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Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

Classical and Quantum Gravity · 2015 · Vol. 32(11) · pp. 115012–115012

J. Aasi✉(California Institute of Technology)J. Abadie(California Institute of Technology)B. P. Abbott(California Institute of Technology)R. Abbott(California Institute of Technology)T. D. Abbott(Louisiana State University)M. R. Abernathy(California Institute of Technology)T. Accadia(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)F. Acernese(University of Salerno)C. Adams(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)T. Adams(Cardiff University)R. X. Adhikari(California Institute of Technology)C. Affeldt(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Agathos(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)N. Aggarwal(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)O. D. Aguiar(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)P. Ajith(California Institute of Technology)B. Allen(Leibniz University Hannover)A. Allocca(University of Siena)E. Amador Ceron(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)D. Amariutei(University of Florida)R. A. Anderson(California Institute of Technology)S. B. Anderson(California Institute of Technology)W. G. Anderson(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)K. Arai(California Institute of Technology)M. Araya(California Institute of Technology)C. C. Arceneaux(University of Mississippi)J. S. Areeda(California State University, Fullerton)S. Ast(Leibniz University Hannover)S. M. Aston(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)P. Astone(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)P. Aufmuth(Leibniz University Hannover)C. Aulbert(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)Larry Austin(California Institute of Technology)B. E. Aylott(University of Birmingham)S. Babak(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. T. Baker(Montana State University)G. Ballardin(European Gravitational Observatory)S. Ballmer(Syracuse University)J. C. Barayoga(California Institute of Technology)D. BarkerS. H. Barnum(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)F. Barone(University of Salerno)B. Barr(University of Glasgow)L. Barsotti(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)M. Barsuglia(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. A. BartonI. Bartos(Columbia University)R. Bassiri(University of Glasgow)A. Basti(University of Pisa)J. C. BatchJ. Bauchrowitz(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)Th. S. Bauer(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)M. Bebronne(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)B. Behnke(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. BejgerM. G. Beker(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)A. S. Bell(University of Glasgow)C. Bell(University of Glasgow)Ilya Belopolski(Columbia University)G. Bergmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. M. BerlinerA. Bertolini(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)D. Bessis(Brownsville Public Library)J. Betzwieser(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)P. T. Beyersdorf(San Jose State University)T. Bhadbhade(Stanford University)I. A. Bilenko(Lomonosov Moscow State University)G. Billingsley(California Institute of Technology)J. Birch(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)M. Bitossi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)M. A. Bizouard(Université Paris-Sud)E. Black(California Institute of Technology)J. K. Blackburn(California Institute of Technology)Lindy Blackburn(Goddard Space Flight Center)D. G. Blair(The University of Western Australia)M. Blom(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)O. Bock(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)T. P. Bodiya(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)M. Boër(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)C. Bogan(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)C. Bond(University of Birmingham)F. Bondu(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)L. Bonelli(University of Pisa)R. Bonnand(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)R. Bork(California Institute of Technology)M. Born(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. Bose(Washington State University)L. Bosi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia)J. Bowers(Louisiana State University)C. Bradaschia(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)P. R. Brady(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)V. B. Braginsky(Lomonosov Moscow State University)M. Branchesi(University of Urbino)Carl Brannen(Washington State University)J. E. Brau(University of Oregon)J. Breyer(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)T. Briant(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)D. O. Bridges(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)A. Brillet(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Brinkmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)V. Brisson(Université Paris-Sud)M. Britzger(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. F. Brooks(California Institute of Technology)D. Brown(Syracuse University)D. Brown(University of Birmingham)Frank Brückner(University of Birmingham)T. Bulik(University of Warsaw)H. J. Bulten(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)A. Buonanno(University of Maryland, College Park)D. Buskulic(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)C. Buy(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)R. L. Byer(Stanford University)L. Cadonati(University of Massachusetts Amherst)G. Cagnoli(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)J. Calderón Bustillo(Universitat de les Illes Balears)E. Calloni(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)J. B. Camp(Goddard Space Flight Center)P. Campsie(University of Glasgow)K. C. Cannon(University of Toronto)B. Canuel(European Gravitational Observatory)J. Cao(Tsinghua University)C. D. Capano(University of Maryland, College Park)F. Carbognani(European Gravitational Observatory)L. Carbone(University of Birmingham)S. Caride(University of Michigan)A. Castiglia(Rochester Institute of Technology)S. Caudill(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)M. Cavaglià(University of Mississippi)F. Cavalier(Université Paris-Sud)R. Cavalieri(European Gravitational Observatory)G. Cella(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)C. Cepeda(California Institute of Technology)E. Cesarini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)R. Chakraborty(California Institute of Technology)T. Chalermsongsak(California Institute of Technology)S. Chao(National Tsing Hua University)P. Charlton(Charles Sturt University)E. Chassande‐Mottin(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)X Chen(The University of Western Australia)Y Chen(California Institute of Technology)A. Chincarini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)A. Chiummo(European Gravitational Observatory)H. S. Cho(Pusan National University)J. H. Chow(Australian National University)N. Christensen(Carleton College)Q. Chu(The University of Western Australia)S. Chua(Australian National University)S. Chung(The University of Western Australia)G. Ciani(University of Florida)F. ClaraDaniel E. Clark(Stanford University)J. A. Clark(University of Massachusetts Amherst)F. Cleva(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)E. Coccia(University of Rome Tor Vergata)P.