LIGO Document P1000041-v1

A Rule of Thumb for the Detectability of Gravitational-Wave Bursts

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LIGO-P1000041-v1
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P - Publications
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LIGO-P1000041-v3
31 Mar 2013, 07:22
Abstract:
We derive a simple relationship between the energy emitted in gravitational waves for a narrowband source and the distance to which that emission can be detected by a single detector. We consider both linearly polarized and elliptically polarized gravitational waves. We also consider several emission patterns: isotropic emission (unrealistic but simple), and emission patterns appropriate for sources that emit linearly or circularly polarized waves. We ignore cosmological effects.
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bursts

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