A guide to LIGO–Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals

verfasst von: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , Virgo Collaboration , B P Abbott, R Abbott, T D Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, V B Adya, C Affeldt, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, O D Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith, T Alford, G Allen, A Allocca, M A Aloy, P A Altin, A Amato, A Ananyeva, S B Anderson, W G Anderson, S V Angelova, S Antier, S Appert, K Arai, M C Araya, J S Areeda, M Arène, N Arnaud, K G Arun, S Ascenzi, G Ashton, S M Aston, P Astone, F Aubin, S L Danilishin, K Danzmann, M Heurs, A Hreibi, H Lück, D Steinmeyer, H Vahlbruch, L-w Wei, D M Wilken, B Willke, H Wittel, Sukanta Bose, D. D. Brown, Y. B. Chen, Manuela Hanke, J. Hennig, Sanjeev Kumar, R. N. Lang, C. H. Lee, H. K. Lee, H. M. Lee, H. W. Lee, J. Lee, K. Lee, X. Li, J. R. Sanders, Patricia Schmidt, L. Sun, Y. F. Wang, D. S. Wu, L. Zhang, X. J. Zhu, Minchuan Zhou, G. Bergmann, Aparna Bisht, Nina Bode, P. Booker, Marc Brinkmann, M. Cabero, O. de Varona, S. Hochheim, T. Dent, S. Doravari, J. Junker, Stefan Kaufer, R. Kirchhoff, Kai S. Karvinen, S. Khan, Patrick Koch, N. Koper, S. M. Köhlenbeck, Volker Kringel, G. Kuehn, S. Leavey, J. Lehmann, James Lough, Moritz Mehmet, Nikhil Mukund, M. Nery, F. Ohme, P. Oppermann, Emil Schreiber, B. W. Schulte, A. Rüdiger, O. Puncken, M. Phelps, Y. Setyawati, M. Standke, M. Steinke, Michael Weinert, F. Wellmann, Peter Weßels, Maximilian H. Wimmer, W. Winkler, J. Woehler, Peter Aufmuth, Mukherjee Arunava Mukherjee, Fabian Thies
Abstract: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration have cataloged eleven confidently detected gravitational-wave events during the first two observing runs of the advanced detector era. All eleven events were consistent with being from well-modeled mergers between compact stellar-mass objects: black holes or neutron stars. The data around the time of each of these events have been made publicly available through the gravitational-wave open science center. The entirety of the gravitational-wave strain data from the first and second observing runs have also now been made publicly available. There is considerable interest among the broad scientific community in understanding the data and methods used in the analyses. In this paper, we provide an overview of the detector noise properties and the data analysis techniques used to detect gravitational-wave signals and infer the source properties. We describe some of the checks that are performed to validate the analyses and results from the observations of gravitational-wave events. We also address concerns that have been raised about various properties of LIGO-Virgo detector noise and the correctness of our analyses as applied to the resulting data.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Gravitationsphysik
QUEST Leibniz Forschungsschule
QuantumFrontiers
Externe Organisation(en): Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
Université Côte d'Azur
Washington State University Pullman
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
University of Adelaide
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR HYD)
LIGO Laboratory
Inje University
Stanford University
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Radboud Universität Nijmegen (RU)
University of Melbourne
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Monash University
Northwestern University
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Classical and quantum gravity
Band: 37
Anzahl der Seiten: 55
ISSN: 0264-9381
Publikationsdatum: 06.02.2020
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Physik und Astronomie (sonstige)
Elektronische Version(en): https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.11170 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.15488/11414 (Zugang: Offen)

BibTeX

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title = "A guide to LIGO–Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals",
abstract = "The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration have cataloged eleven confidently detected gravitational-wave events during the first two observing runs of the advanced detector era. All eleven events were consistent with being from well-modeled mergers between compact stellar-mass objects: black holes or neutron stars. The data around the time of each of these events have been made publicly available through the gravitational-wave open science center. The entirety of the gravitational-wave strain data from the first and second observing runs have also now been made publicly available. There is considerable interest among the broad scientific community in understanding the data and methods used in the analyses. In this paper, we provide an overview of the detector noise properties and the data analysis techniques used to detect gravitational-wave signals and infer the source properties. We describe some of the checks that are performed to validate the analyses and results from the observations of gravitational-wave events. We also address concerns that have been raised about various properties of LIGO-Virgo detector noise and the correctness of our analyses as applied to the resulting data.",
author = "{The LIGO Scientific Collaboration} and {The Virgo Collaboration} and Abbott, {B P} and R Abbott and Abbott, {T D} and S Abraham and F Acernese and K Ackley and C Adams and Adya, {V B} and C Affeldt and M Agathos and K Agatsuma and N Aggarwal and Aguiar, {O D} and L Aiello and A Ain and P Ajith and T Alford and G Allen and A Allocca and Aloy, {M A} and Altin, {P A} and A Amato and A Ananyeva and Anderson, {S B} and Anderson, {W G} and Angelova, {S V} and S Antier and S Appert and K Arai and Araya, {M C} and Areeda, {J S} and M Ar{\`e}ne and N Arnaud and Arun, {K G} and S Ascenzi and G Ashton and Aston, {S M} and P Astone and F Aubin and Danilishin, {S L} and K Danzmann and M Heurs and A Hreibi and H L{\"u}ck and D Steinmeyer and H Vahlbruch and L-w Wei and Wilken, {D M} and B Willke and H Wittel and Sukanta Bose and Brown, {D. D.} and Chen, {Y. B.} and Manuela Hanke and J. Hennig and Sanjeev Kumar and Lang, {R. N.} and Lee, {C. H.} and Lee, {H. K.} and Lee, {H. M.} and Lee, {H. W.} and J. Lee and K. Lee and X. Li and Sanders, {J. R.} and Patricia Schmidt and L. Sun and Wang, {Y. F.} and Wu, {D. S.} and L. Zhang and Zhu, {X. J.} and Minchuan Zhou and G. Bergmann and Aparna Bisht and Nina Bode and P. Booker and Marc Brinkmann and M. Cabero and {de Varona}, O. and S. Hochheim and T. Dent and S. Doravari and J. Junker and Stefan Kaufer and R. Kirchhoff and Karvinen, {Kai S.} and S. Khan and Patrick Koch and N. Koper and K{\"o}hlenbeck, {S. M.} and Volker Kringel and G. Kuehn and S. Leavey and J. Lehmann and James Lough and Moritz Mehmet and Nikhil Mukund and M. Nery and F. Ohme and P. Oppermann and Emil Schreiber and Schulte, {B. W.} and A. R{\"u}diger and O. Puncken and M. Phelps and Y. Setyawati and M. Standke and M. Steinke and Michael Weinert and F. Wellmann and Peter We{\ss}els and Wimmer, {Maximilian H.} and W. Winkler and J. Woehler and Peter Aufmuth and {Arunava Mukherjee}, Mukherjee and Fabian Thies",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1088/1361-6382/ab685e",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
journal = "Classical and quantum gravity",
issn = "0264-9381",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "5",
}