Avoiding selection bias in gravitational wave astronomy

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Messenger, C ^a   Veitch, J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION THRESHOLD; FALSE ALARM RATE; FULL INFORMATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; INCOMPLETE DATA; PARAMETER INFERENCE; SIGNALS OF INTERESTS; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

ERRORS; GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84878255579     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053027     Document Type: Article

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