Methods for reducing false alarms in searches for compact binary coalescences in LIGO data

Authors

J. Slutsky, Louisiana State University
L. Blackburn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
D. A. Brown, Syracuse University
L. Cadonati, University of Massachusetts Amherst
J. Cain, University of Mississippi
M. Cavaglià, University of Mississippi
S. Chatterji, California Institute of Technology
N. Christensen, Carleton College, USA
M. Coughlin, Carleton College, USA
S. Desai, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
G. González, Louisiana State University
T. Isogai, Carleton College, USA
E. Katsavounidis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B. Rankins, University of Mississippi
T. Reed, Louisiana Tech University
K. Riles, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
P. Shawhan, University of Maryland, College Park
J. R. Smith, Syracuse University
N. Zotov, Louisiana Tech University
J. Zweizig, California Institute of Technology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-16-2010

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. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Recommended Citation

Slutsky, J., Blackburn, L., Brown, D., Cadonati, L., Cain, J., Cavaglià, M., Chatterji, S., Christensen, N., Coughlin, M., Desai, S., González, G., Isogai, T., Katsavounidis, E., Rankins, B., Reed, T., Riles, K., Shawhan, P., Smith, J., Zotov, N., & Zweizig, J. (2010). Methods for reducing false alarms in searches for compact binary coalescences in LIGO data. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27 (16) https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/16/165023