Published July 7, 2016
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Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914
- Creators
- Abbott, B. P.
- Abbott, R.
- Abernathy, M. R.
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Adhikari, R. X.
- Anderson, S. B.
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Arai, K.
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Araya, M. C.
- Barayoga, J. C.
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Barish, B. C.
- Berger, B. K.
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Billingsley, G.
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Blackburn, J. K.
- Bodiya, T. P.
- Bork, R.
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Brooks, A. F.
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Cahillane, C.
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Callister, T. A.
- Cepeda, C. B.
- Chakraborty, R.
- Chalermsongsak, T.
- Couvares, P.
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Coyne, D. C.
- Dergachev, V.
- Drever, R. W. P.
- Ehrens, P.
- Etzel, T.
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Gossan, S. E.
- Gushwa, K. E.
- Gustafson, E. K.
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Hall, E. D.
- Heptonstall, A. W.
- Hodge, K. A.
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Isi, M.
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Kanner, J. B.
- Kells, W.
- Kondrashov, V.
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Korth, W. Z.
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Kozak, D. B.
- Lazzarini, A.
- Li, T. G. F.
- Mageswaran, M.
- Maros, E.
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Martynov, D. V.
- Marx, J. N.
- McIntyre, G.
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McIver, J.
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Meshkov, S.
- Pedraza, M.
- Perreca, A.
- Price, L. R.
- Quintero, E. A.
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Reitze, D. H.
- Robertson, N. A.
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Rollins, J. G.
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Sachdev, S.
- Sanchez, E. J.
- Schmidt, P.
- Shao, Z.
- Singer, A.
- Smith, N. D.
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Smith, R. J. E.
- Taylor, R.
- Thirugnanasambandam, M. P.
- Torrie, C. I.
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Vajente, G.
- Vass, S.
- Wallace, L.
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Weinstein, A. J.
- Whitcomb, S.
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Williams, R. D.
- Wipf, C. C.
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Yamamoto, H.
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Zhang, L.
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Zucker, M. E.
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Zweizig, J.
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- Virgo Collaboration
Abstract
On 14 September 2015, a gravitational wave signal from a coalescing black hole binary system was observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors. This paper describes the transient noise backgrounds used to determine the significance of the event (designated GW150914) and presents the results of investigations into potential correlated or uncorrelated sources of transient noise in the detectors around the time of the event. The detectors were operating nominally at the time of GW150914. We have ruled out environmental influences and non-Gaussian instrument noise at either LIGO detector as the cause of the observed gravitational wave signal.
Additional Information
© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 12 February 2016. Accepted for publication 29 April 2016. Published 6 June 2016. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory and Advanced LIGO as well as the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society (MPS), and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction of Advanced LIGO and construction and operation of the GEO600 detector. Additional support for Advanced LIGO was provided by the Australian Research Council. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector and the creation and support of the EGO consortium. The authors also gratefully acknowledge research support from these agencies as well as by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, Department of Science and Technology, India, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, the Spanish Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad, the Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d'Educació Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the National Science Centre of Poland, the European Commission, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), the Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO), the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Leverhulme Trust, the Research Corporation, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan and the Kavli Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF, STFC, MPS, INFN, CNRS and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for provision of computational resources.Attached Files
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- PMC7477940
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- 69108
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20160719-091616403
- NSF
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Max-Planck-Society (MPS)
- State of Niedersachsen/Germany
- Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)
- Department of Science and Technology (India)
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
- Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
- Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat
- Conselleria d'Educació Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears
- National Science Centre (Poland)
- European Commission
- Royal Society
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
- Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO)
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Industry Canada
- Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
- Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação e Comunicação
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- Leverhulme Trust
- Research Corporation
- Ministry of Science and Technology (Taipei)
- Kavli Foundation
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