inspiral_range_psd¶

gwpy.astro.inspiral_range_psd(psd, snr=8, mass1=1.4, mass2=1.4, horizon=False, **kwargs)[source]¶

Calculate the cosmology-corrected inspiral sensitive distance PSD

This method returns the power spectral density (in Mpc**2 / Hz) to which a compact binary inspiral with the given component masses would be detectable given the instrumental PSD. The calculation is defined in Belczynski et. al (2014):

https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/789/2/120

Parameters:¶

psdFrequencySeries: the instrumental power-spectral-density data
snrfloat, optional: the signal-to-noise ratio for which to calculate range, default: 8
mass1float, Quantity, optional: the mass (float assumed in solar masses) of the first binary component, default: 1.4
mass2float, Quantity, optional: the mass (float assumed in solar masses) of the second binary component, default: 1.4
horizonbool, optional: if True, return the maximal ‘horizon’ luminosity distance, otherwise return the angle-averaged comoving distance, default: False
**kwargsdict, optional: additional keyword arguments to CBCWaveform

Returns:¶

rspecFrequencySeries: the calculated inspiral sensitivity PSD [Mpc^2 / Hz]