Localization of binary neutron star mergers with a single Cosmic Explorer

Abstract

Next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, such as Cosmic Explorer (CE), are expected to be sensitive to gravitational-wave signals with frequencies as low as 5 Hz, allowing signals to spend a significant amount of time in the detector frequency band. As a result, the effects caused by the rotation of the Earth become increasingly important for such signals. Additionally, the length of the arms of these detectors can be comparable to the wavelength of detectable gravitational waves, which introduces frequency-dependent effects that are not significant in current-generation detectors. These effects are expected to improve the ability to localize compact binary coalescences in the sky even when using only one detector. This study aims to understand how much these effects can help in localization. We present the first comprehensive Bayesian parameter estimation framework that accounts for all these effects using \textsc{Bilby}, a commonly used Bayesian parameter estimation tool. We focus on sky localization constraints for binary neutron star events with an optimal signal-to-noise ratio of 1000 with one detector at the projected CE sensitivity. We find that these effects help localize sources using one detector with sky areas as low as 10 square degrees. Moreover, we explore and discuss how ignoring these effects in the parameter estimation can lead to biases in the inference.

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