A method for the detection of gravitational waves from inspiralling compact binaries using a fast chirp transform

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/335

A method for the detection of gravitational waves from inspiralling compact binaries using a fast chirp transform

P R Charlton et al 2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 1493-1498 doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/335

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P R Charlton¹, S B Anderson², J K Blackburn², J Edlund¹, F A Jenet³, A Lazzarini², T A Prince¹, M Tinto¹ and L Wen¹
¹ Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
² LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
³ Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA

Abstract. The fast chirp transform (FCT) provides a powerful formalism for the detection of signals with variable frequency, in much the same way that the Fourier transform provides a formalism for the detection of constant frequency signals. The FCT algorithm has significant applications in the detection of gravitational waves, particularly the gravitational wave signal produced by an inspiralling compact binary. We report on progress towards a parallelized search code to identify inspiral events in interferometer data and estimate the mass parameters.

PACS numbers: 0480N, 0230N, 8440U, 9575P

Print publication: Issue 7 (7 April 2002)
Received 28 September 2001, in final form 10 January 2002
Published 11 March 2002

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