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

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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, 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, 062002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002

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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, Article 062002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002

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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;95:062002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002

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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.

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title = "Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system",
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.",
author = "C. Biwer and D. Barker and Batch, {J. C.} and J. Betzwieser and Fisher, {R. P.} and E. Goetz and S. Kandhasamy and S. Karki and Kissel, {J. S.} and Lundgren, {A. P.} and Macleod, {D. M.} and A. Mullavey and K. Riles and Rollins, {J. G.} and Thorne, {K. A.} and E. Thrane and Abbott, {T. D.} and Bruce Allen and Brown, {D. A.} and P. Charlton and Crowder, {S. G.} and P. Fritschel and Kanner, {J. B.} and M. Landry and C. Lazzaro and M. Millhouse and M. Pitkin and Savage, {R. L.} and P. Shawhan and Shoemaker, {D. H.} and Smith, {J. R.} and L. Sun and J. Veitch and S. Vitale and Weinstein, {A. J.} and N. Cornish and Essick, {R. C.} and M. Fays and E. Katsavounidis and J. Lange and Littenberg, {T. B.} and R. Lynch and Meyers, {P. M.} and F. Pannarale and R. Prix and R. O'Shaughnessy and D. Sigg",
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language = "English",
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AU - Biwer, C.

AU - Barker, D.

AU - Batch, J. C.

AU - Betzwieser, J.

AU - Fisher, R. P.

AU - Goetz, E.

AU - Kandhasamy, S.

AU - Karki, S.

AU - Kissel, J. S.

AU - Lundgren, A. P.

AU - Macleod, D. M.

AU - Mullavey, A.

AU - Riles, K.

AU - Rollins, J. G.

AU - Thorne, K. A.

AU - Thrane, E.

AU - Abbott, T. D.

AU - Allen, Bruce

AU - Brown, D. A.

AU - Charlton, P.

AU - Crowder, S. G.

AU - Fritschel, P.

AU - Kanner, J. B.

AU - Landry, M.

AU - Lazzaro, C.

AU - Millhouse, M.

AU - Pitkin, M.

AU - Savage, R. L.

AU - Shawhan, P.

AU - Shoemaker, D. H.

AU - Smith, J. R.

AU - Sun, L.

AU - Veitch, J.

AU - Vitale, S.

AU - Weinstein, A. J.

AU - Cornish, N.

AU - Essick, R. C.

AU - Fays, M.

AU - Katsavounidis, E.

AU - Lange, J.

AU - Littenberg, T. B.

AU - Lynch, R.

AU - Meyers, P. M.

AU - Pannarale, F.

AU - Prix, R.

AU - O'Shaughnessy, R.

AU - Sigg, D.

N1 - © 2017 American Physical Society

PY - 2017/3/27

Y1 - 2017/3/27

N2 - 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.

AB - 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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DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.062002

M3 - Journal article

VL - 95

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

SN - 1550-7998

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ER -