Time-frequency track distance for comparing continuous gravitational wave signals
arXiv:2012.05752 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.064053
Abstract
Searches for continuous gravitational waves from unknown sources attempt to detect long-lasting gravitational radiation by identifying Doppler-modulated signatures in the data. Semicoherent methods allow for wide parameter space surveys, identifying interesting regions to be followed up using more sensitive (and computationally expensive) tools. Thus, it is required to properly understand the parameter space structure under study, as failing to do so could significantly affect the effectiveness of said strategies. We introduce a new measure for distances in parameter space suited for semicoherent continuous wave searches. This novel approach, based on comparing time-frequency tracks, can be applied to any kind of quasi-monochromatic continuous wave signals and adapts itself to the underlying structure of the parameter space under study. In a first application to the post-processing stage of an all-sky search for continuous waves from neutron stars in binary systems, we demonstrate a search sensitivity improvement by solely replacing previous ad hoc distance measures in the candidate clustering procedure by the new proposal.
13 pages, 7 figures. Matches PRD published version
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