Searching for gravitational waves with a geostationary interferometer

Autor(es)

Tinto, Massimo ^[1] ; de Araujo, Jose C. N. ^[1] ; Aguiar, Odylio D. ^[1] ; Alves, Marcio E. S. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, Div Astrofis, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Itajuba, Inst Fis & Quim, BR-37500903 Itajuba, MG - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Astroparticle Physics; v. 48, p. 50-60, AUG 2013.
• Citações Web of Science: 11

Resumo

We analyze the sensitivities of a geostationary gravitational wave interferometer mission operating in the sub-Hertz band. Because of its smaller armlength, in the lower part of its accessible frequency band (10(-4) - 2 x 10(-2) Hz) our proposed Earth-orbiting detector will be less sensitive, by a factor of about seventy, than the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. In the higher part of its band instead (2 x 10(-2) - 10 Hz), our proposed interferometer will have the capability of observing super-massive black holes (SMBHs) with masses smaller than similar to 10(6) M-circle dot. With good event rates for these systems, a geostationary interferometer will be able to accurately probe the astrophysical scenarios that account for their formation. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/11719-0 - Análise de dados para experimentos de ondas gravitacionais
• Beneficiário: Odylio Denys de Aguiar
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisador Visitante - Internacional