Method for estimation of gravitational-wave transient model parameters in frequency-time maps
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-19 v1
Abstract
A common technique for detection of gravitational-wave signals is searching for excess power in frequency-time maps of gravitational-wave detector data. In the event of a detection, model selection and parameter estimation will be performed in order to explore the properties of the source. In this paper, we develop a Bayesian statistical method for extracting model-dependent parameters from observed gravitational-wave signals in frequency-time maps. We demonstrate the method by recovering the parameters of model gravitational-wave signals added to simulated advanced LIGO noise. We also characterize the performance of the method and discuss prospects for future work.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1404.4642,
title = {Method for estimation of gravitational-wave transient model parameters in frequency-time maps},
author = {Michael Coughlin and Nelson Christensen and Jonathan Gair and Shivaraj Kandhasamy and Eric Thrane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.4642},
year = {2015}
}