A time-domain MCMC search and upper limit technique for gravitational waves of uncertain frequency from a targeted neutron star

Abstract

It is computationally expensive to search the large parameter space associated with a gravitational wave signal of uncertain frequency, such as might be expected from the possible pulsar generated by SN1987A. To address this difficulty we have developed a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method that performs a time-domain Bayesian search for a signal over a 4 Hz frequency band and a spindown of magnitude of up to $1\ee{-9}$ Hz/s. We use Monte Carlo simulations to set upper limits on signal amplitude with this technique, which we intend to apply to a gravitational wave search.

7 pages and 3 figures. Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity for their special issue for GWDAW9

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