Published April 7, 2002 | Version v1
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IGEC toolbox for coincidence search

Creators

  • 1. University of Trento and INFN, via Sommarive, 14, 38050 Povo, TN (Italy)
  • 2. University of Padova and INFN, via Marzolo, 8, 35131 Padova, PD (Italy)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 70803 Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
  • 4. INFN Legnaro National Labs, 4, via Romea, 35020 Legnaro, PD (Italy)

Description

The standard IGEC approach to detection of gravitational waves with many detectors is a simple time coincidence search. We discuss the problems of false alarm and false dismissal assessment, in the case of both stationary and non-stationary noise. The significance of any cumulative excess of found coincidences over the background is determined by maximum likelihood methods

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/1541/q20742.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/1541/q20742.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
PII
S0264-9381(02)30776-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1541-1546
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34031452
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND NOISE; COINCIDENCE METHODS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD FIT
Descriptors DEC
COUNTING TECHNIQUES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NOISE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RADIATION DETECTORS