DETERMINATION OF ASTROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS FROM THE SPHERICAL GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTOR DATA

被引:55
作者
MAGALHAES, NS [1 ]
JOHNSON, WW [1 ]
FRAJUCA, C [1 ]
AGUIAR, OD [1 ]
机构
[1] INST NACL PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS,DIV ASTROFIS,BR-12201970 S JOSE CAMPOS,BRAZIL
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
RADIATION MECHANISMS; NONTHERMAL; INSTRUMENTATION; DETECTORS; METHODS; ANALYTICAL;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/274.3.670
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The response of a spherical resonant-mass gravitational wave antenna can be written in terms of symmetric trace-free tensors. We apply this formalism to determine the direction of an incoming monochromatic wave, the orientation of its polarization ellipse and the wave's two independent amplitudes, using the response amplitudes at five different points on the sphere surface. This formalism also allows us to determine the directions of burst sources.
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页码:670 / 678
页数:9
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