Deep learning for clustering of continuous gravitational wave candidates II: identification of low-SNR candidates

Dec 8, 2020
10 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 6, 064027
  • Published: Mar 16, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
Broad searches for continuous gravitational wave signals rely on hierarchies of follow-up stages for candidates above a given significance threshold. An important step to simplify these follow-ups and reduce the computational cost is to bundle together in a single follow-up nearby candidates. This step is called clustering and we investigate carrying it out with a deep learning network. In our first paper [B. Beheshtipour and M. A. Papa, Phys. Rev. D 101, 064009 (2020)PRVDAQ2470-001010.1103/PhysRevD.101.064009], we implemented a deep learning clustering network capable of correctly identifying clusters due to large signals. In this paper, a network is implemented that can detect clusters due to much fainter signals. These two networks are complementary and we show that a cascade of the two networks achieves an excellent detection efficiency across a wide range of signal strengths, with a false alarm rate comparable/lower than that of methods currently in use.
  • General relativity, alternative theories of gravity
  • detector: network
  • gravitational radiation
  • programming
  • cluster
  • efficiency
  • numerical methods
  • hierarchy
  • numerical calculations
  • gravitational radiation detector