How to Search for Multiple Messengers - A General Framework beyond Two Messengers

Veske D., Márka Z., Bartos I., Márka S.

Astrophysical Journal, cilt.908, sa.2, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 908 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd542
  • Dergi Adı: Astrophysical Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, INSPEC, zbMATH, DIALNET
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Quantification of the significance of a candidate multi-messenger detection of cosmic events is an emerging need in the astrophysics and astronomy communities. In this paper we show that a model-independent optimal search does not exist, and we present a general Bayesian method for the optimal model-dependent search, which is scalable to any number and any kind of messengers, and applicable to any model. In the end, we demonstrate it through an example for a joint gravitational wave, high-energy neutrino, short gamma-ray burst event search; which has not been examined heretofore.