the IPN and high-energy monitors in this new era. The charge includes describing the science made possible with these facilities, tracing the corresponding requirements and capabilities, and highlighting where improved operations of existing instruments and the IPN would enhance TDAMM science. While this study considers the full multiwavelength and multimessenger context, the findings are specific to space-based high-energy monitors. These facilities are important both for full characterization of these transients as well as facilitating follow-up observations through discovery and localization. The full document reports a brief history of this field, followed by our detailed analyses and findings in some 68 pages, providing a holistic overview of the role of the IPN and high-energy monitors in the coming decades.

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