Parameter estimation of spinning binary inspirals using Markov chain Monte Carlo
Abstract
We present a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique to study the source parameters of gravitational-wave signals from the inspirals of stellar-mass compact binaries detected with ground-based gravitational-wave detectors such as LIGO and Virgo, for the case where spin is present in the more massive compact object in the binary. We discuss the aspects of the MCMC algorithm that allow us to sample the parameter space in an efficient way. We show sample runs that illustrate the possibilities of our MCMC code and the difficulties that we encounter.
- Publication:
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Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Pub Date:
- September 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0264-9381/25/18/184011
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0805.1689
- Bibcode:
- 2008CQGra..25r4011V
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics;
- Physics - Data Analysis;
- Statistics and Probability
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity