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Direction reconstruction of gravitational wave burst sources with networks of GW detectors

Sky coordinate reconstruction is a necessary tool for the future of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. It will give us fundamentally new information about GW sources and their population distribution. Prompt detection of GW signals and estimation of source coordinates enables coincident observations with other astronomical instruments, and can therefore significantly increase the confidence of detection as well as providing complementary information about the physics of events. While preparing for the current LIGO science run, we studied the position reconstruction capabilities of the LIGO-Virgo network for burst GW signals and present here the results obtained with different coherent and incoherent methods.

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