Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2012-02-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
12 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
In this paper we demonstrate a methodology to remove the power of the drift induced from random acceleration on LISA proof mass in the frequency domain. The drift must be cleaned from LISA time series data in advance of any further analysis. The cleaning is usually performed in the time domain by using a quadratic function to fit the time series data, and then removing the fitted part from the data. Having Fourier transformed the residuals, and then convolved with LISA transfer function, LISA sensitivity curve can be obtained. However, cosmic gravitational-wave background cannot be retrieved with this approach due to its random nature. Here we provide a new representation of power spectrum given by discrete Fourier transform, which is applied to find the function of the drift power for the cleaning in the frequency domain. We also give the probability distribution used to analyze the data in the frequency domain. We combine several techniques, including Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, simulated annealing, and Gelman & Rubin's method, with Baye's theorem to build the algorithm. The algorithm is utilized to analyze 24 simulations of LISA instrumental noise. We prove that the LISA sensitivity can be recovered through this approach. It can help us to build algorithms for some tasks which are must accomplished in the frequency domain for LISA data analysis. This method can be applied to other space-borne interferometers if charges on their proof masses cannot be perfectly cancelled.
Sumner Timothy J.
Tang Alf
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