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Upper limits on gravitational-wave signals based on loudest events

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Searches for gravitational-wave bursts have often focused on the loudest event(s) in searching for detections and in determining upper limits on astrophysical populations. Typical upper limits have been reported on event rates and event amplitudes which can then be translated into constraints on astrophysical populations. We describe the mathematical construction of such upper limits.

Source: Classical and Quantum Gravity

DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/20/020

Authors: Patrick R Brady, Jolien D E Creighton, Alan G Wiseman

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Award: Gravitational Wave Data Analysis and Phenomenology