Detection, Measurement and Gravitational Radiation
| dc.creator | Finn, Lee Samuel | |
| dc.date | 1992-09-24 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:34:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:34:51Z | |
| dc.description | Here I examine how to determine the sensitivity of the LIGO, VIRGO, and LAGOS gravitational wave detectors to sources of gravitational radiation by considering the process by which data are analyzed in a noisy detector. By constructing the probability that the detector output is consistent with the presence of a signal, I show how to (1) quantify the uncertainty that the output contains a signal and is not simply noise, and (2) construct the probability distribution that the signal parameterization has a certain value. From the distribution and its mode I determine volumes $V(P)$ in parameter space such that actual signal parameters are in $V(P)$ with probability $P$. If we are {\em designing} a detector, or determining the suitability of an existing detector for observing a new source, then we don't have detector output to analyze but are interested in the ``most likely'' response of the detector to a signal. I exploit the techniques just described to determine the ``most likely'' volumes $V(P)$ for detector output corresponding to the source. Finally, as an example, I apply these techniques to anticipate the sensitivity of the LIGO and LAGOS detectors to the gravitational radiation from a perturbed Kerr black hole. | |
| dc.description | 37 pages (plus 6 figures), LaTeX/REVTEX | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9209010 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9209010 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.D46:5236-5249,1992 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.46.5236 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/179576 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Detection, Measurement and Gravitational Radiation | |
| dc.type | text |