Peter L Bender and Dieter Hils 1997 Class. Quantum Grav. 14 1439 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/14/6/008
Peter L Bender and Dieter Hils
Show affiliationsWe have revised our earlier rough estimate of the combined galactic and extragalactic binary confusion noise level curve for gravitational waves. This was done to correct some numerical errors and to allow for roughly three frequency bins worth of information about weaker sources being lost for each galactic binary signal that is removed from the data. The results are still based on the spectral amplitude estimates for different types of galactic binaries reported by Hils et al in 1990, and assume that the gravitational wave power spectral densities for other galaxies are proportional to the optical luminosities. The estimated confusion noise level drops to the LISA instrumental noise level at between roughly 3 and 8 mHz.
Issue 6 (June 1997)
Received 11 November 1996, in final form 28 February 1997
Peter L Bender and Dieter Hils 1997 Class. Quantum Grav. 14 1439