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Fast localization of coalescing binaries with a heterogeneous network of advanced gravitational wave detectors

We present the expected performance regarding fast sky localization of coalescing binaries with a network of three gravitational wave detectors having heterogeneous sensitivities, such as the LIGO-Virgo network. A hierarchical approach can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 Y. Fujii , T. Adams , F. Marion , R. Flaminio

VIGILant: an automatic classification pipeline for glitches in the Virgo detector

Glitches frequently contaminate data in gravitational-wave detectors, complicating the observation and analysis of astrophysical signals. This work introduces VIGILant, an automatic pipeline for classification and visualization of glitches…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-16 Tiago Fernandes , Francesco Di Renzo , Antonio Onofre , Alejandro Torres-Forné , José A. Font

Simultaneous event detection rates by electromagnetic and gravitational wave detectors in the Advanced Era of LIGO and Virgo

We present several estimates of the rate of simultaneous detection of the merging of a binary system of neutron stars in the electromagnetic and the gravitational wave domains, assuming that they produce short GRBs. We have based our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Karelle Siellez , Michel Boer , Bruce Gendre

The Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO Detectors at the Beginning of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely separated 4 km laser interferometers designed to detect gravitational waves from distant astrophysical sources in the frequency range from 10 Hz to 10…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-13 D. V. Martynov , E. D. Hall , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , C. Adams , R. X. Adhikari , R. A. Anderson , S. B. Anderson , K. Arai , M. A. Arain , S. M. Aston , L. Austin , S. W. Ballmer , M. Barbet , D. Barker , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , J. Bartlett , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , J. C. Batch , A. S. Bell , I. Belopolski , J. Bergman , J. Betzwieser , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , S. Biscans , C. Biwer , E. Black , C. D. Blair , C. Bogan , C. Bond , R. Bork , D. O. Bridges , A. F. Brooks , D. D. Brown , L. Carbone , C. Celerier , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. Cook , S. T. Countryman , M. J. Cowart , D. C. Coyne , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , M. Damjanic , R. Dannenberg , K. Danzmann , C. F. Da Silva Costa , E. J. Daw , D. DeBra , R. T. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , K. L. Dooley , S. Doravari , J. C. Driggers , S. E. Dwyer , A. Effler , T. Etzel , M. Evans , T. M. Evans , M. Factourovich , H. Fair , D. Feldbaum , R. P. Fisher , S. Foley , M. Frede , A. Freise , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , P. Fulda , M. Fyffe , V. Galdi , J. A. Giaime , K. D. Giardina , J. R. Gleason , R. Goetz , S. Gras , C. Gray , R. J. S. Greenhalgh , H. Grote , C. J. Guido , K. E. Gushwa , E. K. Gustafson , R. Gustafson , G. Hammond , J. Hanks , J. Hanson , T. Hardwick , G. M. Harry , K. Haughian , J. Heefner , M. C. Heintze , A. W. Heptonstall , D. Hoak , J. Hough , A. Ivanov , K. Izumi , M. Jacobson , E. James , R. Jones , S. Kandhasamy , S. Karki , M. Kasprzack , S. Kaufer , K. Kawabe , W. Kells , N. Kijbunchoo , E. J. King , P. J. King , D. L. Kinzel , J. S. Kissel , K. Kokeyama , W. Z. Korth , G. Kuehn , P. Kwee , M. Landry , B. Lantz , A. Le Roux , B. M. Levine , J. B. Lewis , V. Lhuillier , N. A. Lockerbie , M. Lormand , M. J. Lubinski , A. P. Lundgren , T. MacDonald , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , M. Mageswaran , K. Mailand , S. M'arka , Z. M'arka , A. S. Markosyan , E. Maros , I. W. Martin , R. M. Martin , J. N. Marx , K. Mason , T. J. Massinger , F. Matichard , N. Mavalvala , R. McCarthy , D. E. McClelland , S. McCormick , G. McIntyre , J. McIver , E. L. Merilh , M. S. Meyer , P. M. Meyers , J. Miller , R. Mittleman , G. Moreno , C. L. Mueller , G. Mueller , A. Mullavey , J. Munch , P. G. Murray , L. K. Nuttall , J. Oberling , J. O'Dell , P. Oppermann , Richard J. Oram , B. O'Reilly , C. Osthelder , D. J. Ottaway , H. Overmier , J. R. Palamos , H. R. Paris , W. Parker , Z. Patrick , A. Pele , S. Penn , M. Phelps , M. Pickenpack , V. Piero , I. Pinto , J. Poeld , M. Principe , L. Prokhorov , O. Puncken , V. Quetschke , E. A. Quintero , F. J. Raab , H. Radkins , P. Raffai , C. R. Ramet , C. M. Reed , S. Reid , D. H. Reitze , N. A. Robertson , J. G. Rollins , V. J. Roma , J. H. Romie , S. Rowan , K. Ryan , T. Sadecki , E. J. Sanchez , V. Sandberg , V. Sannibale , R. L. Savage , R. M. S. Schofield , B. Schultz , P. Schwinberg , D. Sellers , A. Sevigny , D. A. Shaddock , Z. Shao , B. Shapiro , P. Shawhan , D. H. Shoemaker , D. Sigg , B. J. J. Slagmolen , J. R. Smith , M. R. Smith , N. D. Smith-Lefebvre , B. Sorazu , A. Staley , A. J. Stein , A. Stochino , K. A. Strain , R. Taylor , M. Thomas , P. Thomas , K. A. Thorne , E. Thrane , K. V. Tokmakov , C. I. Torrie , G. Traylor , G. Vajente , G. Valdes , A. A. van Veggel , M. Vargas , A. Vecchio , P. J. Veitch , K. Venkateswara , T. Vo , C. Vorvick , S. J. Waldman , M. Walker , R. L. Ward , J. Warner , B. Weaver , R. Weiss , T. Welborn , P. Wessels , C. Wilkinson , P. A. Willems , L. Williams , B. Willke , I. Wilmut , L. Winkelmann , C. C. Wipf , J. Worden , G. Wu , H. Yamamoto , C. C. Yancey , H. Yu , L. Zhang , M. E. Zucker , J. Zweizig

