articleLiving Reviews in RelativityFeb 8, 2016DIAMOND OA

Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

BPB. P. AbbottRAR. AbbottTDT. D. AbbottMRM. R. AbernathyFAF. Acernese

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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…

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  • BP
    B. P. AbbottCorresponding

    California Institute of Technology

  • RA
    R. Abbott

    California Institute of Technology

  • TD
    T. D. Abbott

    Louisiana State University

  • MR
    M. R. Abernathy

    California Institute of Technology

  • FA
    F. Acernese

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Keywords
  • LIGO
  • Sky
  • Detector
  • Sensitivity (control systems)
  • Gravitational wave
  • Binary number
  • Position (finance)
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