GFH-v2 Pipeline for Searches of Long-Transient Gravitational Waves from Newborn Magnetars

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Main Authors: Menon, Sandhya Sajith, Pierini, Lorenzo, Astone, Pia, Palomba, Cristiano, Silvestri, Lorenzo, D'Antonio, Sabrina, Dall'Osso, Simone, Tehrani, Francesco Safai, Pra, Stefano Dal, Dinatale, Gaetano, Frasca, Sergio, Guetta, Dafne, Leaci, Paola, Orlandi, Alessio
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author Menon, Sandhya Sajith
Pierini, Lorenzo
Astone, Pia
Palomba, Cristiano
Silvestri, Lorenzo
D'Antonio, Sabrina
Dall'Osso, Simone
Tehrani, Francesco Safai
Pra, Stefano Dal
Dinatale, Gaetano
Frasca, Sergio
Guetta, Dafne
Leaci, Paola
Orlandi, Alessio
author_facet Menon, Sandhya Sajith
Pierini, Lorenzo
Astone, Pia
Palomba, Cristiano
Silvestri, Lorenzo
D'Antonio, Sabrina
Dall'Osso, Simone
Tehrani, Francesco Safai
Pra, Stefano Dal
Dinatale, Gaetano
Frasca, Sergio
Guetta, Dafne
Leaci, Paola
Orlandi, Alessio
contents This paper presents an enhanced methodology for searching long transient gravitational waves associated with a newborn magnetar, with particular focus on the regime in which the early spin-down is dominated by gravitational-wave emission. The analysis is performed using a strongly improved version of the generalized Frequency Hough Transform algorithm, called GFH-v2. We describe the main developments introduced relative to the original implementation and outline the optimized parameter-space selection used in the search. We then compute the theoretical sensitivity of the method and compare it with an empirical sensitivity estimate obtained by injecting simulated signals into LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O4a data. The updated framework achieves improved sensitivity and computational performance. These results provide a robust basis for future directed searches for long-transient gravitational-wave signals from core-collapse supernovae and other transient events in current and upcoming observing runs.
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spellingShingle GFH-v2 Pipeline for Searches of Long-Transient Gravitational Waves from Newborn Magnetars
Menon, Sandhya Sajith
Pierini, Lorenzo
Astone, Pia
Palomba, Cristiano
Silvestri, Lorenzo
D'Antonio, Sabrina
Dall'Osso, Simone
Tehrani, Francesco Safai
Pra, Stefano Dal
Dinatale, Gaetano
Frasca, Sergio
Guetta, Dafne
Leaci, Paola
Orlandi, Alessio
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
This paper presents an enhanced methodology for searching long transient gravitational waves associated with a newborn magnetar, with particular focus on the regime in which the early spin-down is dominated by gravitational-wave emission. The analysis is performed using a strongly improved version of the generalized Frequency Hough Transform algorithm, called GFH-v2. We describe the main developments introduced relative to the original implementation and outline the optimized parameter-space selection used in the search. We then compute the theoretical sensitivity of the method and compare it with an empirical sensitivity estimate obtained by injecting simulated signals into LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O4a data. The updated framework achieves improved sensitivity and computational performance. These results provide a robust basis for future directed searches for long-transient gravitational-wave signals from core-collapse supernovae and other transient events in current and upcoming observing runs.
title GFH-v2 Pipeline for Searches of Long-Transient Gravitational Waves from Newborn Magnetars
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09878