Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run
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Aggarwal, Nancy
Barnum, Sam
Barsotti, Lisa
Bodiya, Timothy P.
Date Issued
May 2015
Journal
Classical and Quantum Gravity
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IOP Publishing
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Aasi, J et al. “Characterization of the LIGO Detectors During Their Sixth Science Run.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 32, 11 (May 2015): 115012 © IOP Publishing Ltd
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Abstract
In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination of noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its environment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the GW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments during this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their data, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have on the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources.
MIT Department
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/10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012
