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SUMMARY:Prospects for wide-field time domain surveys and multi-messenger a
 stronomy - Stephen Smartt (QUB\, Belfast)
DTSTART:20220609T103000Z
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CONTACT:Richard McMahon
DESCRIPTION:A remarkable combination of astronomical facilities will soon 
 produce novel time domain surveys of the sky across the electromagnetic sp
 ectrum. These will be joined by gravitational wave detectors reaching thei
 r final design \nsensitivity in 2025.  As we approach the 4th gravitationa
 l wave observing run\, I will review results from the electromagnetic foll
 ow-up community and  prospects for multi-messenger science. This is sensit
 ively dependent on the volumetric rate of binary neutron star mergers and 
 their  redshift distribution. Wide field optical surveys can comfortably c
 over the large sky maps produced by the interferometers\, detecting transi
 ents within minutes.  I will review prospects for 2023 and the upcoming de
 velopments. The 5th observing run is likely to finally see the full promis
 e and realisation of multi-messenger astronomy\, when combined with the Ru
 bin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time. 
LOCATION:Hoyle Lecture Theatre\, IoA (Coffee at 11:00 am)
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