‐F. Cohadon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)A. Colla(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)M. Colombini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia)M. Constancio(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)A. Conte(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)R. Conte(University of Sannio)D. CookT. R. Corbitt(Louisiana State University)M. Cordier(San Jose State University)Neil J. Cornish(Montana State University)A. Corsi(George Washington University)C. A. Costa(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)M. W. Coughlin(University of Cambridge)J.‐P. Coulon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)S. T. Countryman(Columbia University)P. Couvares(Syracuse University)D. M. Coward(The University of Western Australia)M. J. Cowart(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)D. C. Coyne(California Institute of Technology)K. Craig(University of Glasgow)J. D. E. Creighton(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)J. D. E. Creighton(Brownsville Public Library)S. G. Crowder(University of Minnesota)A. Cumming(University of Glasgow)L. Cunningham(University of Glasgow)E. Cuoco(European Gravitational Observatory)K. Dahl(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)T. Dal Canton(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Damjanic(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. L. Danilishin(The University of Western Australia)S. D’Antonio(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)K. Danzmann(Leibniz University Hannover)V. Dattilo(European Gravitational Observatory)B. Daudert(California Institute of Technology)H. Daveloza(Brownsville Public Library)M. Davier(Université Paris-Sud)G. S. Davies(University of Glasgow)E. J. Daw(University of Sheffield)R. Day(European Gravitational Observatory)T. Dayanga(Washington State University)G. Debreczeni(HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics)J. Degallaix(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)E. Deleeuw(University of Florida)S. Deléglise(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)W. Del Pozzo(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)T. Denker(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)T. Dent(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)H. Dereli(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)V. Dergachev(California Institute of Technology)R. De Rosa(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)R. T. DeRosa(Louisiana State University)R. DeSalvo(University of Sannio)S. Dhurandhar(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)Mariniako Az(Brownsville Public Library)A. Dietz(University of Mississippi)L. Di Fiore(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)A. Di Lieto(University of Pisa)I. Di Palma(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. Di Virgilio(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)K. Dmitry(Lomonosov Moscow State University)F. Donovan(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)K. L. Dooley(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. Doravari(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)M. Drago(University of Trento)R. W. P. Drever(California Institute of Technology)J. C. Driggers(California Institute of Technology)Zhihui Du(Tsinghua University)J.‐C. Dumas(The University of Western Australia)S. E. DwyerT. Eberle(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. C. Edwards(Cardiff University)A. Effler(Louisiana State University)P. Ehrens(California Institute of Technology)J. Eichholz(University of Florida)S. S. Eikenberry(University of Florida)G. Endrőczi(HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics)R. C. Essick(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)T. Etzel(California Institute of Technology)K. Evans(University of Glasgow)M. Evans(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)T. Evans(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)M. Factourovich(Columbia University)V. Fafone(University of Rome Tor Vergata)S. Fairhurst(Cardiff University)Q. Fang(The University of Western Australia)B. Farr(Northwestern University)Will M. Farr(Northwestern University)M. Favata(Montclair State University)D. Fazi(Northwestern University)H. Fehrmann(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)D. Feldbaum(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)I. Ferrante(University of Pisa)F. Ferrini(European Gravitational Observatory)F. Fidecaro(University of Pisa)L. S. Finn(Pennsylvania State University)I. Fiori(European Gravitational Observatory)R. P. Fisher(Syracuse University)R. Flaminio(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)E. Foley(California State University, Fullerton)S. Foley(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)E. Forsi(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)L. A. Forte(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)N. Fotopoulos(California Institute of Technology)J.-D. Fournier(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Sebastián Franco(Université Paris-Sud)S. Frasca(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)F. Frasconi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)M. Frede(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. Frei(Rochester Institute of Technology)Z. Frei(Eötvös Loránd University)A. Freise(University of Birmingham)R. Frey(University of Oregon)T. T. Fricke(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. Fritschel(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)V. V. Frolov(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)M.