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

J. Slutsky; L. Blackburn; D. A. Brown; L. Cadonati; J. Cain; M. Cavaglià; S. Chatterji; N. Christensen; M. Coughlin; S. Desai; G. González; T. Isogai; E. Katsavounidis; B. Rankins; T. Reed; K. Riles; P. Shawhan; J. R. Smith; N. Zotov; J. Zweizig

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

J. Slutsky, L. Blackburn, D. A. Brown, L. Cadonati, J. Cain, M. Cavaglià, S. Chatterji, N. Christensen, M. Coughlin, S. Desai, G. González, T. Isogai, E. Katsavounidis, B. Rankins, T. Reed, K. Riles, P. Shawhan, J. R. Smith, N. Zotov, J. Zweizig

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	165023
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	27
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/16/165023
State	Published - 2010
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Slutsky, J., Blackburn, L., Brown, D. A., 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. R., 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), Article 165023. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/16/165023

Slutsky, J, Blackburn, L, Brown, DA, 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, JR, Zotov, N & Zweizig, J 2010, 'Methods for reducing false alarms in searches for compact binary coalescences in LIGO data', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 27, no. 16, 165023. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/16/165023

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

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