COALESCING BINARIES AND LARGE BAND RESONANT SPHERICAL DETECTORS

The number of observed cycles of a coalescing binary, the signal-to-no ise ratio with matched filtering, the event rate and the accuracies in the determination of the chirp mass, time of arrival and the amplitud e are calculated for a spherical detector of large bandwidth, showing their relation to the bandwidth and the resonant frequency. Further, t he probability of detection and false alarm improve when considering b oth windows at fundamental and first harmonic frequencies. Spherical d etectors of large bandwidth are promising tools for the analysis of co alescing binaries and require novel applications of data analysis tech niques.