PyFstat: a Python package for continuous gravitational-wave data analysis

Abstract

Gravitational waves in the sensitivity band of ground-based detectors can be emitted by a number of astrophysical sources, including not only binary coalescences, but also individual spinning neutron stars. The most promising signals from such sources, although as of 2020 not yet detected, are the long-lasting, quasi-monochromatic 'Continuous Waves' (CWs). Many search methods have been developed and applied on LIGO (Aasi et al., 2015) and Virgo See Prix (2009), Riles (2017), and Sieniawska & Bejger (2019) for reviews of the field.

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