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The LIGO observatories detect gravitational waves through monitoring changes in the detectors' length down to below $10^{-19}$\,$m/\sqrt{Hz}$ variation---a small fraction of the size of the atoms that make up the detector. To achieve this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Robert E. Colgan , K. Rainer Corley , Yenson Lau , Imre Bartos , John N. Wright , Zsuzsa Marka , Szabolcs Marka

Transient noise glitches in gravitational-wave detector data limit the sensitivity of searches and contaminate detected signals. In this Paper, we show how glitches can be simulated using generative adversarial networks. We produce hundreds…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Jade Powell , Ling Sun , Katinka Gereb , Paul D. Lasky , Markus Dollmann

Gravitational wave interferometers are disrupted by various types of nonstationary noise, referred to as glitch noise, that affect data analysis and interferometer sensitivity. The accurate identification and classification of glitch noise…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-17 Shoichi Oshino , Yusuke Sakai , Marco Meyer-Conde , Takashi Uchiyama , Yousuke Itoh , Yutaka Shikano , Yoshikazu Terada , Hirotaka Takahashi

We present a new ${\it{gating}}$ method to remove non-Gaussian noise transients in gravitational wave data. The method does not rely on any a-priori knowledge on the amplitude or duration of the transient events. In light of the character…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-02 Benjamin Steltner , Maria Alessandra Papa , Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein

Transient noise ("glitches") in gravitational wave detectors can mimic or obscure true signals, significantly reducing detection sensitivity. Identifying and excluding glitch-contaminated data segments is therefore crucial for enhancing the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-28 T. Akutsu , M. Ando , M. Aoumi , A. Araya , Y. Aso , L. Baiotti , R. Bajpai , K. Cannon , A. H. -Y. Chen , D. Chen , H. Chen , A. Chiba , C. Chou , M. Eisenmann , K. Endo , T. Fujimori , S. Garg , D. Haba , S. Haino , R. Harada , H. Hayakawa , K. Hayama , S. Fujii , Y. Himemoto , N. Hirata , C. Hirose , H. -F. Hsieh , H. -Y. Hsieh , C. Hsiung , S. -H. Hsu , K. Ide , R. Iden , S. Ikeda , H. Imafuku , R. Ishikawa , Y. Itoh , M. Iwaya , H-B. Jin , K. Jung , T. Kajita , I. Kaku , M. Kamiizumi , N. Kanda , H. Kato , T. Kato , R. Kawamoto , S. Kim , K. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , K. Kokeyama , K. Komori , A. K. H. Kong , T. Koyama , J. Kume , S. Kuroyanagi , S. Kuwahara , K. Kwak , S. Kwon , H. W. Lee , R. Lee , S. Lee , K. L. Li , L. C. -C. Lin , E. T. Lin , Y. -C. Lin , G. C. Liu , K. Maeda , M. Meyer-Conde , Y. Michimura , K. Mitsuhashi , O. Miyakawa , S. Miyoki , S. Morisaki , Y. Moriwaki , M. Murakoshi , K. Nakagaki , K. Nakamura , H. Nakano , T. Narikawa , L. Naticchioni , L. Nguyen Quynh , Y. Nishino , A. Nishizawa , K. Obayashi , M. Ohashi , M. Onishi , K. Oohara , S. Oshino , R. Ozaki , M. A. Page , K. -C. Pan , B. -J. Park , J. Park , F. E. Pena Arellano , N. Ruhama , S. Saha , K. Sakai , Y. Sakai , R. Sato , S. Sato , Y. Sato , Y. Sato , T. Sawada , Y. Sekiguchi , N. Sembo , L. Shao , Z. -H. Shi , R. Shimomura , H. Shinkai , S. Singh , K. Somiya , I. Song , H. Sotani , Y. Sudo , K. Suzuki , M. Suzuki , H. Tagoshi , K. Takada , H. Takahashi , R. Takahashi , A. Takamori , S. Takano , H. Takeda , K. Takeshita , M. Tamaki , K. Tanaka , S. J. Tanaka , A. Taruya , T. Tomaru , T. Tomura , S. Tsuchida , N. Uchikata , T. Uchiyama , T. Uehara , K. Ueno , T. Ushiba , H. Wang , T. Washimi , C. Wu , H. Wu , K. Yamamoto , T. Yamamoto , T. S. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , Y. Yang , S. -W. Yeh , J. Yokoyama , T. Yokozawa , H. Yuzurihara , Z. -C. Zhao , Z. -H. Zhu , Y. -M Kim