New methods to assess and improve LIGO detector duty cycle

A network of three or more gravitational wave detectors simultaneously taking data is required to generate a well-localized sky map for gravitational wave sources, such as GW170817. Local seismic disturbances often cause the LIGO and Virgo…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-10 Ayon Biswas , Jess McIver , Ashish Mahabal

Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events Using Neural Networks in LIGO/Virgo Third Observation Period

We present the results on the search for the coalescence of compact binary mergers using convolutional neural networks and the LIGO/Virgo data for the O3 observation period. Two-dimensional images in time and frequency are used as input.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-14 Alexis Menéndez-Vázquez , Marc Andrés-Carcasona , Mario Martínez , Lluïsa-Maria Mir

Calibrating gravitational-wave detectors with GW170817

The waveform of a compact binary coalescence is predicted by general relativity. It is therefore possible to directly constrain the response of a gravitational-wave (GW) detector by analyzing a signal's observed amplitude and phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Reed Essick , Daniel E. Holz

Searches after Gravitational Waves Using ARizona Observatories (SAGUARO): Observations and Analysis from Advanced LIGO/Virgo's Third Observing Run

With the conclusion of the third observing run for Advanced LIGO/Virgo (O3), we present a detailed analysis of both triggered and serendipitous observations of 17 gravitational wave (GW) events (7 triggered and 10 purely serendipitous) from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-19 K. Paterson , M. J. Lundquist , J. C. Rastinejad , W. Fong , D. J. Sand , J. E. Andrews , R. C. Amaro , O. Eskandari , S. Wyatt , P. N. Daly , H. Bradley , S. Zhou-Wright , S. Valenti , S. Yang , E. Christensen , A. R. Gibbs , F. Shelly , C. Bilinski , L. Chomiuk , A. Corsi , M. R. Drout , R. J. Foley , P. Gabor , P. Garnavich , C. J. Grier , E. Hamden , H. Krantz , E. Olszewski , V. Paschalidis , D. Reichart , A. Rest , N. Smith , J. Strader , D. Trilling , C. Veillet , R. M. Wagner , A. Zabludoff

