Parameter estimation on gravitational waves from multiple coalescing binaries

Journal Article · Thu Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.084029· OSTI ID:21431051

Mandel, Ilya ^[1]

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1. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)

Future ground-based and space-borne interferometric gravitational-wave detectors may capture between tens and thousands of binary coalescence events per year. There is a significant and growing body of work on the estimation of astrophysically relevant parameters, such as masses and spins, from the gravitational-wave signature of a single event. This paper introduces a robust Bayesian framework for combining the parameter estimates for multiple events into a parameter distribution of the underlying event population. The framework can be readily deployed as a rapid post-processing tool.

• OSTI ID: 21431051
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084029; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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COALESCENCE
DATA ANALYSIS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
INTERFEROMETRY
MASS
SPACE
SPIN
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
RADIATION DETECTORS