Noise spectral estimation methods and their impact on gravitational wave measurement of compact binary mergers
Noise spectral estimation methods and their impact on gravitational wave measurement of compact binary mergers
Estimating the parameters of gravitational wave signals detected by ground-based detectors requires an understanding of the properties of the detectors' noise. In particular, the most commonly used likelihood function for gravitational wave data analysis assumes that the noise is Gaussian, stationary, and of known frequency-dependent variance. The variance of the …