Abstract
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo are monitoring the sky and collecting gravitational-wave strain data with sufficient sensitivity to detect signals routinely. In this paper we describe the data recorded by these instruments during their first and second observing runs. The main data products are gravitational-wave strain time series sampled at 16384 Hz. The datasets that include this strain measurement can be freely accessed through the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center at http://gw-openscience.org, together with data-quality information essential for the analysis of LIGO and Virgo data, documentation, tutorials, and supporting software.
Recommended Citation
R. Abbott et al., "Open Data from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo," SoftwareX, vol. 13, Elsevier, Jan 2021.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100658
Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
Data representation and management; Gravitational Waves; GWOSC; Scientific databases
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2352-7110
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2021 The Authors, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2021
