LALSimUtils.h

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/**
 * @addtogroup LALSimUtils_h Header LALSimUtils.h
 * @ingroup lalsimulation_general
 * @brief Miscellaneous routines.
 */
 
#ifndef _LALSIMUTILS_H
#define _LALSIMUTILS_H
 
#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#elif 0
} /* so that editors will match preceding brace */
#endif
 
#include <lal/LALDatatypes.h>
 
/** @{ */
 
/**
 * @brief Ratio of horizon distance to sense-monitor range.
 *
 * This factor is used in XLALMeasureStandardSirenSenseMonitorRange().
 * 
 * `sensemon_range = horizon_dist / LAL_HORIZON_DISTANCE_OVER_SENSEMON_RANGE`
 *
 * The factor can be computed using Monte Carlo methods; its value has been
 * found to be 2.264778 +- 0.000002.  This constant keeps it to only 5
 * decimal places however.
 *
 * @sa Appendix D of
 * Bruce Allen, Warren G. Anderson, Patrick R. Brady, Duncan A. Brown, and
 * Jolien D. E. Creighton, "FINDCHIRP: An algorithm for detection of
 * gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries", Phys. Rev. D @b 85,
 * 122006 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.122006
 */
#define LAL_HORIZON_DISTANCE_OVER_SENSEMON_RANGE 2.26478
 
double XLALMeasureStandardSirenSenseMonitorRange(const REAL8FrequencySeries *psd, double f_min, double f_max);
double XLALMeasureStandardSirenHorizonDistance(const REAL8FrequencySeries *psd, double f_min, double f_max);
double XLALMeasureStandardSirenSNR(const REAL8FrequencySeries *psd, double f_min, double f_max);
double XLALMeasureSNRFD(const COMPLEX16FrequencySeries *htilde, const REAL8FrequencySeries *psd, double f_min, double f_max);
double XLALMeasureSNR(const REAL8TimeSeries *h, const REAL8FrequencySeries *psd, double f_min, double f_max);
 
/** @} */
 
#if 0
{ /* so that editors will match succeeding brace */
#elif defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif
 
#endif