In this talk, that I will give on behalf of the LVK Collaboration, I will present the latest results from the O4a observing run, placing a special emphasis on the new events in GWTC-4, the multi-messenger and cosmological results obtained.
In this talk, I will discuss the current state of transient studies in the radio domain. With SKA precursor and pathfinder instruments, we are collecting unprecedentedly rich and dense datasets, opening new frontiers in transient astronomy. However, this rapid data influx presents key challenges, particularly in storage and accessibility of light curve data. I will highlight these challenges...
I will present the GOTO project: an array of wife-field survey telescopes principally aimed at following gravitational wave (GW) alerts and performing rapid searches of the localisation areas. The array is situated over two sites, covering Northern and Southern skies, performing an all-sky optical survey, alongside multi-messenger follow up. In addition to GW alerts, GOTO regular reacts to...
LA-CoNGA physics (Erasmus+ 2019-23) validated a Bologna-aligned, one-year master's curriculum that merges data science, scientific instrumentation and high-energy physics to modernise graduate education across the Andean region. Eight universities pooled more than 200 open Spanish-language resources and eight remotely operable HEP laboratories via RedCLARA, enabling three cohorts to keep...
This contribution presents preliminary results from IceCat-2, the second public catalog of IceCat Alert Tracks, which plans to build and improve upon the first release, IceCat-1. The initial catalog included all real-time alerts issued since 2016, as well as events observed by IceCube since the start of full-detector data collection in 2011 that would have triggered an alert if the program had...
After years studying broadband spectral distributions and trying to constrain theoretical models, a physicist can fall into a valley of scientific frustration. The recent multi messenger events brought a lot of excitement and new energies to face the old and new challenges of this often very abstract field of research. What can we learn from the past multiwalenght efforts and tools and what...
Since Virgo joined the O4 run in April 2024, the h(t) strain signal that may contain any gravitational wave signal has been reconstructed with a 2% accuracy in the 20-2000 Hz frequency band thanks to a good estimation of the interferometer optical response and the construction of accurate models of the mirrors actuators. I will present this h(t) reconstruction and how its current improvements,...
Observations of the early X-ray afterglow phases of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) using the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT), which operates in the 0.3 to 10 keV energy range, have revealed distinct temporal features beyond those predicted by the standard forward shock afterglow model. Components in the XRT light curve, such as steep decay, flares, and plateaus, suggest more complex afterglow physics....
Accurate modeling of the early X-ray emission in short GRBs is essential for probing the GRB engine, understanding jet physics, and improving electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave signals from binary neutron star mergers in the context of multi-messenger astronomy. Thanks to the operation of the Swift satellite over the last 20 years, we now have access to an extensive archive of GRB...
We performed a study of the short gamma-ray burst (sGRB) population using a hierarchical Bayesian framework to constrain the (hyper-)parameters of the population model. We considered both an empirical luminosity function model and a more complex quasi-universal structured jet model of the luminosity distribution of the events across the population. Under the assumption of a compact binary...
The brightest Gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever, GRB 221009A, displays ultra-long GRB (ULGRB) characteristics, with a prompt emission duration exceeding 1000 s. To constrain the origin and central engine of this unique burst, we analyse its prompt and afterglow characteristics and compare them to the established set of similar GRBs. To achieve this, we statistically examine a nearly complete sample...
I will present BHTOM.space tool for an automated time-domain target coordination. The main feature of BHTOM is that it can automatically send telescope observing requests, accept telescope images, process them and produce science-ready standardised measurements. Everything so you can focus on what is essential.
Thanks to the support of Paris Observotory, RAPAS build a french amateur network equiped withe Gaia like filters and with prototypes of spetrograph to deliver photometric monitoring and SED on alerts. We intend to develop on an international scale this network. Therefore we have to implement a pipeline to provide data to the scientific community.
Since 2009, the Spanish Astronomy Society (SEA) has maintained a dedicated working group to foster this relationship: the ProAm Commission. This Commission assessed the state of ProAm collaboration in Spain in 2021 and then again in 2023. Data for the reports were gathered from recent amateur astronomy conferences, a thorough review of scientific publications involving amateur astronomers, and...
The nature of the remnant formed by the coalescence of two neutron stars (NS), is highly sensitive to both the initial mass and the equation of state of the progenitors. Traditionally, accreting black holes formed in the aftermath of NS mergers have been the prevailing central engine model to power short duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, this framework fails to explain the...
GW170817 is the first binary neutron star merger detected with gravitational and electromagnetic waves, and its afterglow is still detectable 7 yr post-merger. Some previous studies of the X-ray afterglow have claimed the onset of a new afterglow component or raised concerns about the data processing techniques. Motivated thus, we present here a reanalysis of X-ray afterglow data for GW170817...
