Published May 3, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Searching for gravitational-wave bursts with space-borne detectors

  • 1. MOE Key Laboratory of TianQin Mission, TianQin Research Center for Gravitational Physics and School of Physics and Astronomy, Frontiers Science Center for TianQin, Gravitational Wave Research Center of CNSA, Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus), Zhuhai 519082, China
  • 2. Department of Physics, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China, and Hebei Key Laboratory of High-precision Computation and Application of Quantum Field Theory, Baoding 071002, China, and Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline for Computational Physics, Baoding 071002, China
  • 3. SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

Description

The millihertz gravitational wave band is expected to be opened by space-borne detectors like TianQin. Various mechanisms can produce short outbursts of gravitational waves, whose actual waveform can be hard to model. In order to identify such gravitational wave bursts and not to misclassify them as noise transients, we proposed a proof-of-principle power excess method, that utilized the signal-insensitive channel to veto noise transients. We perform a test on simulated data, and for bursts with a signal-to-noise ratio of 20, even with the contamination of noise transient, our methods can reach a detection efficiency of 97.4% under a false alarm rate of once per year. However, more frequent occurrences of noise transients would lower the detection efficiency.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.109.103004;
arXiv
arXiv:2308.15354;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100021171; 10.13039/501100003787; 10.13039/501100001809; 10.13039/501100000271;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
12 pgs.
ISSN
1089-4918

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Optional Information

Copyright
© 2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
2019B030302001; A2023201041; 12173104; 12261131504; ST/V005634/1
Notes
Contact Email: Corresponding author: huyiming@mail.sysu.edu.cn; Contact Email: fanhm3@mail.sysu.edu.cn; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province; Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Science and Technology Facilities Council