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An efficient Matched Filtering Algorithm for the Detection of Continuous Gravitational Wave Signals

P. R. Williams, B. F. Schutz

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9912029

Abstract

We describe an efficient method of matched filtering over long (greater than 1 day) time baselines starting from Fourier transforms of short durations (roughly 30 minutes) of the data stream. This method plays a crucial role in the search algorithm developed by Schutz and Papa for the detection of continuous gravitational waves from pulsars. Also, we discuss the computational cost--saving approximations used in this method, and the resultant performance of the search algorithm.

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