Bayesian bounds on parameter estimation accuracy for compact coalescing binary gravitational wave signals

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4588-4599

  Vecchio, Alberto ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 0001767173     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.57.4588     Document Type: Article

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