Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-12-2012
Abstract
Any search effort for gravitational waves (GWs) using interferometric detectors like LIGO needs to be able to identify if and when noise couples into the detector’s output signal. The critical coupling likelihood (CCL) method has been developed to characterize potential noise coupling and in the future aid GW search efforts. By testing two hypotheses about pairs of channels, CCL is able to identify undesirable coupled instrumental noise from potential GW candidates. Our preliminary results show that CCL can associate up to ∼80% of observed artifacts with SNR ⩾ 8 with local noise sources, while reducing the duty cycle of the instrument by ≲ 15%. An approach like CCL will become increasingly important as GW research moves into the advanced LIGO era, going from the first GW detection to GW astronomy.
Recommended Citation
Costa, Cesar A., and Cristina V. Torres. "The critical coupling likelihood method: a new approach for seamless integration of environmental and operating conditions of gravitational wave detectors into gravitational wave searches." Classical and Quantum Gravity 29.20 (2012): 205018. 10.1088/0264-9381/29/20/205018
Publication Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/29/20/205018
Comments
Original published version available at 10.1088/0264-9381/29/20/205018