Detector configuration of DECIGO/BBO and identification of cosmological neutron-star binaries
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 (Japan)
The primary target for the planned space-borne gravitational wave interferometers DECIGO/BBO (Decihertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory/Big Bang Observer) is a primordial gravitational wave background. However there exist astrophysical foregrounds, and among them, gravitational waves from neutron-star (NS) binaries are the solid and strong component that must be identified and subtracted. In this paper, we discuss the geometry of detector configurations preferable for identifying the NS/NS binary signals. As a first step, we analytically estimate the minimum signal-to-noise ratios of the binaries for several static detector configurations that are characterized by adjustable geometrical parameters, and determine the optimal values for these parameters. Next we perform numerical simulations to take into account the effect of detector motions, and find reasonable agreements with the analytical results. We show that, with the standard network formed by 4 units of triangle detectors, the proposed BBO sensitivity would be sufficient in receiving gravitational waves from all the NS/NS binaries at z{<=}5 with signal-to-noise ratios higher than 25. We also discuss the minimum sensitivity of DECIGO required for the foreground identification.
- OSTI ID:
- 21504979
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 83, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.044011; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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