Tool 42  ·  Multi-messenger detectability

Multi-Messenger Alert Simulator

Combine LISA gravitational-wave strain, Fermi-LAT / CTA gamma-ray sensitivity, and KM3NeT neutrino detection thresholds into a single coincidence detectability picture for ω Cen's IMBH and any associated transient source.

// Black Hole Parameters
IMBH mass8,200 M☉
EMRI companion mass1.4 M☉
Time to merger Tobs5.0 yr
EMRI eccentricity0.30
// Transient Source (Optional)
Source power (isotropic)1038 W
Burst duration100 s
Active channels
// Coincidence Detection Score
/ 5 channels
Awaiting calculation…
False-alarm rate: —
LISA · mHz GW
SNR (4-yr mission)
Fermi-LAT · ≥100 MeV
Flux ratio (signal/threshold)
CTA · ≥30 GeV
Flux ratio (signal/threshold)
KM3NeT ARCA · ν ≥ 10 TeV
Expected events in burst window
LISA SNR uses the Maggiore (2007) chirp strain formula h ~ (5/96)^(1/2) · π^(-2/3) · (G M_chirp)^(5/6) / (c^(3/2) D) · f^(-7/6) evaluated at peak frequency, integrated against the LISA sensitivity curve approximation S_n(f) ~ 1.44×10⁻⁴⁷ (0.001/f)⁴ + 1.36×10⁻⁵⁵ + 1.80×10⁻⁵² f² Hz⁻¹ (Amaro-Seoane et al. 2017 approximation). Fermi-LAT threshold: point-source sensitivity ~8×10⁻¹² erg/cm²/s (E≥100 MeV, 10-yr survey, high latitude). CTA threshold: ~5×10⁻¹³ erg/cm²/s (E≥30 GeV, 50-hr pointing). KM3NeT threshold: effective area A_eff ~2×10⁴ m² at 10 TeV for OC declination (−47°); background rate ~0.01 events/100s in 5° cone above 10 TeV (upgoing). Distance to OC: 5.49 kpc = 1.694×10²² cm. All sensitivities are order-of-magnitude estimates for scoping purposes.
Note on OC's declination (−47°): IceCube (South Pole) has degraded sensitivity for OC as a downgoing source. KM3NeT (Mediterranean, 36°N) views OC as an upgoing source with ~3–5× better point-source sensitivity at TeV energies. H.E.S.S. (Namibia) can point at OC directly but has a ~10× higher energy threshold. The coincidence score weights KM3NeT as the primary neutrino instrument for this target.
⚠ The transient source model applies to hypothetical astrophysical transients (TDE flares, magnetar bursts) or — speculatively — the Dvali-Osmanov kugelblitz neutrino burst. No such burst has been detected from OC. The LISA EMRI calculation reflects established GR predictions for an EMRI in OC's mass range; EMRI detection is a realistic near-future science case, not speculation.