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A first comparison of search methods for gravitational wave bursts using LIGO and Virgo simulated data

F Beauville1, M-A Bizouard2, L Blackburn3, L Bosi4, P Brady5, L Brocco6, D Brown5,7, D Buskulic1, S Chatterji7, N Christensen8, A-C Clapson2, S Fairhurst5, D Grosjean1, G Guidi9,10, P Hello2, E Katsavounidis3, M Knight8, A Lazzarini7, F Marion1, B Mours1, F Ricci6, A Viceré9,10 and M Zanolin3 (The Joint LIGO/Virgo Working Group)

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We present a comparative study of six search methods for gravitational wave bursts using simulated LIGO and Virgo noise data. The simulated data were generated according to the design sensitivity of the two 4 km LIGO interferometers and the 3 km Virgo interferometer. The searches were applied on replicas of the data sets to which eight different signals were injected. Three figures of merit were employed in this analysis: (a) receiver operator characteristic curves, (b) necessary signal-to-noise ratios for the searches to achieve 50% and 90% efficiencies and (c) variance and bias for the estimation of the arrival time of a gravitational wave burst.


PACS

04.80.-y Experimental studies of gravity

07.05.Kf Data analysis: algorithms and implementation; data management

MSC

83C35 Gravitational waves

68Pxx Theory of data

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Gravitation and cosmology

Dates

Issue 18 (21 September 2005)

Received 13 April 2005, in final form 15 June 2005

Published 6 September 2005



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