A nested sampling code for targeted searches for continuous gravitational waves from pulsars

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This document describes a code to perform parameter estimation and model selection in targeted searches for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars using data from ground-based gravitational wave detectors.

• We describe the general workings of the code and characterise it on simulated data containing both noise and simulated signals.
• We also show how it performs compared to a previous MCMC and grid-based approach to signal parameter estimation.
• Details how to run the code in a variety of cases are provided in Appendix A.