Background Estimation in a Gravitational Wave Experiment
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The problem to estimate the background due to accidental coincidences in the search for coincidences in gravitational wave experiments is discussed. The use of delayed coincidences obtained by orderly shifting the event times of one of the two detectors is shown to be the most correct
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0002004,
title = {Background Estimation in a Gravitational Wave Experiment},
author = {P. Astone and S. Frasca and G. Pizzella},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0002004},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex file. 6 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to the proceeding of the 3 GWDAW workshop (Rome, dic 1999) (International journal of Modern physics D)