The science case for LIGO-India

Saleem, M., Rana, Javed, Gayathri, V., Vijaykumar, Aditya, Goyal, Srashti, Sachdev, Surabhi, Suresh, Jishnu, Sudhagar, S., Mukherjee, Arunava, Gaur, Gurudatt, Sathyaprakash, Bangalore ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-7586, Pai, Archana, Adhikari, Rana X., Ajith, P. and Bose, Sukanta 2022. The science case for LIGO-India. Classical and Quantum Gravity 39 (2) , 025004. 10.1088/1361-6382/ac3b99

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Abstract

The global network of gravitational-wave detectors has completed three observing runs with ∼50 detections of merging compact binaries. A third LIGO detector, with comparable astrophysical reach, is to be built in India (LIGO-Aundha) and expected to be operational during the latter part of this decade. Such additions to the network increase the number of baselines and the network SNR of GW events. These enhancements help improve the sky-localization of those events. Multiple detectors simultaneously in operation will also increase the baseline duty factor, thereby, leading to an improvement in the detection rates and, hence, the completeness of surveys. In this paper, we quantify the improvements due to the expansion of the LIGO global network in the precision with which source properties will be measured. We also present examples of how this expansion will give a boost to tests of fundamental physics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	IOP Publishing
ISSN:	0264-9381
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 March 2022
Date of Acceptance:	19 November 2021
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 02:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/148233

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