Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system

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Authors

  • C. Biwer
  • D. Barker
  • J. C. Batch
  • J. Betzwieser
  • R. P. Fisher
  • E. Goetz
  • S. Kandhasamy
  • S. Karki
  • J. S. Kissel
  • A. P. Lundgren
  • D. M. Macleod
  • A. Mullavey
  • K. Riles
  • J. G. Rollins
  • K. A. Thorne
  • E. Thrane
  • T. D. Abbott
  • B. Allen
  • D. A. Brown
  • P. Charlton
  • S. G. Crowder
  • P. Fritschel
  • J. B. Kanner
  • M. Landry
  • C. Lazzaro
  • M. Millhouse
  • Matthew Pitkin
  • R. L. Savage
  • P. Shawhan
  • D. H. Shoemaker
  • J. R. Smith
  • L. Sun
  • J. Veitch
  • S. Vitale
  • A. J. Weinstein
  • N. Cornish
  • R. C. Essick
  • M. Fays
  • E. Katsavounidis
  • J. Lange
  • T. B. Littenberg
  • R. Lynch
  • P. M. Meyers
  • F. Pannarale
  • R. Prix
  • R. O'Shaughnessy
  • D. Sigg

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • Syracuse University
  • California Institute of Caltech (Caltech)
  • University of Oregon
  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • University of Michigan
  • Monash University
  • Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)
  • Louisiana State University
  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
  • Charles Sturt University
  • LIGO Laboratory
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Sezione di Padova
  • Montana State University
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Maryland
  • California State University Fullerton
  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Birmingham
  • Cardiff University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • University of Minnesota
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Original languageEnglish
Article number062002
Number of pages15
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume95
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2017

Abstract

Hardware injections are simulated gravitational-wave signals added to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). The detectors' test masses are physically displaced by an actuator in order to simulate the effects of a gravitational wave. The simulated signal initiates a control-system response which mimics that of a true gravitational wave. This provides an end-to-end test of LIGO's ability to observe gravitational waves. The gravitational-wave analyses used to detect and characterize signals are exercised with hardware injections. By looking for discrepancies between the injected and recovered signals, we are able to characterize the performance of analyses and the coupling of instrumental subsystems to the detectors' output channels. This paper describes the hardware injection system and the recovery of injected signals representing binary black hole mergers, a stochastic gravitational wave background, spinning neutron stars, and sine-Gaussians.

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Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system. / Biwer, C.; Barker, D.; Batch, J. C. et al.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 95, No. 6, 062002, 27.03.2017.

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Biwer, C, Barker, D, Batch, JC, Betzwieser, J, Fisher, RP, Goetz, E, Kandhasamy, S, Karki, S, Kissel, JS, Lundgren, AP, Macleod, DM, Mullavey, A, Riles, K, Rollins, JG, Thorne, KA, Thrane, E, Abbott, TD, Allen, B, Brown, DA, Charlton, P, Crowder, SG, Fritschel, P, Kanner, JB, Landry, M, Lazzaro, C, Millhouse, M, Pitkin, M, Savage, RL, Shawhan, P, Shoemaker, DH, Smith, JR, Sun, L, Veitch, J, Vitale, S, Weinstein, AJ, Cornish, N, Essick, RC, Fays, M, Katsavounidis, E, Lange, J, Littenberg, TB, Lynch, R, Meyers, PM, Pannarale, F, Prix, R, O'Shaughnessy, R & Sigg, D 2017, 'Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system', Physical Review D, vol. 95, no. 6, 062002. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1612.07864, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002
Biwer, C., Barker, D., Batch, J. C., Betzwieser, J., Fisher, R. P., Goetz, E., Kandhasamy, S., Karki, S., Kissel, J. S., Lundgren, A. P., Macleod, D. M., Mullavey, A., Riles, K., Rollins, J. G., Thorne, K. A., Thrane, E., Abbott, T. D., Allen, B., Brown, D. A., ... Sigg, D. (2017). Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system. Physical Review D, 95(6), Article 062002. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1612.07864, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002
Biwer C, Barker D, Batch JC, Betzwieser J, Fisher RP, Goetz E et al. Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system. Physical Review D. 2017 Mar 27;95(6):062002. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.1612.07864, 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002
Biwer, C. ; Barker, D. ; Batch, J. C. et al. / Validating gravitational-wave detections : The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system. In: Physical Review D. 2017 ; Vol. 95, No. 6.
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