LIGO detector characterization in the second and third observing runs

Derek Davis , Joseph S. Areeda , Beverly K. Berger , R. Bruntz , Anamaria Effler , R.C. Essick , R.P. Fisher , Patrick Godwin , Evan Goetz , A.F. Helmling-Cornell , B. Hughey , E. Katsavounidis , Andrew P. Lundgren , Duncan M. Macleod , Zsuzsanna Márka , Thomas J. Massinger , A. Matas , J. Mciver , G. Mo , K. Mogushi , Philippe Nguyen , Laura K. Nuttall , Robert M.S. Schofield , D.H. Shoemaker , Siddharth Soni , A.L. Stuver , Alexander L. Urban , Guillermo Valdes , M. Walker , Rich Abbott , Carl Adams , Rana X. Adhikari , Alena Ananyeva , Stephen Appert , Koji Arai , Yasmeen Asali , Stuart M. Aston , Corey Austin , Anne M. Baer , Matthew Ball , Stefan W. Ballmer , Sharan Banagiri , David Barker , C. Barschaw , Lisa Barsotti , Jeffrey Bartlett , Joseph Betzwieser , R. Beda , Dripta Bhattacharjee , J. Bidler , Garilynn Billingsley , Sebastien Biscans , Carl D. Blair , Ryan M. Blair , Nina Bode , Phillip Booker , Rolf Bork , Alyssa Bramley , Aidan F. Brooks , Daniel D. Brown , Aaron Buikema , Craig Cahillane , T.A. Callister , G. Caneva Santoro , Kipp C. Cannon , J. Carlin , K. Chandra , Xu Chen , N. Christensen (1) , Alexei A. Ciobanu , Filiberto Clara , Camilla M. Compton , Sam J. Cooper , Kenneth R. Corley , M.W. Coughlin , Stefan T. Countryman , Pep B. Covas , Dennis C. Coyne , S.G. Crowder , T. Dal Canton (2) , B. Danila , Laurence E.H. Datrier , G.S. Davies , T. Dent , N.A. Didio , C. Di Fronzo , Katherine L. Dooley , Jenne C. Driggers , Peter Dupej , Sheila E. Dwyer , Todd Etzel , Matthew Evans , Tom M. Evans , S. Fairhurst , Jon Feicht , A. Fernandez-Galiana , R. Frey , Peter Fritschel , Valery V. Frolov , Paul Fulda , Michael Fyffe , B.U. Gadre , Joe A. Giaime , K.D. Giardina , G. González , Slawomir Gras , Corey Gray , Rachel Gray , Anna C. Green , Anchal Gupta , Eric K. Gustafson , R. Gustafson , Jonathan Hanks , Joe Hanson , Terra Hardwick , I.W. Harry , Raine K. Hasskew , Matthew C. Heintze , J. Heinzel , Nathan A. Holland , I.J. Hollows , C.G. Hoy , S. Hughey , S.J. Jadhav , K. Janssens , G. Johns , Jeff D. Jones , Shivaraj Kandhasamy , Sudarshan Karki , Marie Kasprzack , Keita Kawabe , D. Keitel , Nutsinee Kijbunchoo , Y.M. Kim , Peter J. King , Jeffrey S. Kissel , S. Kulkarni , Rahul Kumar , Michael Landry , Benjamin B. Lane , Brian Lantz , Michael Laxen , Yannick K. Lecoeuche , Jessica Leviton , J. Liu , Marc Lormand , Ronaldas Macas , A. Macedo , M. Macinnis , V. Mandic , Georgia L. Mansell , Szabolcs Márka , B. Martinez , K. Martinovic , Denis V. Martynov , Ken Mason , Fabrice Matichard , Nergis Mavalvala , R. Mccarthy , D.E. Mcclelland , S. Mccormick , L. Mcculler , C. Mcisaac , T. Mcrae , Gregory Mendell , Kara Merfeld , Edmond L. Merilh , P.M. Meyers , Fabian Meylahn , I. Michaloliakos , H. Middleton , J.C. Mills , Timesh Mistry , Richard Mittleman , Gerardo Moreno , C.M. Mow-Lowry , Simone Mozzon , L. Mueller , N. Mukund , Adam Mullavey , J. Muth , Timothy J.N. Nelson , A. Neunzert , S. Nichols , E. Nitoglia , Jason Oberling , J.J. Oh , S.H. Oh , Richard J. Oram , R.G. Ormiston , N. Ormsby , Charles Osthelder , David J. Ottaway , Harry Overmier , A. Pai , Jordan R. Palamos , F. Pannarale , William Parker , O. Patane , M. Patel , Ethan Payne , Arnaud Pele , Reilly Penhorwood , Carlos J. Perez , K.S. Phukon , M. Pillas (2) , Marc Pirello , Hugh Radkins , Karla E. Ramirez , Jonathan W. Richardson , Keith Riles , K. Rink , Norna A. Robertson , Jameson G. Rollins , Chandra L. Romel , Janeen H. Romie , Michael P. Ross , Kyle Ryan , Travis Sadecki , M. Sakellariadou , Eduardo J. Sanchez , Luis E. Sanchez , L. Sandles , T.R. Saravanan , Richard L. Savage , Dean Schaetzl , Roman Schnabel , Eyal Schwartz , Danny Sellers , Thomas Shaffer , Daniel Sigg , A.M. Sintes , Bram J.J. Slagmolen , Joshua R. Smith , K. Soni , Borja Sorazu , Andrew P. Spencer , Ken A. Strain , D. Strom , Ling Sun , Marek J. Szczepańczyk , J. Tasson , R. Tenorio , Michael Thomas , Patrick Thomas , Keith A. Thorne , Karl Toland , Calum I. Torrie , A. Tran , Gary Traylor , M. Trevor , Maggie Tse , Gabriele Vajente , N. van Remortel , D.C. Vander-Hyde , A. Vargas , J. Veitch , Peter J. Veitch , Krishna Venkateswara , Gautam Venugopalan , Aaron D. Viets , V. Villa-Ortega , Thomas Vo , Cheryl Vorvick , Madeline Wade , G.S. Wallace , Robert L. Ward , Jim Warner , Betsy Weaver , A.J. Weinstein , Rainer Weiss , K. Wette , D.D. White , L.V. White , Chris Whittle , A.R. Williamson , Benno Willke , Christopher C. Wipf , Liting Xiao , R. Xu , Hiro Yamamoto , Hang Yu , Haocun Yu , Liyuan Zhang , Y. Zheng , Michael E. Zucker , John Zweizig

