dc.contributor.author | van Heerden, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Karastergiou, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-24T06:12:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-24T06:12:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | van Heerden, E. et al. (2016). A framework for assessing the performance of pulsar search pipelines. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2): 1661-1677 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2874 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3068 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we present a framework for assessing the effect of non-stationary Gaussian noise and radio frequency interference (RFI) on the signal to noise ratio, the
number of false positives detected per true positive and the sensitivity of standard
pulsar search pipelines. The results highlight the necessity to develop algorithms that
are able to identify and remove non-stationary variations from the data before RFI excision and searching is performed in order to limit false positive detections. The results
also show that the spectrum whitening algorithms currently employed, severely affect
the effciency of pulsar search pipelines by reducing their sensitivity to long period
pulsars. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Oxford Unviersity Press | en_US |
dc.rights | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The version of record van Heerden, E. et al. (2016). A framework for assessing the performance of pulsar search pipelines. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2): 1661-1677 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3068 | |
dc.subject | Analytical | en_US |
dc.subject | Data analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | Statistical | en_US |
dc.subject | Stars | en_US |
dc.subject | Pulsars | en_US |
dc.subject | General. | en_US |
dc.title | A framework for assessing the performance of pulsar search pipelines | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.privacy.showsubmitter | FALSE | |
dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
dc.description.accreditation | ISI | en_US |