Constraining Proper Motion of Strongly Lensed Eccentric Binary Mergers using Doppler Triangulation

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Main Authors: Samsing, Johan, Zwick, Lorenz, Saini, Pankaj, Hendriks, Kai, Lo, Rico K. L., Vujeva, Luka, Radev, Georgi D., Yu, Yan
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author Samsing, Johan
Zwick, Lorenz
Saini, Pankaj
Hendriks, Kai
Lo, Rico K. L.
Vujeva, Luka
Radev, Georgi D.
Yu, Yan
author_facet Samsing, Johan
Zwick, Lorenz
Saini, Pankaj
Hendriks, Kai
Lo, Rico K. L.
Vujeva, Luka
Radev, Georgi D.
Yu, Yan
contents Strong lensing of gravitational wave (GW) sources allows the observer to see the GW source from different lines-of-sight (LOS) through the corresponding images, which provides a way for constraining the relative proper motion of the GW source. This is possible as the GW signals received from each image will have slightly different projected velocity components, from which one can `Doppler-Triangulate' for the GW source velocity vector. The difference in projected velocity between the different images can be observationally inferred through pairwise GW phase measurements that accumulate over the time-of-observation. In this paper we study lensed eccentric GW sources and explore how the observable GW phase shift between images evolve as a function of time, eccentricity, lens- and binary parameters. Next generation GW observatories, including the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, will see $\sim $hundreds/year of lensed GW sources, where a significant fraction of these are expected to be eccentric. We discuss the expected unique observables for such eccentric lensed GW sources, and the relation to their observable relative linear motion, which otherwise is exceedingly difficult to constrain in general.
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spellingShingle Constraining Proper Motion of Strongly Lensed Eccentric Binary Mergers using Doppler Triangulation
Samsing, Johan
Zwick, Lorenz
Saini, Pankaj
Hendriks, Kai
Lo, Rico K. L.
Vujeva, Luka
Radev, Georgi D.
Yu, Yan
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Strong lensing of gravitational wave (GW) sources allows the observer to see the GW source from different lines-of-sight (LOS) through the corresponding images, which provides a way for constraining the relative proper motion of the GW source. This is possible as the GW signals received from each image will have slightly different projected velocity components, from which one can `Doppler-Triangulate' for the GW source velocity vector. The difference in projected velocity between the different images can be observationally inferred through pairwise GW phase measurements that accumulate over the time-of-observation. In this paper we study lensed eccentric GW sources and explore how the observable GW phase shift between images evolve as a function of time, eccentricity, lens- and binary parameters. Next generation GW observatories, including the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, will see $\sim $hundreds/year of lensed GW sources, where a significant fraction of these are expected to be eccentric. We discuss the expected unique observables for such eccentric lensed GW sources, and the relation to their observable relative linear motion, which otherwise is exceedingly difficult to constrain in general.
title Constraining Proper Motion of Strongly Lensed Eccentric Binary Mergers using Doppler Triangulation
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12494