Abstract
Multi-messenger astrophysics is becoming a major avenue to explore the Universe, with the potential to span a vast range of redshifts. The growing synergies between different probes is opening new frontiers, which promise profound insights into several aspects of fundamental physics and cosmology. In this context, THESEUS will play a central role during the 2030s in detecting and localizing the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave and neutrino sources that the unprecedented sensitivity of next generation detectors will discover at much higher rates than the present. Here, we review the most important target signals from multi-messenger sources that THESEUS will be able to detect and characterize, discussing detection rate expectations and scientific impact.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-275 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Experimental Astronomy |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, The Author(s).
Funding
We acknowledge support from the ASI-INAF agreement n. 2018-29-HH.0. MB and RH acknowledge the support of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme under the AHEAD2020 Project grant agreement 871158. Part of this research was conducted by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), through project number CE170100004. EH also acknowledges support from an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (DE170100891). AR acknowledges support from the project Supporto Arizona & Italia. LSal acknowledges support from the Irish Research Council under grant GOIPG/2017/1525. LH acknowledges support from Science Foundation Ireland under grant 19/FFP/6777 and from the EU AHEAD2020 project (grant agreement 871158). PDA acknowledges funding from the Italian Space Agency, contract ASI/INAF n. I/004/11/4. MB, PDA, and EP acknowledge support from PRIN-MIUR 2017 (grant 20179ZF5KS). MDP acknowledges support for this work by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK), Grant No: MFAG-119F073. Open access funding provided by Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica within the CRUI-CARE Agreement.
Funders | Funder number |
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EU AHEAD2020 | |
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | CE170100004, 871158 |
Australian Research Council | DE170100891 |
Science Foundation Ireland | 19/FFP/6777 |
Irish Research Council | GOIPG/2017/1525 |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana | I/004/11/4, 20179ZF5KS |
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu | MFAG-119F073 |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica |
Keywords
- Compact binary merger
- Gamma-ray burst
- Kilonova
- Multi-messenger astrophysics
- Neutrino sources
- X-ray sources