2008/05/31 by R. Gouaty, Romain Gouaty
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Binary number #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Detection theory #Detector #Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference #Gravitational wave #LIGO #Noise (video) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Residual #SIGNAL (programming language) #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/18/184006
published as Class.Quant.Grav.25:184006,2008 · 15 pages, 8 figures, Contribution to 12th Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop. Version sent to Classical and Quantum Gravity immediately before publication. It addresses the CQG referee's comments
openalex publication_date 2008/09/02 · arxiv created 2008/09/17 · arxiv updated 2019/08/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is developing and running analysis pipelines to search for gravitational-wave transients emitted by astrophysical events such as compact binary mergers or core-collapse supernovae. However, because of the non-Gaussian, non-stationary nature of the noise exhibited by the LIGO detectors, residual false alarms might be found at the end of the pipelines. A critical aspect of the search is then to assess our confidence for gravitational waves and to distinguish them from those false alarms. Both the 'Compact Binary Coalescence' and the 'Burst' working groups have been developing a detection checklist for the validation of candidate-events, consisting of a series of tests which aim to corroborate a detection or to eliminate a false alarm. These tests include for example data quality checks, analysis of the candidate appearance, parameter consistency studies and coherent analysis. In this paper, the general methodology used for candidate validation is presented. The method is illustrated with an example of simulated gravitational-wave signal and a false alarm.