Published 2015
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Journal article
Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run
Creators
- Aasi, J.
- Bizouard, M.-A.
- Brisson, V.
- Cavalier, F.
- Davier, M.
- Franco, S.
- Hello, P.
- Leroy, N.
- Robinet, F.
- Accadia, T.
- Buskulic, D.
- Gouaty, R.
- Letendre, N.
- Marion, F.
- Masserot, A.
- Mours, B.
- Rolland, L.
- Verkindt, D.
- Yvert, M.
- Bondu, François
- Bonnand, R.
- Cagnoli, G.
- Degallaix, J.
- Flaminio, R.
- Granata, M.
- Michel, Christine
- Morgado, N.
- Pinard, L.
- Saracco, E.
- Sassolas, B.
Contributors
Others:
- LIGO ; California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL) ; Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP) ; Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR) ; Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Laboratoire des matériaux avancés (LMA) ; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- LIGO
- Virgo
Description
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 of astrophysical origin. The sensitiv- ity 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 gravitational-wave readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments during this epoch, the work done to characterize the de- tectors and their data, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have on the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources.
Abstract
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Identifiers
- URL
- https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01078464
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:in2p3-01078464v1
Origin repository
- Origin repository
- UNICA