Adaptive Modeling of Correlated Noise in Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors

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Autori principali: Li, Ya-Nan, Hu, Yi-Ming, Li, En-Kun
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author Li, Ya-Nan
Hu, Yi-Ming
Li, En-Kun
author_facet Li, Ya-Nan
Hu, Yi-Ming
Li, En-Kun
contents Accurately estimating the statistical properties of noise is important in data analysis for space-based gravitational wave detectors. Noise in different time-delay interferometry channels correlates with each other. Many studies often assume uncorrelated noise and ignore the off-diagonal elements in the noise covariance matrix. This could lead to some bias in the parameter estimation of gravitational wave signals. In this paper, we present a framework for reconstructing the full noise covariance matrix, including frequency-dependent auto- and cross-correlated power spectral densities, without assuming the parametric analytic expressions of the noise model. Our approach combines spline interpolation with trigonometric basis functions to construct a semi-analytical representation of the noise. We then employ trans-dimensional Bayesian inference to fit the correlated noise structure.The resulting software package, $\texttt{NOISAR}$, successfully recovers both auto- and cross-correlated power spectral features with a relative error of about $10\%$.
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spellingShingle Adaptive Modeling of Correlated Noise in Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors
Li, Ya-Nan
Hu, Yi-Ming
Li, En-Kun
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Accurately estimating the statistical properties of noise is important in data analysis for space-based gravitational wave detectors. Noise in different time-delay interferometry channels correlates with each other. Many studies often assume uncorrelated noise and ignore the off-diagonal elements in the noise covariance matrix. This could lead to some bias in the parameter estimation of gravitational wave signals. In this paper, we present a framework for reconstructing the full noise covariance matrix, including frequency-dependent auto- and cross-correlated power spectral densities, without assuming the parametric analytic expressions of the noise model. Our approach combines spline interpolation with trigonometric basis functions to construct a semi-analytical representation of the noise. We then employ trans-dimensional Bayesian inference to fit the correlated noise structure.The resulting software package, $\texttt{NOISAR}$, successfully recovers both auto- and cross-correlated power spectral features with a relative error of about $10\%$.
title Adaptive Modeling of Correlated Noise in Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12983