Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

J. Aasi; J. Abadie; B.P. Abbott; R. Abbott; T. Abbott; M.R. Abernathy; T. Accadia; F. Acernese; C. Adams; T. Adams; R.X. Adhikari; C. Affeldt; M. Agathos; N. Aggarwal; O.D. Aguiar; P. Ajith; B. Allen; A. Allocca; E.A. Ceron; D. Amariutei; R.A. Anderson; S.B. Anderson; W.G. Anderson; K. Arai; M.C. Araya; C. Arceneaux; J. Areeda; S. Ast; S.M. Aston; P. Astone; P. Aufmuth; C. Aulbert; L. Austin; B.E. Aylott; S. Babak; P.T. Baker; G. Ballardin; S.W. Ballmer; J.C. Barayoga; D. Barker; S.H. Barnum; F. Barone; B. Barr; L. Barsotti; M. Barsuglia; M.A. Barton; I. Bartos; R. Bassiri; A. Basti; J. Batch; S.L. Danilishin; S. Hild; J. Steinlechner; S. Steinlechner; J.F.J. van den Brand

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

J. Aasi^*, J. Abadie, B.P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M.R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, T. Adams, R.X. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, N. Aggarwal, O.D. Aguiar, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, E.A. Ceron, D. AmariuteiR.A. Anderson, S.B. Anderson, W.G. Anderson, K. Arai, M.C. Araya, C. Arceneaux, J. Areeda, S. Ast, S.M. Aston, P. Astone, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, L. Austin, B.E. Aylott, S. Babak, P.T. Baker, G. Ballardin, S.W. Ballmer, J.C. Barayoga, D. Barker, S.H. Barnum, F. Barone, B. Barr, L. Barsotti, M. Barsuglia, M.A. Barton, I. Bartos, R. Bassiri, A. Basti, J. Batch, S.L. Danilishin, S. Hild, J. Steinlechner, S. Steinlechner, J.F.J. van den Brand

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	115012
Number of pages	30
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	32
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

LIGO
gravitational waves
detector characterization
GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTOR
THERMAL NOISE
READOUT
LASER

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Aasi, J., Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Abernathy, M. R., Accadia, T., Acernese, F., Adams, C., Adams, T., Adhikari, R. X., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allocca, A., Ceron, E. A., ... van den Brand, J. F. J. (2015). Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32(11), Article 115012. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012

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