A How-To for the Mock LISA Data Challenges

Authors

K. A. Arnaud
S. Babak
J. G. Baker
M. J. Benacquista
N. J. Cornish
C. Culter
Shane L. Larson, Utah State UniversityFollow
B. S. Sathyaprakash
M. Vallisneri
A. Vecchio
J-Y. Vinet

Document Type

Conference Paper

Journal/Book Title/Conference

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volume

873

Publication Date

2006

First Page

625

Last Page

625

Abstract

The LISA International Science Team Working Group on Data Analysis (LIST‐ WG1B) is sponsoring several rounds of mock data challenges, with the purpose of fostering development of LISA data‐analysis capabilities, and of demonstrating technical readiness for the maximum science exploitation of the LISA data. The first round of challenge data sets were released at this Symposium. We describe the models and conventions (for LISA and for gravitational‐wave sources) used to prepare the data sets, the file format used to encode them, and the tools and resources available to support challenge participants.

Recommended Citation

A How-To for the Mock LISA Data Challenges. K. A. Arnaud, S. Babak, J. G. Baker, M. J. Benacquista, N. J. Cornish, C. Cutler, S. L. Larson, B. S. Sathyaprakash, M. Vallisneri, A. Vecchio, J-Y. Vinet (The Mock LISA Data Challenge Task Force), Proceedings of the Sixth International LISA Symposium, AIP Conf. Proc. 873, 625 (2006)