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A Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for extracting periodic gravitational wave signals from laser interferometric detector data

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

The Markov chain Monte Carlo methods offer practical procedures for detecting signals characterized by a large number of parameters and under conditions of low signal-to-noise ratio. We present a Metropolis-Hastings algorithm capable of inferring the spin and orientation parameters of a neutron star from its periodic gravitational wave signature seen by laser interferometric detectors

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0402038,
  title  = {A Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for extracting periodic gravitational wave signals from laser interferometric detector data},
  author = {Nelson Christensen and Réjean J. Dupuis and Graham Woan and Renate Meyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0402038},
  year   = {2009}
}