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LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of gravitational waves holds the promise of testing general relativity in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-29 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , B. Abbott

The Detection of Gravitational Waves with LIGO

Gravitational wave emission is expected to arise from a variety of astrophysical phenomena. A new generation of detectors with sensitivity consistent with expectation from such sources is being developed. The Laser Interferometer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Barry C. Barish

LIGO's "Science Reach"

Technical discussions of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) sensitivity often focus on its effective sensitivity to gravitational waves in a given band; nevertheless, the goal of the LIGO Project is to ``do…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Lee Samuel Finn

Listening to the Universe with Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

The LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) detectors have just completed their first science run, following many years of planning, research, and development. LIGO is a member of what will be a worldwide network of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Scott A. Hughes

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory Scientific Data Archive

LIGO --- The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory --- is one of several large projects being undertaken in the United States, Europe and Japan to detect gravitational radiation. The novelty and precision of these instruments…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Lee Samuel Finn

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observa- tory (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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-06 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , The Virgo Collaboration , J. Aasi , J. Abadie , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. Abbott , M. R. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , C. Adams , T. Adams , R. X. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , M. Agathos , N. Aggarwal , O. D. Aguiar , P. Ajith , B. Allen , A. Allocca , E. Amador. Ceron , D. Amariutei , R. A. Anderson , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. C. Araya , C. Arceneaux , J. Areeda , S. Ast , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , L. Austin , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. T. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. W. Ballmer , J. C. Barayoga , D. Barker , S. H. Barnum , F. Barone , B. Barr , L. Barsotti , M. Barsuglia , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , R. Bassiri , A. Basti , J. Batch , J. Bauchrowitz , Th. S. Bauer , M. Bebronne , B. Behnke , M. Bejger , M. G. Beker , A. S. Bell , C. Bell , I. Belopolski , G. Bergmann , J. M. Berliner , A. Bertolini , D. Bessis , J. Betzwieser , P. T. Beyersdorf , T. Bhadbhade , I. A. Bilenko , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , E. Black , J. K. Blackburn , L. Blackburn , D. Blair , M. Blom , O. Bock , T. P. Bodiya , M. Boer , C. Bogan , C. Bond , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , R. Bork , M. Born , S. Bose , L. Bosi , J. Bowers , C. Bradaschia , P. R. Brady , V. B. Braginsky , M. Branchesi , C. A. Brannen , J. E. Brau , J. Breyer , T. Briant , D. O. Bridges , A. Brillet , M. Brinkmann , V. Brisson , M. Britzger , A. F. Brooks , D. A. Brown , D. D. Brown , F. Bruckner , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , A. Buonanno , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , R. L. Byer , L. Cadonati , G. Cagnoli , J. Calderon. Bustillo , E. Calloni , J. B. Camp , P. Campsie , K. C. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , L. Carbone , S. Caride , A. Castiglia , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglia , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , R. Chakraborty , T. Chalermsongsak , S. Chao , P. Charlton , E. 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Gravitational Wave Detection and Information Extraction via Neural Networks

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…

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Demonstration of a next-generation wavefront actuator for gravitational-wave detection

In the last decade, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the European Virgo observatory have opened a new observational window on the universe. These cavity-enhanced laser interferometers sense spacetime…

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Communicating the gravitational-wave discoveries of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has made breakthrough discoveries in gravitational-wave astronomy, a new field that provides a different means of observing our Universe. Gravitational-wave discoveries are possible thanks to the…

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Multimessenger Astronomy

Multimessenger astronomy incorporating gravitational radiation is a new and exciting field that will potentially provide significant results and exciting challenges in the near future. With advanced interferometric gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-13 N. L. Christensen

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

Beyond GWTC-3: Analysing and verifying new gravitational-wave events from community catalogues

The public release of data from the LIGO and Virgo detectors has enabled the identification of potential gravitational wave signals by independent teams using alternative methodologies. In addition to the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK)…

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Searching for Intelligent Life in Gravitational Wave Signals Part I: Present Capabilities and Future Horizons

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

Gravitational Waves

This article reviews current efforts and plans for gravitational-wave detection, the gravitational-wave sources that might be detected, and the information that the detectors might extract from the observed waves. Special attention is paid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kip S. Thorne

Challenges and Opportunities of Gravitational Wave Searches above 10 kHz

The first direct measurement of gravitational waves by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has opened up new avenues to explore our Universe. This white paper outlines the challenges and gains expected in gravitational-wave searches at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-04 Nancy Aggarwal , Odylio D. Aguiar , Diego Blas , Andreas Bauswein , Giancarlo Cella , Sebastian Clesse , Adrian Michael Cruise , Valerie Domcke , Sebastian Ellis , Daniel G. Figueroa , Gabriele Franciolini , Camilo Garcia-Cely , Andrew Geraci , Maxim Goryachev , Hartmut Grote , Mark Hindmarsh , Asuka Ito , Joachim Kopp , Sung Mook Lee , Killian Martineau , Jamie McDonald , Francesco Muia , Nikhil Mukund , David Ottaway , Marco Peloso , Krisztian Peters , Fernando Quevedo , Angelo Ricciardone , Andreas Ringwald , Jessica Steinlechner , Sebastian Steinlechner , Sichun Sun , Carlos Tamarit , Michael E. Tobar , Francisco Torrenti , Caner Ünal , Graham White

A Cryogenic Silicon Interferometer for Gravitational-wave Detection

The detection of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers by LIGO has opened the era of gravitational wave astronomy, revealing a previously hidden side of the cosmos. To maximize the reach of the existing LIGO observatory…

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Gravity Spy: Integrating Advanced LIGO Detector Characterization, Machine Learning, and Citizen Science

(abridged for arXiv) With the first direct detection of gravitational waves, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has initiated a new field of astronomy by providing an alternate means of sensing the…

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A Gravitational Wave Detector with Cosmological Reach

Twenty years ago, construction began on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Advanced LIGO, with a factor of ten better design sensitivity than Initial LIGO, will begin taking data this year, and should soon make…

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Data Access for LIGO on the OSG

During 2015 and 2016, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) conducted a three-month observing campaign. These observations delivered the first direct detection of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers.…

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Searching for gravitational waves with the LIGO and Virgo interferometers

The first generation of ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors, LIGO, GEO and Virgo, have operated and taken data at their design sensitivities over the last few years. The data has been examined for the presence of…

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