Matched-filtering and parameter estimation of ringdown waveforms
| dc.creator | Berti, Emanuele | |
| dc.creator | Cardoso, Jaime | |
| dc.creator | Cardoso, Vitor | |
| dc.creator | Cavaglia, Marco | |
| dc.date | 2007-07-09 | |
| dc.date | 2007-11-18 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:17:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:17:39Z | |
| dc.description | Using recent results from numerical relativity simulations of non-spinning binary black hole mergers we revisit the problem of detecting ringdown waveforms and of estimating the source parameters, considering both LISA and Earth-based interferometers. We find that Advanced LIGO and EGO could detect intermediate-mass black holes of mass up to about 1000 solar masses out to a luminosity distance of a few Gpc. For typical multipolar energy distributions, we show that the single-mode ringdown templates presently used for ringdown searches in the LIGO data stream can produce a significant event loss (> 10% for all detectors in a large interval of black hole masses) and very large parameter estimation errors on the black hole's mass and spin. We estimate that more than 10^6 templates would be needed for a single-stage multi-mode search. Therefore, we recommend a "two stage" search to save on computational costs: single-mode templates can be used for detection, but multi-mode templates or Prony methods should be used to estimate parameters once a detection has been made. We update estimates of the critical signal-to-noise ratio required to test the hypothesis that two or more modes are present in the signal and to resolve their frequencies, showing that second-generation Earth-based detectors and LISA have the potential to perform no-hair tests. | |
| dc.description | 19 pages, 9 figures, matches version in press in PRD | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1202 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1202 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.D76:104044,2007 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.104044 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193079 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Matched-filtering and parameter estimation of ringdown waveforms | |
| dc.type | text |