Transient noise artifacts, or glitches, fundamentally limit the sensitivity of gravitational-wave (GW) interferometers and can mimic true astrophysical signals, particularly the short-duration intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) mergers.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-29 Suyash Deshmukh , Chayan Chatterjee , Abigail Petulante , Tabata Aira Ferreira , Karan Jani

Gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy has advanced our understanding of compact mergers through instruments like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). However, the extreme sensitivity required for these detections…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-02 Bri Aleman , Derek Davis

Gravitational wave bursts are transient signals distinct from compact binary mergers that arise from a wide variety of astrophysical phenomena. Because most of these phenomena are poorly modeled, the use of traditional search methods such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-18 Vincent Boudart

The observation of transient gravitational waves is hindered by the presence of transient noise, colloquially referred to as glitches. These glitches can often be misidentified as gravitational waves by searches for unmodeled transients…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-16 Siddharth Soni , Ethan Marx , Erik Katsavounidis , Reed Essick , G. S. Cabourn Davies , Patrick Brockill , Michael W. Coughlin , Shaon Ghosh , Patrick Godwin

Glitches are non-Gaussian noise transients originating from environmental and instrumental sources that contaminate data from gravitational wave detectors. Some glitches can even mimic gravitational wave signals from compact object mergers,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-01 Tabata Aira Ferreira , Gabriela González

The recent advances in Gravitational-wave astronomy have greatly accelerated the study of Multimessenger astrophysics. There is a need for the development of fast and efficient algorithms to detect non-astrophysical transients and noises…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-28 Rahul Nigam , Amit Mishra , Pranath Reddy

Gravitational-wave observatories become more sensitive with each observing run, increasing the number of detected gravitational-wave signals. A limiting factor in identifying these signals is the presence of transient non-Gaussian noise,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-14 Ruxandra Bondarescu , Andrew Lundgren , Ronaldas Macas

In the data obtained by laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors, transient noise with non-stationary and non-Gaussian features occurs at a high rate. This often results in problems such as detector instability and the hiding…

The Gravitational waves have opened a new window on the Universe and paved the way to a new era of multimessenger observations of cosmic sources. Second-generation ground-based detectors such as Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo have been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-13 M. Razzano , F. Di Renzo , F. Fidecaro , G. Hemming , S. Katsanevas

The two interferometric LIGO gravitational-wave observatories provide the most sensitive data to date to study the gravitational-wave Universe. As part of a global network, they have just completed their third observing run in which they…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-24 Gregory Ashton , Sarah Thiele , Yannick Lecoeuche , Jess McIver , Laura K Nuttall

The detection of gravitational waves has opened unparalleled opportunities for observing the universe, particularly through the study of black hole inspirals. These events serve as unique laboratories to explore the laws of physics under…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-22 Beka Modrekiladze

Advanced LIGO data contains numerous noise transients, or "glitches", that have been shown to reduce the sensitivity of matched filter searches for gravitational waves from compact binaries by increasing the rate at which random…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-26 Derek Davis , Laurel V. White , Peter R. Saulson

"Glitches" -- transient noise artifacts in the data collected by gravitational wave interferometers like LIGO and Virgo -- are an ever-present obstacle for the search and characterization of gravitational wave signals. With some having…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-21 Jonathan Merritt , Ben Farr , Rachel Hur , Bruce Edelman , Zoheyr Doctor

The quest to observe gravitational waves challenges our ability to discriminate signals from detector noise. This issue is especially relevant for transient gravitational waves searches with a robust eyes wide open approach, the so called…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-19 S. Vinciguerra , M. Drago , G. A. Prodi , S. Klimenko , C. Lazzaro , V. Necula , F. Salemi , V. Tiwari , M. C. Tringali , G. Vedovato

Gravitational waves, first predicted by Albert Einstein within the framework of general relativity, were confirmed in 2015 by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration, marking a pivotal breakthrough in astrophysics. Despite this achievement, a key…

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