Gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries: Parameter estimation using second-post-Newtonian waveforms
Gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries: Parameter estimation using second-post-Newtonian waveforms
The parameters of inspiralling compact binaries can be estimated using matched filtering of gravitational-waveform templates against the output of laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Using a recently calculated formula, accurate to second post-Newtonian (2PN) order [order $(v/c)^4$, where $v$ is the orbital velocity], for the frequency sweep ($dF/dt$) induced by gravitational radiation …