VIRGO DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES DURING THE O3 RUN: FROM LATENCY TO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE EVENT VALIDATION

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Abstract Detector characterization (DetChar) is a key component of the direct search for gravitational waves (GW) performed by the LIGO-Virgo global network of large-scale ground-based interferometric detectors. DetChar contributions are manifold: to vet the GW transient candidates detected by the astrophysical analyses; to help these methods to reduce their false alarm rate and hence increase their sensitivity; to support detector activities by hunting down noise sources, monitoring changes in the instrument performance and more globally assessing the quality of the raw and reprocessed data. In this talk, I will focus on the Virgo DetChar activities, describe the framework implemented to deal with the ongoing joint LIGO-Virgo Observation Run 3 (O3) such as the tools available for DetChar investigation. Performance of the system will be illustrated by looking at the first few months of the O3 run.
Author(s) Amaldi parallel session abstract submitted by Nicolas Arnaud. Speaker to be selected later if talk accepted.
Code VIR-0250A-19
Code issue time/date 23:33, Tuesday the 12th of March, 2019
Referral URL https://tds.virgo-gw.eu/ql/?c=14076
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Data Analysis Detector Characterization
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