Talk detail

Participant	Wen, Linqing
Institution	The University of Western Australia - 35 Stirling Hwy - Crawley - WA - Australia

Session	GW3	Accepted	Yes	Order	2	Time	30'
Talk	Oral abstract	Title	The scientific benefit of a larger GW detector network
Co-authors	the ACIGA collaboration
Abstract	We are at the dawn of making the first detection of gravitational waves (GWs). The advanced LIGO and VIRGO detectors are funded and are under construction with a promise of tens of detections a year. A larger GW network is forming with the KAGRA detector in Japan partially funded and LIGO-India on the near horizon. In this talk, I will show that the GW detector network is approaching the desirable capacity that allows prompt and yet precise follow-up observations of gravitational wave events by conventional electromagnetic telescopes. I will then argue for a larger network that includes AIGO - a GW detector at the southern hemisphere. At the end of my presentation, I'll address briefly the status and future plan for AIGO.