The LISA-Taiji Network: Precision Localization of Coalescing Massive Black Hole Binaries

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-figure"><h2>Figure 3</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>Measurements of the (a) angular resolution and the (b) luminosity distance uncertainty, as a function of redshifts of the equal-mass black hole binaries with a total intrinsic mass of <span class="nowrap"><svg height="14.8368pt" id="M28" style="vertical-align:-3.4007pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.4361 35.9177 14.8368" width="35.9177pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M384 0V27C293 34 287 42 287 114V635C232 613 172 594 109 583V559L157 557C201 555 205 550 205 499V114C205 42 199 34 109 27V0H384Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,6.24,0)"><path d="M241 635C89 635 35 457 35 312C35 153 89 -12 240 -12C390 -12 443 166 443 312C443 466 390 635 241 635ZM238 602C329 602 354 454 354 312C354 172 330 22 240 22C152 22 124 173 124 313S148 602 238 602Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.48,-5.741)"><path d="M158 548H390L417 615L410 623H122L83 318C105 326 143 337 185 337C296 337 350 275 350 188C350 116 308 42 225 42C164 42 122 74 100 93C90 101 82 99 72 92C60 82 51 68 50 59C48 46 52 38 66 24C82 9 125 -12 172 -12C225 -11 292 15 346 59C408 108 437 166 437 226C437 309 371 397 242 397C214 397 170 382 133 369L158 548Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,17.426,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,29.646,3.132)"><path d="M594 262C594 419 464 546 305 546S17 419 17 262S146 -22 305 -22S594 105 594 262ZM538 262C538 131 433 25 305 25S73 131 73 262S177 499 305 499S538 393 538 262ZM365 262C365 297 340 323 305 323C271 323 246 297 246 262C246 225 271 201 305 201C340 201 365 225 365 262Z"></path></g></svg>,</span> with Taiji (blue) and the LISA-Taiji network (red). The center line denotes the median value while the shaded region denotes the 1<svg height="6.34998pt" id="M29" style="vertical-align:-0.2063899pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.14359 7.47218 6.34998" width="7.47218pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M548 455L523 469C505 448 490 439 461 439C416 439 374 447 316 447C144 447 23 310 23 161C23 47 89 -12 179 -12C312 -12 429 106 429 244C429 303 419 344 368 386L371 388C404 383 440 378 474 378C507 378 530 411 548 455ZM350 274C350 191 308 25 198 25C144 25 108 75 108 157C108 264 170 395 276 395C296 395 320 384 333 360C347 334 350 316 350 274Z"></path></g></svg> uncertainties using a catalogue of 10,000 simulated sources with a fixed redshift at different sky positions.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image"><td><object data="https://d31iiq90dwlpfy.cloudfront.net/articles/research/volume-2021/6014164/figures/6014164.fig.003.svgz" name="6014164.fig.003" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr></table></div></div>

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