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Many traditional algorithms applied in gravitational-wave astronomy rely on the assumption of Gaussian noise, a condition not always met. To meet this need, this study extends a robust statistical framework, advancing previous work on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-26 Argyro Sasli , Minas Karamanis , Nikolaos Karnesis , Michael W. Coughlin , Vuk Mandic , Uroš Seljak , Nikolaos Stergioulas

The speed of gravitational waves $v_g$ can be measured with the time delay between gravitational-wave detectors. Our study provides a more precise measurement of $v_g$ using gravitational-wave signals only, compared with previous studies.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-03 Anarya Ray , Pinchen Fan , Vincent F. He , Malachy Bloom , Suyu Michael Yang , Jay D. Tasson , Jolien D. E. Creighton

Gravitational waves (GWs) propagating through the universe can be microlensed by stellar and intermediate-mass objects. Lensing induces frequency-dependent amplification of GWs, which can be computed using \texttt{GLoW}, an accurate code…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Marienza Caldarola , Srashti Goyal , Nihar Gupte , Stephen R. Green , Miguel Zumalacárregui

Gravitational-wave searches for cosmic strings are currently hindered by the presence of detector glitches, some classes of which strongly resemble cosmic string signals. This confusion greatly reduces the efficiency of searches. A…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-23 Quirijn Meijer , Melissa Lopez , Daichi Tsuna , Sarah Caudill

Transient noise (glitches) in LIGO data hinders the detection of gravitational waves (GW). The Gravity Spy project has categorized these noise events into various classes. With the O3 run, there is the inclusion of two additional noise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Divyansh Srivastava , Andrzej Niedzielski

Precision timing of highly stable milli-second pulsars is a promising technique for the detection of very low frequency sources of gravitational waves. In any single pulsar, a stochastic gravitational wave signal appears as an additional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-01 Neil J. Cornish , Laura M. Sampson

With increasing sensitivity of the gravitational wave (GW) detectors, we expect a significant rise in the detectable GW events. To process, analyse and identify such large amounts of GW signals arising from mergers of Binary Black Holes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Soorya Narayan , Anupreeta More , Sunil Choudhary , Sudhagar Suyamprakasam , Sukanta Bose

We show that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a powerful instrument in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). LIGO's ability to detect gravitational waves (GWs) from astrophysical sources, such…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-27 Luke Sellers , Alexey Bobrick , Gianni Martire , Michael Andrews , Manfred Paulini

We assess total-variation methods to denoise gravitational-wave signals in real noise conditions, by injecting numerical-relativity waveforms from core-collapse supernovae and binary black hole mergers in data from the first observing run…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Alejandro Torres-Forné , Elena Cuoco , Antonio Marquina , José A. Font , José M. Ibáñez

Gravitational waves (GWs) are unique messengers as they travel through the Universe without alteration except for gravitational lensing. Their long wavelengths make them susceptible to diffraction by cosmic structures, providing an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-12 Juno C. L. Chan , Jose María Ezquiaga , Rico K. L. Lo , Joey Bowman , Lorena Magaña Zertuche , Luka Vujeva

The sensitivity of gravitational wave searches is reduced by the presence of non-Gaussian noise in the detector data. These non-Gaussianities often match well with the template waveforms used in matched filter searches, and require…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-26 Connor McIsaac , Ian Harry

Multi-messenger searches for gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos provide important insights into the dynamics of and particle acceleration by black holes and neutron stars. With LIGO's third observing period (O3), the number of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Azadeh Keivani , Doga Veske , Stefan Countryman , Imre Bartos , K. Rainer Corley , Zsuzsa Marka , Szabolcs Marka

In recent years, much work have studied the use of convolutional neural networks for gravitational-wave detection. However little work pay attention to whether the transient noise can trigger the CNN model or not. In this paper, we study…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-08 Chao Zhan , Mingzhen Jia , Cunliang Ma , Zhongliang Lu , Wenbin Lin

Continuous gravitational wave signals, like those expected by asymmetric spinning neutron stars, are among the most promising targets for LIGO and Virgo detectors. The development of fast and robust data analysis methods is crucial to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-13 O. J. Piccinni , S. Frasca , P. Astone , S. D'Antonio , G. Intini , P. Leaci , S. Mastrogiovanni , A. Miller , C. Palomba , A. Singhal

The data taken by the advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detectors contains short duration noise transients that limit the significance of astrophysical detections and reduce the duty cycle of the instruments. As the advanced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Jade Powell , Alejandro Torres-Forné , Ryan Lynch , Daniele Trifirò , Elena Cuoco , Marco Cavaglià , Ik Siong Heng , José A. Font

Transient non-gaussian noise in gravitational wave detectors, commonly referred to as glitches, pose challenges for inference of the astrophysical properties of detected signals when the two are coincident in time. Current analyses aim…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-17 Katerina Chatziioannou , Neil Cornish , Marcella Wijngaarden , Tyson B. Littenberg

The direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO has confirmed general relativity (GR) and sparked rapid growth in gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. However, subtle post-Newtonian (PN) deviations observed during the analysis of high…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-11 Yu-Xin Wang , Xiaotong Wei , Chun-Yue Li , Tian-Yang Sun , Shang-Jie Jin , He Wang , Jing-Lei Cui , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

This paper presents an adaptable, parallelizable method for subtracting linearly coupled noise from Advanced LIGO data. We explain the features developed to ensure that the process is robust enough to handle the variability present in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-27 D. Davis , T. J. Massinger , A. P. Lundgren , J. C. Driggers , A. L. Urban , L. K. Nuttall

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) was the first laboratory to measure the gravitational waves. It was needed an exceptional experimental design to measure distance changes much less than a radius of a proton. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-24 Gerson R. Santos , Marcela P. Figueiredo , Antonio de Pádua Santos , Pavlos Protopapas , Tiago A. E. Ferreira

Gravitational wave (GW) detection is of paramount importance in fundamental physics and GW astronomy, yet it presents formidable challenges. One significant challenge is the removal of noise transient artifacts known as glitches, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-10 Chun-Yu Xiong , Tian-Yang Sun , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang