http://authors.library.caltech.edu/11581/ The LSC glitch group: monitoring noise transients during the fifth LIGO science run The 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. Blackburn, L. Cadonati, L. Caride, L. Caudill, S. Chatterji, S. Christensen, N. Dalrymple, J. Desai, S. Di Credico, A. Ely, G. Garofoli, J. Goggin, L. González, G. Gouaty, R. Gray, C. Gretarsson, A. Hoak, D. Isogai, T. Katsavounidis, E. Kissel, J. Klimenko, S. Mercer, R. A. Mohapatra, S. Mukherjee, S. Raab, F. Riles, K. Saulson, P. Schofield, R. Shawhan, P. Slutsky, J. Smith, J. R. Stone, R. Vorvick, C. Zanolin, M. Zotov, N. Zweizig, J. cls HASH(0xe0f6728) The LSC glitch group: monitoring noise transients during the fifth LIGO science run 2008-09-08T21:03:28Z Blackburn, L. and Cadonati, L. and Caride, L. and Caudill, S. and Chatterji, S. and Christensen, N. and Dalrymple, J. and Desai, S. and Di Credico, A. and Ely, G. and Garofoli, J. and Goggin, L. and González, G. and Gouaty, R. and Gray, C. and Gretarsson, A. and Hoak, D. and Isogai, T. and Katsavounidis, E. and Kissel, J. and Klimenko, S. and Mercer, R. A. and Mohapatra, S. and Mukherjee, S. and Raab, F. and Riles, K. and Saulson, P. and Schofield, R. and Shawhan, P. and Slutsky, J. and Smith, J. R. and Stone, R. and Vorvick, C. and Zanolin, M. and Zotov, N. and Zweizig, J. (2008) The LSC glitch group: monitoring noise transients during the fifth LIGO science run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25 (18). Art. No. 184004. ISSN 0264-9381 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BLAcqg08 <http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BLAcqg08> application/pdf