Impact of correlated noise on the reconstruction of the stochastic gravitational wave background with Einstein Telescope

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Main Authors: Caporali, Ilaria, Capurri, Giulia, Del Pozzo, Walter, Ricciardone, Angelo, Dall'Armi, Lorenzo Valbusa
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author Caporali, Ilaria
Capurri, Giulia
Del Pozzo, Walter
Ricciardone, Angelo
Dall'Armi, Lorenzo Valbusa
author_facet Caporali, Ilaria
Capurri, Giulia
Del Pozzo, Walter
Ricciardone, Angelo
Dall'Armi, Lorenzo Valbusa
contents Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed next-generation Gravitational Wave (GW) interferometer designed to detect a large number of astrophysical and cosmological sources with unprecedented sensitivity. A key target for ET is the detection of a stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB), a faint signal from unresolved GW sources. In its proposed triangular configuration, correlated Newtonian noise of seismic origin poses some challenges for the SGWB detection. We study the impact of correlated noise on the SGWB detection and relative parameter estimation for ET in the triangular configuration, comparing it to a 2L configuration with two separated L-shaped detectors. We perform a Bayesian analysis on simulated data, which shows that accurate reconstruction of the SGWB parameters and instrumental noise is achievable if the noise is properly modeled. We illustrate that neglecting correlated noise leads to significant biases in the parameter reconstruction. Our results show that while the 2L configuration provides slightly better parameter estimation precision, mainly due to its longer arm length, the triangular configuration remains competitive when accurate noise modeling is provided.
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spellingShingle Impact of correlated noise on the reconstruction of the stochastic gravitational wave background with Einstein Telescope
Caporali, Ilaria
Capurri, Giulia
Del Pozzo, Walter
Ricciardone, Angelo
Dall'Armi, Lorenzo Valbusa
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed next-generation Gravitational Wave (GW) interferometer designed to detect a large number of astrophysical and cosmological sources with unprecedented sensitivity. A key target for ET is the detection of a stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB), a faint signal from unresolved GW sources. In its proposed triangular configuration, correlated Newtonian noise of seismic origin poses some challenges for the SGWB detection. We study the impact of correlated noise on the SGWB detection and relative parameter estimation for ET in the triangular configuration, comparing it to a 2L configuration with two separated L-shaped detectors. We perform a Bayesian analysis on simulated data, which shows that accurate reconstruction of the SGWB parameters and instrumental noise is achievable if the noise is properly modeled. We illustrate that neglecting correlated noise leads to significant biases in the parameter reconstruction. Our results show that while the 2L configuration provides slightly better parameter estimation precision, mainly due to its longer arm length, the triangular configuration remains competitive when accurate noise modeling is provided.
title Impact of correlated noise on the reconstruction of the stochastic gravitational wave background with Einstein Telescope
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09057