2011

Detector configuration of DECIGO/BBO and identification of cosmological neutron-star binaries

Yagi, Kent, Seto, Naoki

Understand

The primary target for the planned space-borne gravitational wave interferometers DECIGO/BBO is a primordial gravitational wave background (PGWB).

  • 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 (SNRs) of the binaries for several static detector configurations that are characterized by adjustable geometrical parameters, and determine the optimal values for these parameters.

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