TY - JOUR

T1 - Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run

AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration

AU - Pitkin, M.

PY - 2010/12/1

Y1 - 2010/12/1

N2 - The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a network of three detectors built to detect local perturbations in the space–time metric from astrophysical sources. These detectors, two in Hanford, WA and one in Livingston, LA, are power-recycled Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers. In their fifth science run (S5), between November 2005 and October 2007, these detectors accumulated one year of triple coincident data while operating at their designed sensitivity. In this paper, we describe the calibration of the instruments in the S5 data set, including measurement techniques and uncertainty estimation.

AB - The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a network of three detectors built to detect local perturbations in the space–time metric from astrophysical sources. These detectors, two in Hanford, WA and one in Livingston, LA, are power-recycled Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers. In their fifth science run (S5), between November 2005 and October 2007, these detectors accumulated one year of triple coincident data while operating at their designed sensitivity. In this paper, we describe the calibration of the instruments in the S5 data set, including measurement techniques and uncertainty estimation.

KW - General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.089

DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.089

M3 - Journal article

VL - 624

SP - 223

EP - 240

JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A

JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A

IS - 1

ER -