Over the past few years, we have worked on a number of aspects of GRB searches and astrophysics, these include:

• Estimates of the expected rates
• Chances of detection based on the observing scenarios paper
• Improved detection chances if distance is known
• Face on search
• Sky patches
• Time shifts (both long and short) for background estimation
• Preparation for advanced detectors: longer templates, etc
• Search 1 polarization for HL?

The git repository hosting papers on this subject is available at this link.

Discuss

• face on
• sky patch
• background estimation

Suggestion is to use a GRB from the S6D time (June 26 to Oct 20). Advanced detector proof of principle

GRB motivation/rates

• Argue that GRB time is valuable and that this lets you reduce the threshold
• Observing scenarios from Hannah's work
• Known redshift to improve odds

Measure redshift and GW amplitude

• cosmology
• beaming angles
• use populations to get beaming angles
• accuracy of GW parameters

Localizations

• triangulation
• from snr on sky grid of loudest template
• same for face on