5 papers
Upper limits based on "loudest" events
Lee Samuel Finn
This paper has been withdrawn due to a crucial error in combining the two probability sectors represented in equations 13 and 14. Corrected, one can recover, in the limit of no bac…
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory Scientific Data Archive
Lee Samuel Finn
LIGO --- The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory --- is one of several large projects being undertaken in the United States, Europe and Japan to detect gravitationa…
Issues in gravitational wave data analysis
Lee Samuel Finn
Data analysis is the application of probability and statistics to draw inference from observation. Is a signal present or absent? Is the source an inspiraling binary system or a su…
Gravitational radiation sources for acoustic detectors
Lee Samuel Finn
When completed, the gravitational wave detectors now proposed or under construction will provide us with a perspective on the Universe fundamentally different from any we have come…
Observing Binary Inspiral with LIGO
Lee Samuel Finn
Gravitational radiation from a binary neutron star or black hole system leads to orbital decay and the eventual coalescence of the binary's components. During the last several minu…