Investigating the effect of precession on searches for neutron-star–black-hole binaries with Advanced LIGO

The first direct detection of neutron-star-blackhole binaries will likely be made with gravitational-wave observatories. Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo will be able to observe neutron-star-blackhole mergers at a maximum distance of 900 Mpc. To achieve this sensitivity, gravitational-wave searches...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2014-01, Vol.89 (2), Article 024010
Hauptverfasser: Harry, Ian W., Nitz, Alexander H., Brown, Duncan A., Lundgren, Andrew P., Ochsner, Evan, Keppel, Drew
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Zusammenfassung:The first direct detection of neutron-star-blackhole binaries will likely be made with gravitational-wave observatories. Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo will be able to observe neutron-star-blackhole mergers at a maximum distance of 900 Mpc. To achieve this sensitivity, gravitational-wave searches will rely on using a bank of filter waveforms that accurately model the expected gravitational-wave signal. The emitted signal will depend on the masses of the black hole and the neutron star and also the angular momentum of both components. We identify the regions of parameter space where such systems occur and suggest methods for searching for highly precessing neutron-star-blackhole binaries.
ISSN:1550-7998
1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.024010