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Welcome to the openMMA wiki!

OpenMMA is a community forum to facilitate the exchange of information related to multi-messenger astrophysics (MMA). This forum has no requirements for participation -- anyone interested can join. It replaces and broadens the scope of the OpenLVEM forum created and supported by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration. The OpenMMA forum is hosted by https://scimma.org/.

Scientific Organizing Committee

A scientific organizing committee will be assembled to lead and coordinate activities of the forum. The SOC will consist of liaisons with major surveys and experiments involved in time-domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. If you are interested in joining the SOC, please let the SCIMMA PI, Gautham Narayan (gsn@illinois.edu) know.

The scientific organizing committee will also schedule teleconferences and in-person meetings to foster communication between physicists and astronomers interested in multi-messenger astrophysics. Topics to be covered will include updates on the latest scientific results, status reports from observatories and experiments, the infrastructure to connect these facilities, and any other topics of interest to the forum's members. The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration will use the OpenMMA forum to communicate and interact with the community starting in August 2024.

Get started

Join OpenMMA forum by following the subscribe link at www.scimma.org. The forum mailing list is openmma@lists.scimma.org where information and announcements relevant to MMA can be conveniently shared. The SCiMMA code of conduct applies.

Upcoming Telecons

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA documentation and resources

  • Observing Run Plans
    • Joint LVK statement on future observing runs.
  • Public Alert User Guide
    • Explains how to receive public alerts, documents the contents of those alerts, and explains how to interpret them.
    • Version 18 and later includes update information about O4 alert formats and distribution methods. Some parts of the presentation is being improved; new versions will be released if there are significant changes.
    • Questions specifically related to public alerts should be directed to the help-desk at contact+emfollow/userguide@support.ligo.org.
  • Observatory Status at the Gravitational-Wave Open Science Center
    • Real-time observatory status and detector performance summaries by date.

Other resources

  • Gravitational Wave Events app:
    • Receive public alerts on iPhones and iPads; database of GCN Notices and Circulars including skymaps; general public message board and links.
  • Astro Colibri:
    • General purpose platform for multi-messenger transients; Web + Android + iOS + API; Smartphone notifications (incl. several GW streams).

Previous OpenMMA Telecons

Previous OpenLVEM Telecons

Townhall Meetings

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