Burstegard: a hierarchical clustering algorithm

Document #:

LIGO-L1200204-v1

Document type:

L - Letters and Memos

Abstract:

Gravitational-wave excess power searches are often framed in terms of finding structure in a spectrogram, or ft-map, with a pattern recognition algorithm. Here, we describe one such pattern recognition algorithm, burstegard. We demonstrate the ability of this algorithm to identify structure due to simulated gravitational-wave signals in an ft-map.

Files in Document:

• burstegard.pdf (504.8 kB)

Topics:

• Data Analysis

Authors:

• Tanner Prestegard
• Eric Thrane

Keywords:

clustering pattern STAMP