Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

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Aggarwal, Nancy; Barnum, Sam; Barsotti, Lisa; Bodiya, Timothy P.
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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.
Date issued
2015-05
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121230
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Lincoln Laboratory; LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology); MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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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0264-9381
1361-6382
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