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The loudest event statistic: general formulation, properties and applications

Biswas, Rahul, Brady, Patrick R, Creighton, Jolien D. E. and Fairhurst, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8480-1961 2009. The loudest event statistic: general formulation, properties and applications. Classical and Quantum Gravity 26 (17) , 175009. 10.1088/0264-9381/26/17/175009

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Abstract

The use of the loudest observed event to generate statistical statements about rate and strength has become standard in searches for gravitational waves from compact binaries and pulsars. The Bayesian formulation of the method is generalized in this paper to allow for uncertainties both in the background estimate and in the properties of the population being constrained. The method is also extended to allow rate interval construction. Finally, it is shown how to combine the results from multiple experiments and a comparison is drawn between the upper limit obtained in a single search and the upper limit obtained by combining the results of two experiments each of half the original duration. To illustrate this, we look at an example case, motivated by the search for gravitational waves from binary inspiral.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
ISSN: 0264-9381
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2022 10:03
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33962

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