Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with advanced LIGO and advanced virgo

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaborations

doi:10.1007/lrr-2016-1

Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with advanced LIGO and advanced virgo

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaborations

California Institute of Technology
Louisiana State University
University of Salerno
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
University of Florida
National Science Foundation
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
University of Sannio
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Leibniz University Hannover
University of Pisa
Australian National University
University of Mississippi
California State University Fullerton
Université Paris-Sud
SPIC Science Foundation
University of Southampton
University of Hamburg
Montana State University
University of Perugia
European Gravitational Observatory
Syracuse University
University of Glasgow
APC - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
boulevard de l'Observatoire
Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Columbia University
Stanford University
University of Padua
Polish Academy of Sciences
University of Warsaw
University of Birmingham
University of Genoa
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology
Lomonosov Moscow State University
University of the West of Scotland
University of Western Australia
Radboud University Nijmegen
Eötvös Loránd University
Institut de Physique de Rennes
Washington State University Pullman
University of Urbino
University of Oregon
ENS
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
University of Maryland, College Park
Georgia Institute of Technology
Université de Lyon
University of the Balearic Islands
University of Naples Federico II
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Toronto
Tsinghua University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Rome Tor Vergata
National Tsing Hua University
Charles Sturt University
The University of Chicago
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Carleton College
University of Rome La Sapienza
University of Brussels
Texas Tech University
Cardiff University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Melbourne
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of Sheffield
Montclair State University
University of Trento
Pennsylvania State University
University of Cambridge
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Institute for Plasma Research
University of Szeged
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
American University Washington DC
University of Massachusetts
Adelaide University
West Virginia University
University of Białystok
University of Strathclyde
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
Northwestern University
RAS - Institute of Applied Physics
Pusan National University
Hanyang University
National Centre for Nuclear Research
Polish Academy of Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology
Monash University
Seoul National University
CNRS
University of Camerino
Southern University and A&M College
College of William and Mary
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Whitman College
National Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Institute of Astronomy
Andrews University
University of Siena
Trinity University
University of Washington
Abilene Christian University

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Abstract

We present a possible observing scenario for the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community to facilitate planning for multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. We determine the expected sensitivity of the network to transient gravitational-wave signals, and study the capability of the network to determine the sky location of the source. We report our findings for gravitational-wave transients, with particular focus on gravitational-wave signals from the inspiral of binary neutron-star systems, which are considered the most promising for multi-messenger astronomy. The ability to localize the sources of the detected signals depends on the geographical distribution of the detectors and their relative sensitivity, and 90% credible regions can be as large as thousands of square degrees when only two sensitive detectors are operational. Determining the sky position of a significant fraction of detected signals to areas of 5 deg²to 20 deg²will require at least three detectors of sensitivity within a factor of ~ 2 of each other and with a broad frequency bandwidth. Should the third LIGO detector be relocated to India as expected, a significant fraction of gravitational-wave signals will be localized to a few square degrees by gravitational-wave observations alone.

Original language	English
Article number	1
Pages (from-to)	1-39
Number of pages	39
Journal	Living Reviews in Relativity
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/lrr-2016-1
State	Published - 8 Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory and Advanced LIGO as well as the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society (MPS), and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction of Advanced LIGO and construction and operation of the GEO 600 detector. Additional support for Advanced LIGO was provided by the Australian Research Council. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector and the creation and support of the EGO consortium. The authors also gratefully acknowledge research support from these agencies as well as by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, Department of Science and Technology, India, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, the Conselleria d’Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d’Educació, Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the National Science Centre of Poland, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the European Union, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO), the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the Research Corporation, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan and the Kavli Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF, STFC, MPS, INFN, CNRS and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for provision of computational resources.

Funders	Funder number
Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation
Department of Science and Technology, India, Science & Engineering Research Board
FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science
Govern de les Illes Balears
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Engineering	1200087
Kavli Foundation
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Royal Society
Scottish Funding Council
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
European Commission
Australian Research Council
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Science and Engineering Research Board
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
National Research Foundation of Korea
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
MPS España
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Keywords

Data analysis
Electromagnetic counterparts
Gravitational waves
Gravitational-wave detectors

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