L Blackburn et al 2008 Class. Quantum Grav. 25 184004 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/18/184004
L Blackburn1, L Cadonati2, S Caride3, S Caudill4, S Chatterji5, N Christensen3, J Dalrymple6, S Desai7, A Di Credico6, G Ely3, J Garofoli8, L Goggin5, G González4, R Gouaty4, C Gray8, A Gretarsson9, D Hoak10, T Isogai3, E Katsavounidis1, J Kissel4, S Klimenko11, R A Mercer11, S Mohapatra2, S Mukherjee12, F Raab8, K Riles13, P Saulson6, R Schofield14, P Shawhan15, J Slutsky4, J R Smith6, R Stone12, C Vorvick8, M Zanolin9, N Zotov16 and J Zweizig5
Show affiliationsThe LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) glitch group is part of the LIGO detector characterization effort. It consists of data analysts and detector experts who, during and after science runs, collaborate for a better understanding of noise transients in the detectors. Goals of the glitch group during the fifth LIGO science run (S5) included (1) offline assessment of the detector data quality, with focus on noise transients, (2) veto recommendations for astrophysical analysis and (3) feedback to the commissioning team on anomalies seen in gravitational wave and auxiliary data channels. Other activities included the study of auto-correlation of triggers from burst searches, stationarity of the detector noise and veto studies. The group identified causes for several noise transients that triggered false alarms in the gravitational wave searches; the times of such transients were identified and vetoed from the data generating the LSC astrophysical results.
Issue 18 (21 September 2008)
Received 4 April 2008, in final form 16 June 2008
Published 2 September 2008
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