Talk detail

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

Session	GW3	Accepted		Order	Time
Talk	Oral abstract	Title	The scientific benefit of a larger GW detector network
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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.