A framework using scale separation in the Isaacson description defines observable gravitational memory rise for compact binary coalescences, providing a basis for hypothesis testing in LISA data.
Gravitational Waves from Orphan Memory
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Gravitational-wave memory manifests as a permanent distortion of an idealized gravitational-wave detector and arises generically from energetic astrophysical events. For example, binary black hole mergers are expected to emit memory bursts a little more than an order of magnitude smaller in strain than the oscillatory parent waves. We introduce the concept of "orphan memory": gravitational-wave memory for which there is no detectable parent signal. In particular, high-frequency gravitational-wave bursts ($\gtrsim$ kHz) produce orphan memory in the LIGO/Virgo band. We show that Advanced LIGO measurements can place stringent limits on the existence of high-frequency gravitational waves, effectively increasing the LIGO bandwidth by orders of magnitude. We investigate the prospects for and implications of future searches for orphan memory.
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Bayesian parameter estimation on simulated LISA data establishes conditions for detecting displacement memory in MBHB events and projects observation rates from population models.
Space-based detectors can measure soft displacement-memory signals from gravitational waves at SNR greater than or equal to 10.
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Toward claiming a detection of gravitational memory
A framework using scale separation in the Isaacson description defines observable gravitational memory rise for compact binary coalescences, providing a basis for hypothesis testing in LISA data.
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Detectability of Gravitational-Wave Memory with LISA: A Bayesian Approach
Bayesian parameter estimation on simulated LISA data establishes conditions for detecting displacement memory in MBHB events and projects observation rates from population models.
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Probing soft signals of gravitational-wave memory with space-based interferometers
Space-based detectors can measure soft displacement-memory signals from gravitational waves at SNR greater than or equal to 10.