TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run
AU - The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - Virgo Collaboration
AU - Aasi, J.
AU - Grover, Kat
AU - Mandel, Ilya
AU - Vecchio, Alberto
PY - 2015/6/11
Y1 - 2015/6/11
N2 - In 2009–2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination of noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its environment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the GW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments during this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their data, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have on the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources.
AB - In 2009–2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination of noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its environment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the GW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments during this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their data, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have on the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources.
KW - LIGO
KW - gravitational waves
KW - detector characterization
UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000355238400013&KeyUID=WOS:000355238400013
U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012
DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-9381
VL - 32
JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity
JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity
IS - 11
M1 - 115012
ER -