Robust Bayesian detection of unmodelled bursts

Abstract

A Bayesian treatment of the problem of detecting an unmodelled gravitational wave burst with a global network of gravitational wave observatories reveals that several previously proposed statistics have implicit biases that render them sub-optimal for realistic signal populations.

9 pages, 1 figure, submitted to CQG Amaldi proceedings special issue

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