1 | In the case of an inspiraling binary, the root mean square of the two polarization amplitudes in a direction orthogonal to
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2 | In Sections 5.1 we will use parameters called chirp times, instead of the masses, to characterize a binary. The timescale defined here is closely related to the chirp times. | |
3 | How large the SNR should be to presume that there is no bias in the estimation of parameters depends on
the number of parameter-space dimensions and strictly speaking the statement is true only in the limit as
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4 | Working with analytic signals ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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5 | Even though we deal with normed signals (which amounts to fixing ![]() |
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6 | We have followed the definition of the metric as is conventional in parameter estimation theory (see, e.g.,
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7 | In what follows we shall use an over-line to distinguish the measured parameters from the true parameters
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8 | A Bayesian interpretation of ![]() ![]() |
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9 | A black hole can, in principle, carry an electric charge in addition to mass and spin angular momentum. However, astrophysical black holes are believed to be electrically neutral | |
10 | Note that a black hole of physical mass ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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11 | By large spins we mean values that are close to the maximum value allowed by general relativity. If ![]() ![]() |
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12 | In Newton’s theory a two-body problem can be reduced to a one-body problem, in which a body of reduced mass ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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13 | QUaD stands for QUEST (Q and U Extragalactic Survey Telescope) at DASI (Degree Angular Scale Interferometer). |
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