Detecting a stochastic background of gravitational radiation: Signal processing strategies and sensitivities

Details Detecting a stochastic background of gravitational radiation: Signal processing strategies and sensitivities Detecting a stochastic background of gravitational radiation: Signal processing strategies and sensitivities

1997-10-27

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9710117v1

Phys.Rev.D59:102001,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

81 pages, 30 postscript figures, REVTEX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.59.102001

We analyze the signal processing required for the optimal detection of a stochastic background of gravitational radiation using laser interferometric detectors. Starting with basic assumptions about the statistical properties of a stochastic gravity-wave background, we derive expressions for the optimal filter function and signal-to-noise ratio for the cross-correlation of the outputs of two gravity-wave detectors. Sensitivity levels required for detection are then calculated. Issues related to: (i) calculating the signal-to-noise ratio for arbitrarily large stochastic backgrounds, (ii) performing the data analysis in the presence of nonstationary detector noise, (iii) combining data from multiple detector pairs to increase the sensitivity of a stochastic background search, (iv) correlating the outputs of 4 or more detectors, and (v) allowing for the possibility of correlated noise in the outputs of two detectors are discussed. We briefly describe a computer simulation which mimics the generation and detection of a simulated stochastic gravity-wave signal in the presence of simulated detector noise. Numerous graphs and tables of numerical data for the five major interferometers (LIGO-WA, LIGO-LA, VIRGO, GEO-600, and TAMA-300) are also given. The treatment given in this paper should be accessible to both theorists involved in data analysis and experimentalists involved in detector design and data acquisition.

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