Estimating parameters of coalescing compact binaries with proposed advanced detector networks
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Veitch, J.; Mandel, Ilya; Aylott, B. E.; Farr, B.; Raymond, V.; Rodriguez, C.; van der Sluys, M.; Kalogera, V.; Vecchio, A.; ... Show more Show less
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The advanced versions of the LIGO and Virgo ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are expected to operate from three sites: Hanford, Livingston, and Cascina. Recent proposals have been made to place a fourth site in Australia or India, and there is the possibility of using the Large Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope in Japan to further extend the network. Using Bayesian parameter-estimation analyses of simulated gravitational-wave signals from a range of coalescing-binary locations and orientations at fixed distance or signal-to-noise ratio, we study the improvement in parameter estimation for the proposed networks. We find that a fourth detector site can break degeneracies in several parameters; in particular, the localization of the source on the sky is improved by a factor of ~3-4 for an Australian site, or ~2.5-3.5 for an Indian site, with more modest improvements in distance and binary inclination estimates. This enhanced ability to localize sources on the sky will be crucial in any search for electromagnetic counterparts to detected gravitational-wave signals.
Date issued
2012-05Department
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchJournal
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Veitch, J. et al. “Estimating Parameters of Coalescing Compact Binaries with Proposed Advanced Detector Networks.” Physical Review D 85.10 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society
Version: Final published version
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1550-7998
1089-4918