Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

Authors

R. AbbottFollow
T. D. AbbottFollow
S. Abraham
Fausto Acernese
Teviet Creighton, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mario C. Diaz, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Volker Quetschke, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Malik Rakhmanov, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Karla E. Ramirez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Palash K. Roy, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Wenhui Wang, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Adam Zadrozny, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2021

Abstract

Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo are monitoring the sky and collecting gravitational-wave strain data with sufficient sensitivity to detect signals routinely. In this paper we describe the data recorded by these instruments during their first and second observing runs. The main data products are gravitational-wave strain time series sampled at 16384 Hz. The datasets that include this strain measurement can be freely accessed through the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center at http://gw-openscience.org, together with data-quality information essential for the analysis of LIGO and Virgo data, documentation, tutorials, and supporting software.

Comments

(C) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Recommended Citation

Rich Abbott, Thomas D. Abbott, Sheelu Abraham, Fausto Acernese, Kendall Ackley, Carl Adams, Rana X. Adhikari, et al. 2021. “Open Data from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo.” SoftwareX 13 (January): 100658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100658.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Publication Title

SoftwareX

DOI

10.1016/j.softx.2021.100658