Estimating the Accidental Coincidence Rates in Searches for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences with LIGO

Document #:

LIGO-G0900348-v1

Document type:

G - Presentations (eg Graphics)

Abstract:

In order to estimate accidental coincidence rates for the gravitational wave candidates found at the
end of LIGO's inspiral search pipelines, the method of time-shifted data is used, where a number of
time-shifted data streams are analyzed to provide accidental coincidence rates for candidates with a
given signal-to-noise ratio. This method has limitations, including underestimation of H1H2
accidental coincidence rates and poor estimation of rates for high signal-to-noise ratio candidates.
We will present a proposal for improving the estimation of accidental coincidence rates, using the
rate of triggers found in each detector before coincidence is used.

Files in Document:

• Backgroundtalk2.pdf (839.1 kB)

Other Files:

• Backgroundtalk2.ppt (2.9 MB)

Topics:

• Compact Binaries
• Other data analysis

Authors:

• Sarah Caudill