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Science-driven tunable design of cosmic explorer detectors

Srivastava, Varun, Davis, Derek, Kuns, Kevin, Landry, Philippe, Ballmer, Stefan, Evans, Matthew, Hall, Evan D., Read, Jocelyn and Sathyaprakash, B. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-7586 2022. Science-driven tunable design of cosmic explorer detectors. Astrophysical Journal 931 (1) , 22. 10.3847/1538-4357/ac5f04

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Abstract

Abstract: Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors like Cosmic Explorer (CE) can be tuned to improve their sensitivity at high or low frequencies by tuning the response of the signal extraction cavity. Enhanced sensitivity above 2 kHz enables measurements of the post-merger gravitational-wave spectrum from binary neutron star mergers, which depends critically on the unknown equation of state of hot, ultra-dense matter. Improved sensitivity below 500 Hz favors precision tests of extreme gravity with black hole ringdown signals and improves the detection prospects while facilitating an improved measurement of source properties for compact binary inspirals at cosmological distances. At intermediate frequencies, a more sensitive detector can better measure the tidal properties of neutron stars. We present and characterize the performance of tuned CE configurations that are designed to optimize detections across different astrophysical source populations. These tuning options give CE the flexibility to target a diverse set of science goals with the same detector infrastructure. We find that a 40 km CE detector outperforms a 20 km in all key science goals other than access to post-merger physics. This suggests that CE should include at least one 40 km facility.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Additional Information: License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: cc-by
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
ISSN: 0004-637X
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 20 May 2022
Date of Acceptance: 16 March 2022
Last Modified: 23 May 2023 23:19
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149899

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