Gravitational-wave sensitivity curves

2014/08/04 by Christopher J. Moore, Robert H. Cole, Christopher P. L. Berry · 1 voice · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.HE #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/32/1/015014

published as Classical & Quantum Gravity, 32(1):015014 (2015) · Paper to accompany resource at http://rhcole.com/apps/GWplotter

arxiv published 2014/08/04 · arxiv created 2014/12/11 · arxiv updated 2014/12/11

Abstract

There are several common conventions in use by the gravitational-wave community to describe the amplitude of sources and the sensitivity of detectors. These are frequently confused. We outline the merits of and differences between the various quantities used for parameterizing noise curves and characterizing gravitational-wave amplitudes. We conclude by producing plots that consistently compare different detectors. Similar figures can be generated on-line for general use at \urlhttp://rhcole.com/apps/GWplotter.

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