Impact of Bayesian Priors on the Characterization of Binary Black Hole Coalescences

In a regime where data are only mildly informative, prior choices can play a significant role in Bayesian statistical inference, potentially affecting the inferred physics. We show this is indeed the case for some of the parameters inferred from current gravitational-wave measurements of binary blac...

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Main Authors: Gerosa, Davide, Haster, Carl-Johan, Chatziioannou, Katerina, Zimmerman, Aaron, Vitale, Salvatore
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114287
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-0767