Investigation of Noise Transients in the Advanced LIGO Calibration Model
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Abstract
LIGO searches for gravitational waves in calibrated data using time-dependent calibration parameters. In this project, we looked for significant fluctuations in these parameters during the second observing run. Large fluctuations in these parameters may indicate a significant error in the Advanced LIGO strain calculations during a gravitational wave measurement, which would impact the determination of the astrophysical source that produced the gravitational wave signal.
*We thank the National Science Foundation for supporting this work through the REU Site in Physics & Astronomy (NSF grant #1560212) at Louisiana State University. We also thank the LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy for additional support.
Presenters
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Jane B Glanzer
- Minnesota State University Moorhead