Enabling real-time multi-messenger astrophysics discoveries with deep learning

E. A. Huerta, Gabrielle Allen, Igor Andreoni, Javier M. Antelis, Etienne Bachelet, G. Bruce Berriman, Federica B. Bianco, Rahul Biswas, Matias Carrasco kind, Kyle Chard, Minsik Cho, Philip S. Cowperthwaite, Zachariah B. Etienne, Maya Fishbach, Francisco Forster, Daniel George, Tom Gibbs, Matthew Graham, William Gropp, Robert GruendlAnushri Gupta, Roland Haas, Sarah Habib, Elise Jennings, Margaret W. G. Johnson, Erik Katsavounidis, Daniel S. Katz, Asad Khan, Volodymyr Kindratenko, William T. C. Kramer, Xin Liu, Ashish Mahabal, Zsuzsa Marka, Kenton Mchenry, J. M. Miller, Claudia Moreno, M. S. Neubauer, Steve Oberlin, Alexander R. Olivas, Donald Petravick, Adam Rebei, Shawn Rosofsky, Milton Ruiz, Aaron Saxton, Bernard F. Schutz, Alex Schwing, Ed Seidel, Stuart L. Shapiro, Hongyu Shen, Yue Shen, Leo P. Singer, Brigitta M. Sipocz, Lunan Sun, John Towns, Antonios Tsokaros, Wei Wei, Jack Wells, Timothy J. Williams, Jinjun Xiong, Zhizhen Zhao

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Abstract

Multi-messenger astrophysics is a fast-growing, interdisciplinary field that combines data, which vary in volume and speed of data processing, from many different instruments that probe the Universe using different cosmic messengers: electromagnetic waves, cosmic rays, gravitational waves and neutrinos. In this Expert Recommendation, we review the key challenges of real-time observations of gravitational wave sources and their electromagnetic and astroparticle counterparts, and make a number of recommendations to maximize their potential for scientific discovery. These recommendations refer to the design of scalable and computationally efficient machine learning algorithms; the cyber-infrastructure to numerically simulate astrophysical sources, and to process and interpret multi-messenger astrophysics data; the management of gravitational wave detections to trigger real-time alerts for electromagnetic and astroparticle follow-ups; a vision to harness future developments of machine learning and cyber-infrastructure resources to cope with the big-data requirements; and the need to build a community of experts to realize the goals of multi-messenger astrophysics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)600-608
Number of pages9
JournalNature Reviews Physics
Volume1
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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