Testing the performance of a blind burst statistic

TL;DR

This paper evaluates a detection method for burst events in gravitational wave data, using simulated Virgo noise and supernova waveforms to assess its effectiveness through ROC analysis.

Contribution

It introduces an assessment of a burst detection statistic's performance with realistic noise and supernova signals, providing insights into its detection capabilities.

Findings

ROC curves demonstrate detection performance

Method shows promise for supernova burst detection

Performance varies with waveform types

Abstract

In this work we estimate the performance of a method for the detection of burst events in the data produced by interferometric gravitational wave detectors. We compute the receiver operating characteristics in the specific case of a simulated noise having the spectral density expected for Virgo, using test signals taken from a library of possible waveforms emitted during the collapse of the core of Type II Supernovae.