Beyond LISA: Exploring future gravitational wave missions

Jeff Crowder and Neil J. Cornish
Phys. Rev. D 72, 083005 – Published 20 October 2005

Abstract

The Advanced Laser Interferometer Antenna (ALIA) and the Big Bang Observer (BBO) have been proposed as follow on missions to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Here we study the capabilities of these observatories, and how they relate to the science goals of the missions. We find that the Advanced Laser Interferometer Antenna in Stereo (ALIAS), our proposed extension to the ALIA mission, will go considerably further toward meeting ALIA’s main scientific goal of studying intermediate mass black holes. We also compare the capabilities of LISA to a related extension of the LISA mission, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna in Stereo (LISAS). Additionally, we find that the initial deployment phase of the BBO would be sufficient to address the BBO’s key scientific goal of detecting the Gravitational Wave Background, while still providing detailed information about foreground sources.

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  • Received 17 June 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.083005

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jeff Crowder and Neil J. Cornish

  • Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA

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Vol. 72, Iss. 8 — 15 October 2005

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