Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for extracting periodic gravitational wave signals from laser interferometric detector data

Nelson Christensen; Réjean J. Dupuis; Graham Woan; Renate Meyer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.022001

Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for extracting periodic gravitational wave signals from laser interferometric detector data

Nelson Christensen, Réjean J. Dupuis, Graham Woan, and Renate Meyer

Phys. Rev. D 70, 022001 – Published 1 July 2004

Abstract

The Markov chain Monte Carlo methods offer practical procedures for detecting signals characterized by a large number of parameters and under conditions of low signal-to-noise ratio. We present a Metropolis-Hastings algorithm capable of inferring the spin and orientation parameters of a neutron star from its periodic gravitational wave signature seen by laser interferometric detectors.

Received 8 January 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.022001

Authors & Affiliations

Nelson Christensen^1,*, Réjean J. Dupuis^2,†, Graham Woan^2,‡, and Renate Meyer^3,§

¹Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
²Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
³Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

^*Electronic address: nchriste@carleton.edu
^†Electronic address: rejean@astro.gla.ac.uk
^‡Electronic address: graham@astro.gla.ac.uk
^§Electronic address: meyer@stat.auckland.ac.nz

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