1 ARTEMIS - Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux
2 IJCLab - Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie

The characterization of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the second and third observing runs has increased the sensitivity of the instruments, allowing for a higher number of detectable gravitational-wave signals, and provided confirmation of all observed gravitational-wave events. In this work, we present the methods used to characterize the LIGO detectors and curate the publicly available datasets, including the LIGO strain data and data quality products. We describe the essential role of these datasets in LIGO–Virgo Collaboration analyses of gravitational-waves from both transient and persistent sources and include details on the provenance of these datasets in order to support analyses of LIGO data by the broader community. Finally, we explain anticipated changes in the role of detector characterization and current efforts to prepare for the high rate of gravitational-wave alerts and events in future observing runs.

Mots clés: LIGO; gravitational radiation; gravitational radiation detector; detector: sensitivity; data analysis method; experimental methods; VIRGO; detector: noise; detector: performance; numerical calculations; numerical methods; signal processing

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]; Relativité Générale et Cosmologie Quantique [gr-qc]

Derek Davis, Joseph S. Areeda, Beverly K. Berger, R. Bruntz, Anamaria Effler, et al.. LIGO detector characterization in the second and third observing runs. Class.Quant.Grav., 2021, 38 (13), pp.135014. ⟨10.1088/1361-6382/abfd85⟩. ⟨hal-03203685⟩