Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run
California Institute of Technology · Louisiana State University · +124 more institutions
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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870Topics & keywords
- LIGO
- Physics
- Gravitational wave
- Interferometry
- Detector
- Noise (video)
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- DADavid and Lucile Packard Foundation
- NANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- APAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
- LTLeverhulme Trust
- RSRoyal Society
- SFScottish Funding Council
- SUScottish Universities Physics AllianceAward: GEO600
- NRNational Research Foundation
- COCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- FNFundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
- ICIndustry Canada
- NONederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- MDMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad
- HSHungarian Scientific Research Fund
- NRNational Research Foundation of Korea
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- MDMinistero dello Sviluppo Economico
- INIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- GDGovern de les Illes Balears
- SAScience and Technology Facilities CouncilAwards: ST/I006242/1, ST/K005014/1, ST/L000946/1, ST/I006269/1, ST/L003465/1, Gravitational Waves, ST/I006285/1, ST/G504284/1, ST/L000911/1, ST/L000954/1, ST/L000962/1, ST/K000845/1, ST/L000938/1, ST/J000019/1, ST/J00166X/1, ST/M006735/1
- ARAustralian Research Council
- DODivision of Physics