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Performance of multi-detector hybrid statistic in targeted compact binary coalescence search

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2017-11-17 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In this paper we compare the performance of two likelihood ratio based detection statistics namely maximum likelihood ratio statistic and {\it hybrid} statistic designed for the detection of gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence using multiple interferometric detector networks. We perform simulations with non-spinning double neutron star binary system and neutron star-black hole binary systems with spinning as well as non-spinning black hole component masses. The binary injections are distributed uniformly in volume up to 1 Gpc. We observe that, on average, the maximum likelihood ratio statistic recovers 34.45%\sim 34.45\%, 49.69%\sim 49.69\%, 61.25%\sim 61.25\% and 69.67%\sim 69.67\% of injections in 2, 3, 4 and 5 detector networks respectively in the case of neutron star-black hole injections for a fixed false alarm probability of 10710^{-7} in Gaussian noise. Further, we note that, compared to the maximum likelihood ratio statistic, the {\it hybrid} statistic recovers 7.45%\sim 7.45\%, 4.57%\sim 4.57\%, 2.56%\sim 2.56\% and 1.22%\sim 1.22\% more injections in 2, 3, 4 and 5 detector networks respectively for the same false alarm probability in Gaussian noise. On the other hand, among binary neutron star injections, the maximum likelihood ratio statistic recovers 5.587%\sim 5.587\%, 9.917%\sim 9.917\%, 14.73%\sim 14.73\% and 19.86%\sim 19.86\% of injections in 2, 3, 4 and 5 detector networks respectively and the {\it hybrid} statistic recovers 14.63%\sim 14.63\%, 12.91%\sim 12.91\%, 11.49%\sim 11.49\% and 10.29%\sim 10.29\% more injections compared to maximum likelihood ratio statistic in 2, 3, 4 and 5 detector networks respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1701.03952,
  title  = {Performance of multi-detector hybrid statistic in targeted compact binary coalescence search},
  author = {K. Haris and Vinaya Valsan and Archana Pai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.03952},
  year   = {2017}
}

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22 pages, 8 figures