Template lattices for a cross-correlation search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC5012zbMATH Open1487.85024arXiv2106.16142OpenAlexW3173548092WikidataQ114824901 ScholiaQ114824901MaRDI QIDQ5066845FDOQ5066845

Authors: Katelyn J. Wagner, John T. Whelan, Jared K. Wofford, Karl Wette 

Publication date: 30 March 2022

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe the application of the lattice covering problem to the placement of templates in a search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass X-Ray binary Scorpius X-1. Efficient placement of templates to cover the parameter space at a given maximum mismatch is an application of the sphere covering problem, for which an implementation is available in the LatticeTiling software library. In the case of Sco X-1, potential correlations, in both the prior uncertainty and the mismatch metric, between the orbital period and orbital phase, lead to complications in the efficient construction of the lattice. We define a shearing coordinate transformation which simultaneously minimizes both of these sources of correlation, and allows us to take advantage of the small prior orbital period uncertainty. The resulting lattices have a factor of about 3 fewer templates than the corresponding parameter space grids constructed by the prior straightforward method, allowing a more sensitive search at the same computing cost and maximum mismatch.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.16142

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zbMATH Keywords

latticesgravitational wavesScorpius X-1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.) (62H20) Quantum optics (81V80) Coverings in algebraic geometry (14E20) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Gravitational waves (83C35) Uncertainty relations, also entropic (81S07)

Cites Work

• Template-based searches for gravitational waves: efficient lattice covering of flat parameter spaces

Cited In (3)

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Uses Software

• LALSuite

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