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We analyze the gravitational wave signals with a model-independent time-frequency analysis, which is improved from the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) and optimized for characterizing the frequency variability on the time-frequency map.…
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We report on the construction of a deep convolutional neural network that can reproduce the sensitivity of a matched-filtering search for binary black hole gravitational-wave signals. The standard method for the detection of well modeled…
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Compact binary systems with neutron stars or black holes are one of the most promising sources for ground-based gravitational wave detectors. Gravitational radiation encodes rich information about source physics; thus parameter estimation…