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Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914
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posted on 2023-05-21, 11:39 authored by Abbott, BP, Abbott, R, Karelle SiellezKarelle Siellez, Zweizig, JOn 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.
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Publication title
Classical and Quantum GravityVolume
33Issue
13Article number
134001Number
134001Pagination
1-35ISSN
0264-9381Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Iop Publishing LtdPlace of publication
Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol, England, Bs1 6BeRights statement
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