Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network

Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network. Aasi, J., Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R. X., Ajith, P., Anderson, S. B., Arai, K., Araya, M. C., Barayoga, J. C. B., Billingsley, G., Black, E., Blackburn, J. K., Bork, R., Brooks, A. F., Cepeda, C., Chalermsongsak, T., Corsi, A., Coyne, D. C., Daudert, B., Dergachev, V., Doravari, S., Driggers, J. C., Ehrens, P., Engel, R., Etzel, T., Fotopoulos, N., Gustafson, E. K., Heefner, J., Heptonstall, A. W., Hodge, K. A., Ivanov, A., Jacobson, M., James, E., Kalmus, P., Kells, W., Keppel, D. G., King, P. J., Kondrashov, V., Korth, W. Z., Kozak, D., Lazzarini, A., Lindquist, P. E., Litvine, V., Mageswaran, M., Mailand, K., Maros, E., Marx, J. N., McIntyre, G., Meshkov, S., Nash, T., Ogin, G. H., Osthelder, C., Pedraza, M., Phelps, M., Poux, C., Price, L. R., Privitera, S., Raymond, V., Reitze, D. H., Robertson, N. A., Rollins, J. G., Sannibale, V., Santamaría, L., Seifert, F., Singer, A., Singer, L., Smith, M. R., Stochino, A., Taylor, R., Torrie, C. I., Vass, S., Villar, A. E., Wallace, L., Weinstein, A. J., Whitcomb, S. E., Willems, P. A., Williams, R., Yamamoto, H., Yeaton-Massey, D., Zhang, L., Zweizig, J., Chen, Y., Hong, T., Kaufman, K., Miao, H., Ott, C. D., Somiya, K., Thorne, K. S., Wen, L., Yang, H., Drever, R. W. P., Harms, J., & Langley, A. Physical Review D, 88(6):Art. No. 062001, American Physical Society, September, 2013. o̧pyright 2013 American Physical Society. Received 30 April 2013; published 4 September 2013. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, the Conselleria d?Economia Hisenda i Innovaci? of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Compact binary systems with neutron stars or black holes are one of the most promising sources for ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. Gravitational radiation encodes rich information about source physics; thus parameter estimation and model selection are crucial analysis steps for any detection candidate events. Detailed models of the anticipated waveforms enable inference on several parameters, such as component masses, spins, sky location and distance, that are essential for new astrophysical studies of these sources. However, accurate measurements of these parameters and discrimination of models describing the underlying physics are complicated by artifacts in the data, uncertainties in the waveform models and in the calibration of the detectors. Here we report such measurements on a selection of simulated signals added either in hardware or software to the data collected by the two LIGO instruments and the Virgo detector during their most recent joint science run, including a ?blind injection? where the signal was not initially revealed to the collaboration. We exemplify the ability to extract information about the source physics on signals that cover the neutron-star and black-hole binary parameter space over the component mass range 1 M_$\odot$?25 M_$\odot$ and the full range of spin parameters. The cases reported in this study provide a snapshot of the status of parameter estimation in preparation for the operation of advanced detectors.

@article{caltechauthors41990,
volume = {88},
number = {6},
month = {September},
author = {J. Aasi and J. Abadie and B. P. Abbott and R. Abbott and Rana X. Adhikari and P. Ajith and S. B. Anderson and K. Arai and M. C. Araya and J. C. B. Barayoga and G. Billingsley and E. Black and J. K. Blackburn and R. Bork and A. F. Brooks and C. Cepeda and T. Chalermsongsak and A. Corsi and D. C. Coyne and B. Daudert and V. Dergachev and S. Doravari and J. C. Driggers and P. Ehrens and R. Engel and T. Etzel and N. Fotopoulos and E. K. Gustafson and J. Heefner and A. W. Heptonstall and K. A. Hodge and A. Ivanov and M. Jacobson and E. James and P. Kalmus and W. Kells and D. G. Keppel and P. J. King and V. Kondrashov and W. Z. Korth and D. Kozak and A. Lazzarini and P. E. Lindquist and V. Litvine and M. Mageswaran and K. Mailand and E. Maros and J. N. Marx and G. McIntyre and S. Meshkov and T. Nash and G. H. Ogin and C. Osthelder and M. Pedraza and M. Phelps and C. Poux and L. R. Price and S. Privitera and V. Raymond and D. H. Reitze and N. A. Robertson and J. G. Rollins and V. Sannibale and L. Santamar{\'i}a and F. Seifert and A. Singer and L. Singer and M. R. Smith and A. Stochino and R. Taylor and C. I. Torrie and S. Vass and A. E. Villar and L. Wallace and A. J. Weinstein and S. E. Whitcomb and P. A. Willems and R. Williams and H. Yamamoto and D. Yeaton-Massey and L. Zhang and J. Zweizig and Y. Chen and T. Hong and K. Kaufman and H. Miao and C. D. Ott and K. Somiya and K. S. Thorne and L. Wen and H. Yang and R. W. P. Drever and J. Harms and A. Langley},
note = {{\copyright} 2013 American Physical Society. Received 30 April 2013; published 4 September 2013. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages program of the
Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di
Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de
Econom{\'i}a y Competitividad, the Conselleria d?Economia
Hisenda i Innovaci? of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported
by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research,
the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the
FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the
Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish
Universities Physics Alliance, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, the National Research
Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province
of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development
and Innovation, the National Science and Engineering
Research Council Canada, the Carnegie Trust, the
Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation.},
title = {Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
year = {2013},
journal = {Physical Review D},
pages = {Art. No. 062001},
url = {http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131021-100815172},
abstract = {Compact binary systems with neutron stars or black holes are one of the most promising sources for ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. Gravitational radiation encodes rich information about source physics; thus parameter estimation and model selection are crucial analysis steps for any detection candidate events. Detailed models of the anticipated waveforms enable inference on several parameters, such as component masses, spins, sky location and distance, that are essential for new astrophysical studies of these sources. However, accurate measurements of these parameters and discrimination of models describing the underlying physics are complicated by artifacts in the data, uncertainties in the waveform models and in the calibration of the detectors. Here we report such measurements on a selection of simulated signals added either in hardware or software to the data collected by the two LIGO instruments and the Virgo detector during their most recent joint science run, including a ?blind injection? where the signal was not initially revealed to the collaboration. We exemplify the ability to extract information about the source physics on signals that cover the neutron-star and black-hole binary parameter space over the component mass range 1 M\_{$\odot$}?25 M\_{$\odot$} and the full range of spin parameters. The cases reported in this study provide a snapshot of the status of parameter estimation in preparation for the operation of advanced detectors.}
}

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