The space-borne gravitational wave (GW) detectors, LISA and TAIJI, are planned to be launched in the 2030s. The dual detectors with comparable sensitivities will form a network observing GW with significant advantages. In this work, we investigate the three possible LISA-TAIJI networks for the different location and orientation compositions of LISA orbit (+60∘ inclination and trailing the Earth by 20∘) and alternative TAIJI orbit configurations including TAIJIp (+60∘ inclination and leading the Earth by 20∘), TAIJIc (+60∘ inclination and co-located with LISA), TAIJIm (−60∘ inclination and leading the Earth by 20∘). In the three LISA-TAIJI configurations, the LISA-TAIJIm network shows the best performance on the sky localization and polarization determination for the massive binary system due to their better complementary antenna pattern, and LISA-TAIJIc could achieve the best cross-correlation and observe the stochastic GW background with an optimal sensitivity.
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@article{arxiv.2105.00746,
title = {Alternative LISA-TAIJI networks},
author = {Gang Wang and Wei-Tou Ni and Wen-Biao Han and Peng Xu and Ziren Luo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.00746},
year = {2021}
}