Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914
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Author(s)
Aggarwal, Nancy
Barsotti, Lisa
Biscans, Sebastien
Blackburn, Lindy L.
Bodiya, Timothy P.
Buikema, Aaron
Chatterji, Shourov K.
Donovan, Frederick J
Essick, Reed Clasey
Evans, M.
Date Issued
June 2016
Journal
Classical and Quantum Gravity
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IOP Publishing
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Abbott, B P et al. “Characterization of Transient Noise in Advanced LIGO Relevant to Gravitational Wave Signal GW150914.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 33, 13 (June 2016): 134001 © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd
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Abstract
On 14 September 2015, a gravitational wave signal from a coalescing black hole binary system was observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors. This paper describes the transient noise backgrounds used to determine the significance of the event (designated GW150914) and presents the results of investigations into potential correlated or uncorrelated sources of transient noise in the detectors around the time of the event. The detectors were operating nominally at the time of GW150914. We have ruled out environmental influences and non-Gaussian instrument noise at either LIGO detector as the cause of the observed gravitational wave signal. Keywords: gravitational waves; detector characterization; GW150914
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Lincoln Laboratory
LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/33/13/134001
