{
  "id": "2008.12621",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2020-08-24T18:00:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2020-08-24T18:00:02.000Z",
  "title": "Constraining the lensing of binary neutron stars from their stochastic background",
  "authors": [
    "Riccardo Buscicchio",
    "Christopher J. Moore",
    "Geraint Pratten",
    "Patricia Schmidt",
    "Alberto Vecchio"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 2 figures",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "gr-qc"
  ],
  "abstract": "Gravitational wave (GW) transients from binary neutron star (BNS) coalescences can, in principle, be subject to gravitational lensing thereby increasing the amplitude and signal-to-noise ratio. We estimate the rate of lensed BNS events resolvable by LIGO and Virgo and find that it is constrained by the current non-detection of a stochastic GW background. Following closely the formalism we developed previously (arXiv:2006.04516v2 [astro.ph.CO]) in the context of binary black hole lensing, we show that at current sensitivities the fraction of BNS coalescences with lensing magnifications $\\mu> 1.02$ is less than $\\sim 7\\times 10^{-8}$ and therefore such events should not be expected in the near future. We also make predictions for projected future sensitivities.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2020-08-24T18:00:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "binary neutron star",
      "stochastic background",
      "stochastic gw background",
      "bns events",
      "gravitational wave"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}