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Open Data from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
Faculty Publications
  • LIGO Scientific Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • Virgo Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration
  • Tiffany Z. Summerscales, Andrews University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Keywords
  • GWOSC,
  • Scientific databases,
  • Data representation and management,
  • Gravitational Waves
Abstract

Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo are monitoring the sky and collecting gravitational-wave strain data with sufficient sensitivity to detect signals routinely. In this paper we describe the data recorded by these instruments during their first and second observing runs. The main data products are gravitational-wave strain time series sampled at 16384 Hz. The datasets that include this strain measurement can be freely accessed through the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center at http://gw-openscience.org, together with data-quality information essential for the analysis of LIGO and Virgo data, documentation, tutorials, and supporting software.

Journal Title
SoftwareX
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100658
First Department
Physics
Acknowledgements
Open access article retrieved July 27, 2021 from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711021000030
Citation Information
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration and Tiffany Z. Summerscales. "Open Data from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo" Vol. 13 Iss. 100658 (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tiffany_summerscales/186/