Abstract
The Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON) will link the world's leading high-energy neutrino, cosmic-ray, gamma-ray and gravitational wave observatories by performing real-time coincidence searches for multimessenger sources from observatories' subthreshold data streams. The resulting coincidences will be distributed to interested parties in the form of electronic alerts for real-time follow-up observation. We will present the science case, design elements, current and projected partner observatories, status of the AMON project, and an initial AMON-enabled analysis. The prototype of the AMON server has been online since August 2014 and processing archival data. Currently, we are deploying new high-uptime servers and will be ready to start issuing alerts as early as winter 2015/16.
Highlights
Current and future high-energy observatories, representing a joint effort by thousands of scientists, aim to solve longstanding questions about origins of cosmic neutrinos and cosmic rays, as well as the possible existence of gravitational waves
The resulting coincidences will be distributed to interested parties in the form of electronic alerts for real-time followup observation
The number of standalone statistically significant detections by these facilities is expected to be low. Data streams from these facilities contain a large number of signals that are indistinguishable from background events
Summary
Current and future high-energy observatories, representing a joint effort by thousands of scientists, aim to solve longstanding questions about origins of cosmic neutrinos and cosmic rays, as well as the possible existence of gravitational waves. Data streams from these facilities contain a large number of signals that are indistinguishable from background events These “subthreshold” events from any single observatory cannot be used alone to claim a statistically significant source discovery. The Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON) is designed to enable these types of coincidence searches both in real-time and with archival data. It will integrate heterogeneous data from many of the world’s leading high-energy (neutrino, cosmic-ray and gamma-ray) and gravitational wave observatories into a single virtual system with combined sensitivity greater than that of any individual facility. Status MoU MoU LoC LoC MoU MoU LoC LoC MoU MoU LoC MoU MoU MoU MoU of AMON, its current status including its readiness for the real-time operations, and initial results from an AMON-enabled analysis
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