LALGEOPsd.c

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#include <lal/LALNoiseModels.h>
 
#ifdef __GNUC__
#define UNUSED __attribute__ ((unused))
#else
#define UNUSED
#endif
 
/**
 * \author Sathyaprakash, B. S.
 * \ingroup LALNoiseModels_h
 * \brief Module to calculate the expected noise power spectral density for the GEO600 detector.
 *
 * ### Description ###
 *
 * The module takes as an input a frequency \f$f\f$ in Hz, and it
 * calculates the noise spectral density (per Hz) \f$S_{h}(f)\f$
 * for that frequency. The noise PSD is based on data provided by
 * J. Hough and G. Cagnoli (see T. Damour, B.R. Iyer and B.S. Sathyaprakash,
 * Phys. Rev. D 63, 044023 (2001)) and is approximated by
 * the following:
 * \f{equation}{
 * S_h(f) = 10^{-16} \left ( \frac{f}{f_0} \right)^{-30} +
 * 34 \frac{f_0 }{ f } +
 * \frac{20 \left [1 - (f/f_0)^2 + 0.5 (f/f_0)^4 \right ] }{ 1 + 0.5 (f/f_0)^2}
 * \f}
 * The returned value is scaled up by \f$s_0 = 10^{46}.\f$ In otherwords,
 * the expected noise PSD is a factor \f$10^{46}\f$ lower.
 *
 */
 
void
LALGEOPsd(LALStatus UNUSED *status, REAL8 *psd, REAL8 f)
{
 
   REAL8 x, seismic, thermal, shot;
 
   x = f/150.;
   seismic = pow(10.,-16.) *  pow(x,-30.);
   thermal = 34. / x;
   shot = 20. * (1 - pow(x,2.) + 0.5 * pow(x,4.)) / (1. + 0.5 * pow(x,2.));
   *psd = seismic + thermal + shot;
}