Dreissigacker, C.; Prix, R.; Wette, K.: Fast and accurate sensitivity estimation for continuous-gravitational-wave searches. In: Physical Review D 98 (2018), Nr. 8, 84058. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.084058
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This paper presents an efficient numerical sensitivity-estimation method and implementation for continuous-gravitational-wave searches, extending and generalizing an earlier analytic approach by Wette [1]. This estimation framework applies to a broad class of F-statistic-based search methods, namely (i) semi-coherent StackSlide F-statistic (single-stage and hierarchical multistage), (ii) Hough number count on F-statistics, as well as (iii) Bayesian upper limits on F-statistic search results (coherent or semi-coherent). We test this estimate against results from Monte-Carlo simulations assuming Gaussian noise. We find the agreement to be within a few % at high detection (i.e., low false-alarm) thresholds, with increasing deviations at decreasing detection (i.e., higher false-alarm) thresholds, which can be understood in terms of the approximations used in the estimate. We also provide an extensive summary of sensitivity depths achieved in past continuous-gravitational-wave searches (derived from the published upper limits). For the F-statistic-based searches where our sensitivity estimate is applicable, we find an average relative deviation to the published upper limits of less than 10%, which in most cases includes systematic uncertainty about the noise-floor estimate used in the published upper limits. | |
Lizenzbestimmungen: | CC BY 4.0 Unported |
Publikationstyp: | Article |
Publikationsstatus: | publishedVersion |
Erstveröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Die Publikation erscheint in Sammlung(en): | Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik |
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