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Abstract:
The robust statistic proposed by Creighton and Allen et al. for
detection in stationary non-Gaussian noise is briefly reviewed.
After restoring a contribution to this statistic that was
absent in those analyses, we reinterpret the role of the
resulting robust statistic. We then obtain the analogous robust
statistic for detecting inspiral waveforms in a single detector.
We also derive the coherent statistic for detecting such signals
with an arbitrary network of earth-based interferometers.
Finally, we show that excess computational costs incurred owing
to non-Gaussianity is negligible compared to the cost of
detection in Gaussian noi