Algorithm for TDI numerical simulation and sensitivity investigation
Abstract
We introduce a generic algorithm to determine the time delays and spacecraft (S/C) positions to compose any time-delay interferometry (TDI) channel in the dynamical case and evaluate its sensitivity by using a full numerical method. We select 11 second-generation TDI channels constructed from four approaches and investigate their gravitational wave responses, noise levels, and averaged sensitivities under a numerical LISA orbit. The sensitivities of selected channels are various especially for frequencies lower than 20 mHz. The optimal channel A (or equivalently E) combined from second-generation Michelson TDI channels (X, X, and X) achieves the best sensitivity among the channels, while the Sagnac channel shows the worse sensitivity. Multiple channels show better sensitivities at some characteristic frequencies compared to the fiducial X channel. The joint observation not only enhances the sensitivity of the X channel by a factor of to 2 but also improves the capacity of sky coverage.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2010.15544,
title = {Algorithm for TDI numerical simulation and sensitivity investigation},
author = {Gang Wang and Wei-Tou Ni and Wen-Biao Han and Cong-Feng Qiao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.15544},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
13 pages, 8 figures