Advanced LIGO detector performance in the fourth observing run

On May 24th, 2023, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), joined by the Advanced Virgo and KAGRA detectors, began the fourth observing run for a two-year-long dedicated search for gravitational waves. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-05 E. Capote , W. Jia , N. Aritomi , M. Nakano , V. Xu , R. Abbott , I. Abouelfettouh , R. X. Adhikari , A. Ananyeva , S. Appert , S. K. Apple , K. Arai , S. M. Aston , M. Ball , S. W. Ballmer , D. Barker , L. Barsotti , B. K. Berger , J. Betzwieser , D. Bhattacharjee , G. Billingsley , S. Biscans , C. D. Blair , N. Bode , E. Bonilla , V. Bossilkov , A. Branch , A. F. Brooks , D. D. Brown , J. Bryant , C. Cahillane , H. Cao , F. Clara , J. Collins , C. M. Compton , R. Cottingham , D. C. Coyne , R. Crouch , J. Csizmazia , A. Cumming , L. P. Dartez , D. Davis , N. Demos , E. Dohmen , J. C. Driggers , S. E. Dwyer , A. Effler , A. Ejlli , T. Etzel , M. Evans , J. Feicht , R. Frey , W. Frischhertz , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , M. Fuentes-Garcia , P. Fulda , M. Fyffe , D. Ganapathy , B. Gateley , T. Gayer , J. A. Giaime , K. D. Giardina , J. Glanzer , E. Goetz , R. Goetz , A. W. Goodwin-Jones , S. Gras , C. Gray , D. Griffith , H. Grote , T. Guidry , J. Gurs , E. D. Hall , J. Hanks , J. Hanson , M. C. Heintze , A. F. Helmling-Cornell , N. A. Holland , D. Hoyland , H. Y. Huang , Y. Inoue , A. L. James , A. Jamies , A. Jennings , D. H. Jones , H. B. Kabagoz , S. Karat , S. Karki , M. Kasprzack , K. Kawabe , N. Kijbunchoo , P. J. King , J. S. Kissel , K. Komori , A. Kontos , Rahul Kumar , K. Kuns , M. Landry , B. Lantz , M. Laxen , K. Lee , M. Lesovsky , F. Llamas Villarreal , M. Lormand , H. A. Loughlin , R. Macas , M. MacInnis , C. N. Makarem , B. Mannix , G. L. Mansell , R. M. Martin , K. Mason , F. Matichard , N. Mavalvala , N. Maxwell , G. McCarrol , R. McCarthy , D. E. McClelland , S. McCormick , T. McRae , F. Mera , E. L. Merilh , F. Meylahn , R. Mittleman , D. Moraru , G. Moreno , A. Mullavey , T. J. N. Nelson , A. Neunzert , J. Notte , J. Oberling , T. OHanlon , C. Osthelder , D. J. Ottaway , H. Overmier , W. Parker , O. Patane , A. Pele , H. Pham , M. Pirello , J. Pullin , V. Quetschke , K. E. Ramirez , K. Ransom , J. Reyes , J. W. Richardson , M. Robinson , J. G. Rollins , C. L. Romel , J. H. Romie , M. P. Ross , K. Ryan , T. Sadecki , A. Sanchez , E. J. Sanchez , L. E. Sanchez , R. L. Savage , D. Schaetzl , M. G. Schiworski , R. Schnabel , R. M. S. Schofield , E. Schwartz , D. Sellers , T. Shaffer , R. W. Short , D. Sigg , B. J. J. Slagmolen , C. Soike , S. Soni , V. Srivastava , L. Sun , D. B. Tanner , M. Thomas , P. Thomas , K. A. Thorne , M. R. Todd , C. I. Torrie , G. Traylor , A. S. Ubhi , G. Vajente , J. Vanosky , A. Vecchio , P. J. Veitch , A. M. Vibhute , E. R. G. von Reis , J. Warner , B. Weaver , R. Weiss , C. Whittle , B. Willke , C. C. Wipf , J. L. Wright , H. Yamamoto , L. Zhang , M. E. Zucker

Low Latency transient search of Gravitational Waves for the Advanced Detectors

The reliability of the first detection is one of the most interesting challenges for the gravitational wave community. To increase the detection confidence, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations have already started coincident observations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-02 Marco Drago

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the third Advanced LIGO-Virgo run with coherent WaveBurst enhanced by Machine Learning

This paper presents a search for generic short-duration gravitational-wave (GW) transients (or GW bursts) in the data from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. We use coherent WaveBurst (cWB) pipeline enhanced with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-15 Marek J. Szczepańczyk , Francesco Salemi , Sophie Bini , Tanmaya Mishra , Gabriele Vedovato , V. Gayathri , Imre Bartos , Shubhagata Bhaumik , Marco Drago , Odysse Halim , Claudia Lazzaro , Andrea Miani , Edoardo Milotti , Giovanni A. Prodi , Shubhanshu Tiwari , Sergey Klimenko

Planned search for LIGO-GBM coincidence in the first advanced LIGO data run

In the fall of 2015 the first scientific observing run (O1) of the advanced LIGO detectors will be conducted. Based on the recent commissioning progress at the LIGO Hanford and Livingston sites, the gravitational wave detector range for a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-09 Jordan Camp , Lindy Blackburn , Michael Briggs , Nelson Christensen , Valerie Connaughton , Leo Singer , Peter Shawhan , John Veitch

Localization of short duration gravitational-wave transients with the early advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo, advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, will begin collecting science data in 2015. With first detections expected to follow, it is important to quantify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-11 Reed Essick , Salvatore Vitale , Erik Katsavounidis , Gabriele Vedovato , Sergey Klimenko

