F-statistic search for white-dwarf binaries in the first Mock LISA Data Challenge

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dc.creatorPrix, Reinhard
dc.creatorWhelan, John T.
dc.date2007-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:17:23Z
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dc.descriptionThe F-statistic is an optimal detection statistic for continuous gravitational waves, i.e., long-duration (quasi-)monochromatic signals with slowly-varying intrinsic frequency. This method was originally developed in the context of ground-based detectors, but it is equally applicable to LISA where many signals fall into this class of signals. We report on the application of a LIGO/GEO F-statistic code to LISA data-analysis using the long-wavelength limit (LWL), and we present results of our search for white-dwarf binary signals in the first Mock LISA Data Challenge. Somewhat surprisingly, the LWL is found to be sufficient -- even at high frequencies -- for detection of signals and their accurate localization on the sky and in frequency, while a more accurate modelling of the TDI response only seems necessary to correctly estimate the four amplitude parameters.
dc.descriptionsubmitted to CQG for proceedings of 11th GW Data Analysis workshop
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.0128
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.0128
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.24:S565-S574,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/19/S19
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/192993
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleF-statistic search for white-dwarf binaries in the first Mock LISA Data Challenge
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