LIGO Detector Characterization in the Second and Third Observing Runs
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2021-07-12 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The characterization of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the second and third observing runs has increased the sensitivity of the instruments, allowing for a higher number of detectable gravitational-wave signals, and provided confirmation of all observed gravitational-wave events. In this work, we present the methods used to characterize the LIGO detectors and curate the publicly available datasets, including the LIGO strain data and data quality products. We describe the essential role of these datasets in LIGO-Virgo Collaboration analyses of gravitational-waves from both transient and persistent sources and include details on the provenance of these datasets in order to support analyses of LIGO data by the broader community. Finally, we explain anticipated changes in the role of detector characterization and current efforts to prepare for the high rate of gravitational-wave alerts and events in future observing runs.
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@article{arxiv.2101.11673,
title = {LIGO Detector Characterization in the Second and Third Observing Runs},
author = {D. Davis and J. S. Areeda and B. K. Berger and R. Bruntz and A. Effler and R. C. Essick and R. P. Fisher and P. Godwin and E. Goetz and A. F. Helmling-Cornell and B. Hughey and E. Katsavounidis and A. P. Lundgren and D. M. Macleod and Z. Márka and T. J. Massinger and A. Matas and J. McIver and G. Mo and K. Mogushi and P. Nguyen and L. K. Nuttall and R. M. S. Schofield and D. H. Shoemaker and S. Soni and A. L. Stuver and A. L. Urban and G. Valdes and M. Walker and R. Abbott and C. Adams and R. X. Adhikari and A. Ananyeva and S. Appert and K. Arai and Y. Asali and S. M. Aston and C. Austin and A. M. Baer and M. Ball and S. W. Ballmer and S. Banagiri and D. Barker and C. Barschaw and L. Barsotti and J. Bartlett and J. Betzwieser and R. Beda and D. Bhattacharjee and J. Bidler and G. Billingsley and S. Biscans and C. D. Blair and R. M. Blair and N. Bode and P. Booker and R. Bork and A. Bramley and A. F. Brooks and D. D. Brown and A. Buikema and C. Cahillane and T. A. Callister and G. Caneva Santoro and K. C. Cannon and J. Carlin and K. Chandra and X. Chen and N. Christensen and A. A. Ciobanu and F. Clara and C. M. Compton and S. J. Cooper and K. R. Corley and M. W. Coughlin and S. T. Countryman and P. B. Covas and D. C. Coyne and S. G. Crowder and T. Dal Canton and B. Danila and L. E. H. Datrier and G. S. Davies and T. Dent and N. A. Didio and C. Di Fronzo and K. L. Dooley and J. C. Driggers and P. Dupej and S. E. Dwyer and T. Etzel and M. Evans and T. M. Evans and S. Fairhurst and J. Feicht and A. Fernandez-Galiana and R. Frey and P. Fritschel and V. V. Frolov and P. Fulda and M. Fyffe and B. U. Gadre and J. A. Giaime and K. D. Giardina and G. González and S. Gras and C. Gray and R. Gray and A. C. Green and A. Gupta and E. K. Gustafson and R. Gustafson and J. Hanks and J. Hanson and T. Hardwick and I. W. Harry and R. K. Hasskew and M. C. Heintze and J. Heinzel and N. A. Holland and I. J. Hollows and C. G. Hoy and S. Hughey and S. J. Jadhav and K. Janssens and G. Johns and J. D. Jones and S. Kandhasamy and S. Karki and M. Kasprzack and K. Kawabe and D. Keitel and N. Kijbunchoo and Y. M. Kim and P. J. King and J. S. Kissel and S. Kulkarni and Rahul Kumar and M. Landry and B. B. Lane and B. Lantz and M. Laxen and Y. K. Lecoeuche and J. Leviton and J. Liu and M. Lormand and R. Macas and A. Macedo and M. MacInnis and V. Mandic and G. L. Mansell and S. Márka and B. Martinez and K. Martinovic and D. V. Martynov and K. Mason and F. Matichard and N. Mavalvala and R. McCarthy and D. E. McClelland and S. McCormick and L. McCuller and C. McIsaac and T. McRae and G. Mendell and K. Merfeld and E. L. Merilh and P. M. Meyers and F. Meylahn and I. Michaloliakos and H. Middleton and J. C. Mills and T. Mistry and R. Mittleman and G. Moreno and C. M. Mow-Lowry and S. Mozzon and L. Mueller and N. Mukund and A. Mullavey and J. Muth and T. J. N. Nelson and A. Neunzert and S. Nichols and E. Nitoglia and J. Oberling and J. J. Oh and S. H. Oh and Richard J. Oram and R. G. Ormiston and N. Ormsby and C. Osthelder and D. J. Ottaway and H. Overmier and A. Pai and J. R. Palamos and F. Pannarale and W. Parker and O. Patane and M. Patel and E. Payne and A. Pele and R. Penhorwood and C. J. Perez and K. S. Phukon and M. Pillas and M. Pirello and H. Radkins and K. E. Ramirez and J. W. Richardson and K. Riles and K. Rink and N. A. Robertson and J. G. Rollins and C. L. Romel and J. H. Romie and M. P. Ross and K. Ryan and T. Sadecki and M. Sakellariadou and E. J. Sanchez and L. E. Sanchez and L. Sandles and T. R. Saravanan and R. L. Savage and D. Schaetzl and R. Schnabel and E. Schwartz and D. Sellers and T. Shaffer and D. Sigg and A. M. Sintes and B. J. J. Slagmolen and J. R. Smith and K. Soni and B. Sorazu and A. P. Spencer and K. A. Strain and D. Strom and L. Sun and M. J. Szczepańczyk and J. Tasson and R. Tenorio and M. Thomas and P. Thomas and K. A. Thorne and K. Toland and C. I. Torrie and A. Tran and G. Traylor and M. Trevor and M. Tse and G. Vajente and N. van Remortel and D. C. Vander-Hyde and A. Vargas and J. Veitch and P. J. Veitch and K. Venkateswara and G. Venugopalan and A. D. Viets and V. Villa-Ortega and T. Vo and C. Vorvick and M. Wade and G. S. Wallace and R. L. Ward and J. Warner and B. Weaver and A. J. Weinstein and R. Weiss and K. Wette and D. D. White and L. V. White and C. Whittle and A. R. Williamson and B. Willke and C. C. Wipf and L. Xiao and R. Xu and H. Yamamoto and Hang Yu and Haocun Yu and L. Zhang and Y. Zheng and M. E. Zucker and J. Zweizig},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.11673},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
51 pages, 15 figures