Performance of a 'generalized delta-filter' for the detection of burst events

In this work we report on the performance of a complete implementation of the generalized delta filter detector for burst events, tested against simulated data. We measure the receiver operating characteristics in the case of noise having the expected spectral density of the Virgo interferometer, injecting test signals taken from the Zwerger–Müller library of simulated events, predicted to result from the collapse of type II supernovae, for different levels of signal to noise ratio.