Posterior samples of the parameters of binary black holes from Advanced LIGO, Virgo's second observing run

This paper presents a parameter estimation analysis of the seven binary black hole mergers---GW170104, GW170608, GW170729, GW170809, GW170814, GW170818, and GW170823---detected during the second observing run of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 Soumi De , Christopher M. Biwer , Collin D. Capano , Alexander H. Nitz , Duncan A. Brown

Performance of the low-latency GstLAL inspiral search towards LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA's fourth observing run

GstLAL is a stream-based matched-filtering search pipeline aiming at the prompt discovery of gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences such as the mergers of black holes and neutron stars. Over the past three observation runs by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-14 Becca Ewing , Rachael Huxford , Divya Singh , Leo Tsukada , Chad Hanna , Yun-Jing Huang , Prathamesh Joshi , Alvin K. Y. Li , Ryan Magee , Cody Messick , Alex Pace , Anarya Ray , Surabhi Sachdev , Shio Sakon , Ron Tapia , Shomik Adhicary , Pratyusava Baral , Amanda Baylor , Kipp Cannon , Sarah Caudill , Sushant Sharma Chaudhary , Michael W. Coughlin , Bryce Cousins , Jolien D. E. Creighton , Reed Essick , Heather Fong , Richard N. George , Patrick Godwin , Reiko Harada , James Kennington , Soichiro Kuwahara , Duncan Meacher , Soichiro Morisaki , Debnandini Mukherjee , Wanting Niu , Cort Posnansky , Andrew Toivonen , Takuya Tsutsui , Koh Ueno , Aaron Viets , Leslie Wade , Madeline Wade , Gaurav Waratkar

TOROS Optical follow-up of the Advanced LIGO-VIRGO O2 second observational campaign

We present the results of the optical follow-up, conducted by the TOROS collaboration, of gravitational wave events detected during the Advanced LIGO-Virgo second observing run (Nov 2016 -- Aug 2017). Given the limited field of view…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-11 Rodolfo Artola , Martin Beroiz , Juan Cabral , Richard Camuccio , Moises Castillo , Vahram Chavushyan , Carlos Colazo , Hector Cuevas Larenas , Darren L. DePoy , Mario C. Díaz , Mariano Domínguez , Deborah Dultzin , Daniela Fernández , Antonio C. Ferreyra , Aldo Fonrouge , José Franco , Darío Graña , Carla Girardini , Sebastián Gurovich , Antonio Kanaan , Diego G. Lambas , Marcelo Lares , Alejandro F. Hinojosa , Andrea Hinojosa , Americo F. Hinojosa , Omar López-Cruz , Lucas M. Macri , Jennifer L. Marshall , Raul Melia , Wendy Mendoza , José L. Nilo Castellón , Nelson Padilla , Victor Perez , Tania Peñuela , Wahltyn Rattray , Víctor Renzi , Emmanuel Ríos-López , Amelia Ramírez Rivera , Tiago Ribeiro , Horacio Rodriguez , Bruno Sánchez , Matías Schneiter , William Schoenell , Manuel Starck , Rubén Vrech , Cecilia Quiñones , Luis Tapia , Marina Tornatore , Sergio Torres-Flores , Ervin Vilchis , Adam Zadrożny

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run

The fourth science run of the LIGO and GEO 600 gravitational-wave detectors, carried out in early 2005, collected data with significantly lower noise than previous science runs. We report on a search for short-duration gravitational-wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Observational limits on the rate of radiation-driven binary black hole capture events

Dense astrophysical environments like globular clusters and galactic nuclei can host hyperbolic encounters of black holes which can lead to gravitational-wave driven capture. There are several astrophysical models which predict a fraction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-16 Michael Ebersold , Shubhanshu Tiwari , Leigh Smith , Yeong-Bok Bae , Gungwong Kang , Daniel Williams , Achamveedu Gopakumar , Ik Siong Heng , Maria Haney

Characterizing Low-Latency Sky Localization in Multi-Detector Gravitational-Wave Networks

Low-latency analyses of gravitational-wave (GW) data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA enable rapid detection of compact binary coalescences (CBC) and prompt sky localization, essential for electromagnetic follow-up in multi-messenger astronomy.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-28 Amazigh Ouzriat , Viola Sordini , Francesco Di Renzo

Comparing advanced-era interferometric gravitational-wave detector network configurations: sky localization and source properties

The expansion and upgrade of the global network of ground-based gravitational wave detectors promises to improve our capacity to infer the sky-localization of transient sources, enabling more effective multi-messenger follow-ups. At the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-29 Mattia Emma , Tiago Fernandes de Nobrega , Gregory Ashton