We present a unified description of gravitational-wave data analysis that unites the template-based analysis used to detect deterministic signals from well-modeled sources, such as binary-black-hole mergers, with the cross-correlation analysis used to detect stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds. We also discuss the connection between template-based analyses and those that target poorly-modeled bursts of gravitational waves, and suggest a new approach for detecting burst signals.
@article{arxiv.1305.2934,
title = {Towards a unified treatment of gravitational-wave data analysis},
author = {Neil J. Cornish and Joseph D. Romano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2934},
year = {2015}
}