Are pulsars gravity-wave generators?
Anonymous
22 Feb 2005 18:29:57 UTC
Topic 12644
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> so basically are our little WU just searching through the sky to find periods
> of 100 to 1000 or so signals. Are different WU just data taken at different
> times or something like that?
The Wurkunits differ mainly in the frequency band they are searching. And yes, also a bit in the time when the samples are taken. The frequency you are looking for is currently coded in the name of the Results - not hard to see.
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Are pulsars gravity-wave generators?
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> I am not sure what I am seeing. For example one of my WU is named:
> H1_0510.9__0511.4_0.1_T01_Test02_0
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> Does that mean that it is searching for periods of 510.9 to 511.4 Hz????
Close. Actually the first number is part of the definition of the data segment you are lookig into:
H1_0510.9 means Hanford data, instrument 1 (there are two in Hanford), frequency band starting at 0510.9 Hz.
The second number ist the more precise frequency you are actually loking for, in this case 511.4 Hz. The bandwith a single Result looks into is currently set to about 0.1 Hz. I didn't make up the data sets, but I think the 0.1 in the name is meant to reflect this (there are some 0.1 values around...).
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