Methods for Reducing False Alarms in Searches for Compact Binary Coalescences in LIGO Data
Abstract
The LIGO detectors are sensitive to a variety of noise transients of non-astrophysical origin. Instrumental glitches and environmental disturbances increase the false alarm rate in the searches for gravitational waves. Using times already identified when the interferometers produced data of questionable quality, or when the channels that monitor the interferometer indicated non-stationarity, we have developed techniques to safely and effectively veto false triggers from the compact binary coalescences search pipeline.
Recommended Citation
J. Slutsky et al., "Methods for Reducing False Alarms in Searches for Compact Binary Coalescences in LIGO Data," Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 27, no. 16, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, Jul 2010.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/16/165023
Department(s)
Physics
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0264-9381
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2010
Comments
This work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation grants PHY-0457622 (NZ, TR), PHY-0553422 (NC, TI, MC, JC), PHY-0555406 (KR), PHY-0600259 (JRS), PHY-0605496 (GG, JS), PHY-0653550 (LC), PHY-0653462 (SD), PHY-0757937 (MC, BR), PHY-0757957 (PS), PHY-0847611(DAB), PHY-0854790(NC, TI, MC, JC) and PHY-0905184 (GG, JS).