Waveform Reconstruction of Core-Collapse Supernova Gravitational Waves with Improved Multisynchrosqueezing Transform

TL;DR

This paper introduces an improved multisynchrosqueezing transform (IMSST) method to effectively reconstruct complex gravitational wave signals from core-collapse supernovae, enhancing detection distance and accuracy for advanced detectors.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel IMSST technique that outperforms traditional methods like STFT in reconstructing supernova gravitational waveforms from simulated data.

Findings

IMSST achieves maximum reconstruction distances of ~37 kpc (aLIGO) and ~317 kpc (ET).

FAPR values indicate high confidence in waveform reconstruction at specified distances.

IMSST outperforms STFT in waveform reconstruction distance using ET data.

Abstract

Gravitational waves (GWs) from core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) have been proposed as a means to probe the internal physical properties of supernovae. However, due to their complex time-frequency structure, effectively searching for and extracting GW signals from CCSNe remains an unsolved challenge. In this paper, we apply the improved multisynchrosqueezing transform (IMSST) method to reconstruct simulated GW data based on the advanced LIGO (aLIGO) and Einstein Telescope (ET) detectors. These data are generated by the magnetorotational and neutrino-driven mechanisms, and we use the match score as the criterion for evaluating the quality of the reconstruction. To assess whether the reconstructed waveforms correspond to true GW signals, we calculate the false alarm probability of reconstruction (FAPR). For GW sources located at 10 kpc and datasets where the waveform amplitudes are normalized to $5 \times 10^{-21}$ observed by aLIGO, FAPR are $2.1 \times 10^{-2}$ and $6.2 \times 10^{-3}$, respectively. For GW sources at 100 kpc and with waveform amplitudes normalized to $5 \times 10^{-21}$ observed by ET, FAPR are $1.3 \times 10^{-1}$ and $1.5 \times 10^{-2}$, respectively. When the gravitational wave strain reaches $7 \times 10^{-21}$ and the match score threshold is set to 0.75, the IMSST method achieves maximum reconstruction distances of approximately 37 kpc and 317 kpc for aLIGO and ET, respectively. Finally, we compared the performance of IMSST and STFT in waveform reconstruction based on the ET. The results show that the maximum reconstructable distance using STFT is 186 kpc.