Improved source localization with LIGO India

Document #:

LIGO-P1200054-v6

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

A global network of advanced gravitational wave interferometric detectors is under construction. These detectors will offer an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity over the initial detectors and will usher in the era of gravitational wave astronomy. In this paper, we evaluate the benefits of relocating one of the advanced LIGO detectors to India.

Files in Document:

• ligo_india_localization.pdf (1.3 MB)

Other Files:

• figures_with_continents.tar.gz (1.1 MB)
• paper figures (india_figs.tar.gz, 976.1 kB)

Topics:

• Astrophysics / Multi-messenger
• Compact Binaries

Authors:

• Stephen Fairhurst

Notes and Changes:

revised version, accepted for publication. New versions of figures which show continents on localization plots.

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