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Published August 21, 2009 | Version public
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Testing gravitational-wave searches with numerical relativity waveforms: results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project

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  • 1. ROR icon University of Birmingham
  • 2. ROR icon Goddard Space Flight Center
  • 3. ROR icon University of Maryland, College Park
  • 4. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 5. ROR icon University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
  • 6. ROR icon Syracuse University
  • 7. ROR icon Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 8. ROR icon University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • 9. ROR icon Rochester Institute of Technology
  • 10. ROR icon INFN Sezione di Firenze
  • 11. ROR icon Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
  • 12. ROR icon Carleton College
  • 13. ROR icon Louisiana State University
  • 14. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
  • 15. ROR icon University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 16. ROR icon Cardiff University
  • 17. ROR icon University of Urbino
  • 18. ROR icon University College Cork
  • 19. ROR icon Pennsylvania State University
  • 20. ROR icon University of the Balearic Islands
  • 21. ROR icon Northwestern University
  • 22. ROR icon Cornell University
  • 23. ROR icon Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 24. ROR icon Florida Atlantic University
  • 25. ROR icon The University of Texas at Austin
  • 26. ROR icon Princeton University
  • 27. ROR icon University of Cambridge
  • 28. ROR icon Max Planck Society

Abstract

The Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project is a collaborative effort between members of the numerical relativity and gravitational-wave data analysis communities. The purpose of NINJA is to study the sensitivity of existing gravitational-wave search algorithms using numerically generated waveforms and to foster closer collaboration between the numerical relativity and data analysis communities. We describe the results of the first NINJA analysis which focused on gravitational waveforms from binary black hole coalescence. Ten numerical relativity groups contributed numerical data which were used to generate a set of gravitational-wave signals. These signals were injected into a simulated data set, designed to mimic the response of the initial LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detectors. Nine groups analysed this data using search and parameter-estimation pipelines. Matched filter algorithms, un-modelled-burst searches and Bayesian parameter estimation and model-selection algorithms were applied to the data. We report the efficiency of these search methods in detecting the numerical waveforms and measuring their parameters. We describe preliminary comparisons between the different search methods and suggest improvements for future NINJA analyses.

Additional Information

© Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing Limited 2009. Received 29 January 2009, in final form 30 June 2009. Published 3 August 2009. Print publication: Issue 16 (21 August 2009). We thank Alan Weinstein for helpful comments on this paper and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Santa Barbara for hospitality during the workshop 'Interplay between Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis', where the NINJA project was initiated. The Kavli Institute is supported by National Science Foundation grant PHY-0551164. This project was supported in part by DFG grant SFB/Transregio 7 'Gravitational Wave Astronomy' (BB, MH, SH, DP, LR, US); by National Science Foundation grants PHY-0114375 (CGWP), PHY-0205155 (UIUC), PHY-0354842 (RM), DMS-0553302 (MB, LB, TC, KM, HP, MS), DMS-0553677 (LK, AM), PHY-0553422 (NC), PHY-0555436 (PL), PHY-0600953 (PB, LG, RAM, RV), PHY-0601459 (MB, LB, TC, KM, HP, MS), PHY-0603762 (AB, EO, YP), PHY-0649224 (BF), PHY-0650377 (UIUC), PHY-0652874 (FAU), PHY-0652929 (LK, AM), PHY-0652952 (LK, AM), PHY-0652995 (MB, LB, TC, KM, HP, MS), PHY-0653303 (PL, DS, MC, CL), PHY-0653321 (VK, IM, VR, MvdS), PHY-0653443 (DS), PHY-0653550 (LC), PHY-0701566 (ES), PHY-0701817 (PB, LG, RAM, RV), PHY-0714388 (MC, CL, YZ), OCI-0721915 (ES), PHY-0722315 (MC, CL), PHY-0745779 (FP), PHY-0801213 (FH), PHY-0838740 (BF, LS, VR) and NSF-0847611 (DB, LP); by NASA grants HST-AR-11763 (CL, MC, JF, YZ), NNG-04GK54G (UIUC), NNG-04GL37G (RM), NNG-05GG51G (LK, AM), NNG-05GG52G (MB, LB, TC, KM, HP, MS), 05-BEFS-05-0044 (GSFC), 06-BEFS06-19 (GSFC), 07-ATFP07-0158 (MC, CL, YZ), and NNX-07AG96G (UIUC), and by NSF cooperative agreement PHY-0107417 (DK, SC). BA was supported by a Vacation Bursary of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. AV, JV and BS acknowledge support by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. SF acknowledges the support of the Royal Society. MH was supported by SFI grant 07/RFP/PHYF148. FP acknowledges support from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation. SH acknowledges support from DAAD grant D/07/13385, grant FPA-2007-60220 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education and VESF. MB, LB, TC, KM, HP and MS acknowledge support from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and the Brinson Foundation. LK and AM acknowledge support from the Fairchild Foundation. BK and SM were supported by the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. SM was supported in part by the Leon A Herreid Graduate Fellowship. RS was supported by an EGO sponsored fellowship, EGO-DIR-105-2007. Computations were carried out under LRAC allocations MCA08X009 (PL, DS), TGMCA08X010 (FAU), TG-MCA02N014 (LSU), TG-MCA99S008 (UIUC), TG-PHY990002 (MB, LB, TC, LK, KM, AM, HP, MS), on LONI systems (LSU), and on the clusters at the AEI, Cardiff University, Northwestern University (NSF MRI grant PHY-0619274 to VK), the LIGO Laboratory, NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division (Ames Research Center), Syracuse University, LRZ Munich (BB, MH, SH, US), the University of Birmingham, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (NSF MRI grant PHY-0421416), and the RIT NewHorizons cluster. PACS numbers: 04.25.D−, 04.30.−w, 04.30.Tv, 04.80.Nn

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Eprint ID
15125
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20090817-144819295

Funding

NSF
PHY-0551164
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
SFB/Transregio 7 'Gravitational Wave Astronomy'
NSF
PHY-0114375
NSF
PHY-0205155
NSF
PHY-0354842
NSF
DMS-0553302
NSF
DMS-0553677
NSF
PHY-0553422
NSF
PHY-0555436
NSF
PHY-0600953
NSF
PHY-0601459
NSF
PHY-0603762
NSF
PHY-0649224
NSF
PHY-0650377
NSF
PHY-0652874
NSF
PHY-0652929
NSF
PHY-0652952
NSF
PHY-0652995
NSF
PHY-0653303
NSF
PHY-0653321
NSF
PHY-0653443
NSF
PHY-0653550
NSF
PHY-0701566
NSF
PHY-0701817
NSF
PHY-0714388
NSF
OCI-0721915
NSF
PHY-0722315
NSF
PHY-0745779
NSF
PHY-0801213
NSF
PHY-0838740
NSF
NSF-0847611
NASA
HST-AR-11763
NASA
NNG-04GK54G
NASA
NNG-04GL37G
NASA
NNG-05GG51G
NASA
NNG-05GG52G
NASA
05-BEFS-05-0044
NASA
06-BEFS06-19
NASA
07-ATFP07-0158
NASA
NNX-07AG96G
NSF
PHY-0107417
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Royal Society
Science Foundation, Ireland
07/RFP/PHYF148
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
D/07/13385
Spanish Ministry of Science and Education
FPA-2007-60220
Virgo–EGO Scientific Forum
Sherman Fairchild Foundation
Brinson Foundation
European Gravitational Observatory
EGO-DIR-105-2007
NSF
PHY-0619274
NSF
PHY-0421416

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2009-09-08
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