Astro-COLIBRI: An Innovative Platform for Real-Time Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

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Hauptverfasser: Avila, Bernardo Cornejo, Bisero, Sofia, Costa, Mickael, Ciric, Antoine, Jaroschewski, Ilja, Kindrébéogo, Weizmann, Schussler, Fabian
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author Avila, Bernardo Cornejo
Bisero, Sofia
Costa, Mickael
Ciric, Antoine
Jaroschewski, Ilja
Kindrébéogo, Weizmann
Schussler, Fabian
author_facet Avila, Bernardo Cornejo
Bisero, Sofia
Costa, Mickael
Ciric, Antoine
Jaroschewski, Ilja
Kindrébéogo, Weizmann
Schussler, Fabian
contents The discovery of transient phenomena, such as supernovae, novae, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), and stellar flares, together with the emergence of new cosmic messengers like high-energy neutrinos and Gravitational Waves (GWs), has revolutionized astrophysics in recent years. To fully exploit the scientific potential of multi-messenger and multi-wavelength follow-up observations, as well as serendipitous detections, researchers need a tool capable of rapidly compiling and contextualizing essential information for every new event. We present Astro-COLIBRI, an advanced platform designed to meet this challenge. Astro-COLIBRI is a comprehensive platform that combines a public RESTful API, real-time databases, a cloud-based alert system, and user-friendly interfaces including a website and mobile app for iOS and Android. It ingests alerts from multiple sources in real time, applies user-defined filters, and situates each event within its multi-messenger and multi-wavelength context. The platform provides clear data visualization, concise summaries of key event properties, and evaluations of observing conditions across a wide network of observatories worldwide. We here detail the architecture of Astro-COLIBRI, from the data pipelines that manage real-time alert ingestion and processing to the design of the RESTful API, which enables seamless integration with other astronomical software and services.
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spellingShingle Astro-COLIBRI: An Innovative Platform for Real-Time Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
Avila, Bernardo Cornejo
Bisero, Sofia
Costa, Mickael
Ciric, Antoine
Jaroschewski, Ilja
Kindrébéogo, Weizmann
Schussler, Fabian
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The discovery of transient phenomena, such as supernovae, novae, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), and stellar flares, together with the emergence of new cosmic messengers like high-energy neutrinos and Gravitational Waves (GWs), has revolutionized astrophysics in recent years. To fully exploit the scientific potential of multi-messenger and multi-wavelength follow-up observations, as well as serendipitous detections, researchers need a tool capable of rapidly compiling and contextualizing essential information for every new event. We present Astro-COLIBRI, an advanced platform designed to meet this challenge. Astro-COLIBRI is a comprehensive platform that combines a public RESTful API, real-time databases, a cloud-based alert system, and user-friendly interfaces including a website and mobile app for iOS and Android. It ingests alerts from multiple sources in real time, applies user-defined filters, and situates each event within its multi-messenger and multi-wavelength context. The platform provides clear data visualization, concise summaries of key event properties, and evaluations of observing conditions across a wide network of observatories worldwide. We here detail the architecture of Astro-COLIBRI, from the data pipelines that manage real-time alert ingestion and processing to the design of the RESTful API, which enables seamless integration with other astronomical software and services.
title Astro-COLIBRI: An Innovative Platform for Real-Time Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02058