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Autori principali: Staab, Martin, Bayle, Jean-Baptiste, Hartwig, Olaf, Hees, Aurélien, Lilley, Marc, Woan, Graham, Wolf, Peter
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14884
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author Staab, Martin
Bayle, Jean-Baptiste
Hartwig, Olaf
Hees, Aurélien
Lilley, Marc
Woan, Graham
Wolf, Peter
author_facet Staab, Martin
Bayle, Jean-Baptiste
Hartwig, Olaf
Hees, Aurélien
Lilley, Marc
Woan, Graham
Wolf, Peter
contents Time-delay interferometry (TDI) suppresses laser frequency noise by forming linear combinations of time-shifted interferometric measurements. The time-shift operation is implemented by interpolating discretely sampled data. To enable in-band laser noise reduction by eight to nine orders of magnitude, interpolation has to be performed with high accuracy. Optimizing the design of those interpolation methods is the focus of this work. Previous research that studied constant time-shifts suggested Lagrange interpolation as the interpolation method for TDI. Its transfer function performs well at low frequency but requires a high number of coefficients. Furthermore, when applied in TDI we observed prominent time-domain features when a time-varying shift scanned over a pure integer sample shift. To limit this effect we identify an additional requirement for the interpolation kernel: when considering time-varying shifts the interpolation kernel must be sufficiently smooth to avoid unwanted time-domain transitions that produce glitch-like features in power spectral density estimates. The Lagrange interpolation kernel exhibits a discontinuous first derivative by construction, which is insufficient for the application to LISA or other space-based GW observatories. As a solution we propose a novel design method for interpolation kernels that respect a predefined requirement on in-band interpolation residuals and that possess continuous derivatives up to a prescribed order. Using this method we show that an interpolation kernel with 22 coefficients is sufficient to respect LISA's picometre-requirement and to allow for a continuous first derivative which suppresses the magnitude of the time-domain transition adequately. The reduction from 42 (Lagrange interpolation) to 22 coefficients enables us to save computational cost and increases robustness against artefacts in the data.
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spellingShingle Optimal design of interpolation methods for time-delay interferometry
Staab, Martin
Bayle, Jean-Baptiste
Hartwig, Olaf
Hees, Aurélien
Lilley, Marc
Woan, Graham
Wolf, Peter
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Time-delay interferometry (TDI) suppresses laser frequency noise by forming linear combinations of time-shifted interferometric measurements. The time-shift operation is implemented by interpolating discretely sampled data. To enable in-band laser noise reduction by eight to nine orders of magnitude, interpolation has to be performed with high accuracy. Optimizing the design of those interpolation methods is the focus of this work. Previous research that studied constant time-shifts suggested Lagrange interpolation as the interpolation method for TDI. Its transfer function performs well at low frequency but requires a high number of coefficients. Furthermore, when applied in TDI we observed prominent time-domain features when a time-varying shift scanned over a pure integer sample shift. To limit this effect we identify an additional requirement for the interpolation kernel: when considering time-varying shifts the interpolation kernel must be sufficiently smooth to avoid unwanted time-domain transitions that produce glitch-like features in power spectral density estimates. The Lagrange interpolation kernel exhibits a discontinuous first derivative by construction, which is insufficient for the application to LISA or other space-based GW observatories. As a solution we propose a novel design method for interpolation kernels that respect a predefined requirement on in-band interpolation residuals and that possess continuous derivatives up to a prescribed order. Using this method we show that an interpolation kernel with 22 coefficients is sufficient to respect LISA's picometre-requirement and to allow for a continuous first derivative which suppresses the magnitude of the time-domain transition adequately. The reduction from 42 (Lagrange interpolation) to 22 coefficients enables us to save computational cost and increases robustness against artefacts in the data.
title Optimal design of interpolation methods for time-delay interferometry
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14884