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Non-thermal Emission from Binary Neutron Star Mergers

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20J12200
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section国内
Review Section Basic Section 16010:Astronomy-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

LIN Haoxiang  東京大学, 理学系研究科, 特別研究員(DC2)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-24 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywords連星中性子星合体 / 重力波 / 高速電波バースト / ガンマ線バースト
Outline of Research at the Start

Non-thermal electromagnetic emission from collision of neutron stars has been observed subsequently after detection of gravitational waves. We will study the physical nature of non-thermal emission, and predict the detection prospect in the era of next generation facilities including CTA and SKA.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Binary neutron star (BNS) mergers were long predicted to be the most canonical multi-messenger events in the Universe, which was recently confirmed by the joint detection of gravitational waves GW170817 and a short gamma-ray burst (GRB). They are also potential progenitors of neutrinos, cosmic rays, as well as a new but mysterious transient --- fast radio burst (FRB). These discoveries open the era of multi-messenger astronomy, and hence a formal formulation to estimate the joint effects on detection rate, constraint and Malmquist bias from different messengers is high in demand for future observations.
This research modeled the radiative process of non-thermal messengers from BNS mergers and systematically developed a general framework to evaluate their joint detection rates, population distributions and Malmquist biases with gravitational waves based on a statistical formulation. Using the developed methods, the following topics were studied via statistical simulation: (1) detectability of radio afterglows from BNS mergers and implications for the origin of FRBs; (2) the use of Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) to detect radio afterglows from BNS mergers and short GRBs; (3) prospects of observing very-high-energy gamma-rays from BNS mergers by the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).
These results represent some major prospects of multi-messenger detectability of BNS mergers and are expected to serve as reference for future observations.

Research Progress Status

令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(2 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] On the Use of CHIME to Detect Long-duration Radio Transients from Neutron Star Mergers2022

    • Author(s)
      Shikauchi Minori、Cannon Kipp、Lin Haoxiang、Totani Tomonori、Shaw J. Richard
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 928 Issue: 1 Pages: 72-72

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac540d

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Detectability of radio afterglows from binary neutron star mergers and implications for fast radio bursts2020

    • Author(s)
      Lin Haoxiang、Totani Tomonori
    • Journal Title

      Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

      Volume: 498 Issue: 2 Pages: 2384-2390

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa2418

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Very-high-energy gamma-rays from binary neutron star merger2021

    • Author(s)
      Lin Haoxiang
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会 2022年 春季年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-messenger detectability of neutron star mergers and gamma-ray bursts2021

    • Author(s)
      Lin Haoxiang
    • Organizer
      Synergies at New Frontiers at Gamma-rays, Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Prospects of observing binary neutron star mergers by the Cherenkov Telescope Array2021

    • Author(s)
      Lin Haoxiang
    • Organizer
      Gravitational wave physics and astronomy: Genesis(重力波物理学・天文学:創世記)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Detectability of radio afterglows from FRBs produced by neutron star mergers2020

    • Author(s)
      Lin Haoxiang
    • Organizer
      FRB 2020 Thailand conference
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Afterglows from neutron stars and fast radio bursts2020

    • Author(s)
      Lin Haoxiang
    • Organizer
      Connecting high-energy astroparticle physics for origins of cosmic rays and future perspectives (CRPHYS2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2020-07-07   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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