articleClassical and Quantum GravityMay 13, 2015BRONZE OA

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

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Abstract

In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
\n(LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as
\na network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical
\norigin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination
\nof noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its
\nenvironment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the
\nGW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments
\nduring this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their
\ndata, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have
\non the sensitivity of LIGO to a…

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