-K. Fujimoto(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)P. Fulda(University of Florida)M. Fyffe(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)J. Gair(University of Cambridge)L. Gammaitoni(University of Perugia)Javier A. GarcíaF. Garufi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)N. Gehrels(Goddard Space Flight Center)G. Gemme(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova)E. Genin(European Gravitational Observatory)A. Gennai(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)L. Gergely(Eötvös Loránd University)S. Ghosh(Washington State University)J. A. Giaime(Louisiana State University)S. Giampanis(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)K. D. Giardina(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)A. Giazotto(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)S. Gil-Casanova(Universitat de les Illes Balears)C. Gill(University of Glasgow)J. Gleason(University of Florida)E. Goetz(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)E. Goetz(University of Florida)L. Gondán(Eötvös Loránd University)G González(Louisiana State University)Neil Gordon(University of Glasgow)M. L. Gorodetsky(Lomonosov Moscow State University)S. E. Gossan(California Institute of Technology)S. Goßler(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)R. Gouaty(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)C. Graef(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)P. B. Graff(Goddard Space Flight Center)M. Granata(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)A. Grant(University of Glasgow)S. Gras(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)C. GrayR. J. S. Greenhalgh(Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)A. M. Gretarsson(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)C. Griffo(California State University, Fullerton)H. Grote(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)K. Grover(University of Birmingham)S. Grünewald(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)G. M. Guidi(University of Urbino)C. Guido(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)K. E. Gushwa(California Institute of Technology)E. K. Gustafson(California Institute of Technology)R. Gustafson(University of Michigan)Benjamin Hall(Washington State University)E. D. Hall(California Institute of Technology)D. Hammer(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)G. Hammond(University of Glasgow)M. M. Hanke(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. HanksC. Hanna(Perimeter Institute)J. Hanson(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)J. Harms(California Institute of Technology)I. W. Harry(American University)I. W. Harry(Syracuse University)E. D. Harstad(University of Oregon)M. T. Hartman(University of Florida)K. Haughian(University of Glasgow)K. Hayama(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)J. Heefner(California Institute of Technology)A. Heidmann(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. C. Heintze(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)H. Heitmann(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)P. Hello(Université Paris-Sud)G Hemming(European Gravitational Observatory)M. Hendry(University of Glasgow)I. S. Heng(University of Glasgow)A. W. Heptonstall(California Institute of Technology)M. Heurs(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)S. Hild(University of Glasgow)D. Hoak(University of Massachusetts Amherst)K. A. Hodge(California Institute of Technology)K. Holt(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)T. Hong(California Institute of Technology)S. Hooper(The University of Western Australia)Travis Horrom(William & Mary)D. J. Hosken(The University of Adelaide)J. Hough(University of Glasgow)E. J. Howell(The University of Western Australia)Yi-Ming Hu(University of Glasgow)Ziyue Hua(Tsinghua University)V. Huang(National Tsing Hua University)E. A. Huerta(Syracuse University)B. Hughey(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)S. 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Kalmus(California Institute of Technology)V. Kalogera(Northwestern University)S. Kandhasamy(University of Minnesota)G. Kang(Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information)J. B. Kanner(Goddard Space Flight Center)M. Kasprzack(Université Paris-Sud)Rangachar Kasturi(Hobart and William Smith Colleges)E. Katsavounidis(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)W. Katzman(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)H. Kaufer(Leibniz University Hannover)K. Kaufman(California Institute of Technology)K. KawabeSeiji Kawamura(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)F. Kawazoe(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)F. Kéfélian(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)D. Keitel(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)D. B. Kelley(Syracuse University)W. Kells(California Institute of Technology)D. G. Keppel(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. Khalaidovski(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)F. Y. Khalili(Lomonosov Moscow State University)Е. А. 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Królak(National Centre for Nuclear Research)C. Kucharczyk(Stanford University)Stephen S. Kudla(Louisiana State University)G. Kuehn(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. Kumar(Institute for Plasma Research)Deepak Kumar(University of Florida)P. Kumar(Syracuse University)S. Kumar(University of Glasgow)R. Kurdyumov(Stanford University)P. Kwee(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)M. LandryB. Lantz(Stanford University)Shane L. Larson(Utah State University)P. D. Lasky(The University of Melbourne)Craig Lawrie(University of Glasgow)A. Lazzarini(California Institute of Technology)P. Leaci(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)E. O. Lebigot(Tsinghua University)Chang‐Hwan Lee(Pusan National University)H. K. Lee(Hanyang University)Hyung Mok Lee(Seoul National University)J. Lee(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)J. Lee(California State University, Fullerton)M. Leonardi(University of Trento)J. R. Leong(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)A. Le Roux(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)N. Leroy(Université Paris-Sud)N Letendre(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Bruce L. LevineJ. B. Lewis(California Institute of Technology)V LhuillierT G F Li(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)A. C. Lin(Stanford University)T. B. Littenberg(Northwestern University)V. Litvine(California Institute of Technology)F LiuH Liu(Cardiff University)Y. Liu(Tsinghua University)Zhe Liu(University of Florida)David Lloyd(California Institute of Technology)N. A. Lockerbie(University of Strathclyde)V. Lockett(California State University, Fullerton)D. Lodhia(University of Birmingham)K. M. Loew(Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University)J. Logue(University of Glasgow)A. L. Lombardi(University of Massachusetts Amherst)M. Lorenzini(Gran Sasso Science Institute)Vincent Loriette(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Lormand(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)G. Losurdo(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze)J. D. Lough(Syracuse University)Jing Luan(California Institute of Technology)M. J. LubinskiH. Lück(Leibniz University Hannover)A. P. Lundgren(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. Macarthur(University of Glasgow)E. Macdonald(Cardiff University)B. Machenschalk(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)M. MacInnis(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)D. M. Macleod(Cardiff University)F. Magaña‐Sandoval(California State University, Fullerton)M. Mageswaran(California Institute of Technology)K. Mailand(California Institute of Technology)E. Majorana(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)I. Maksimovic(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)V. Malvezzi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)N. Man(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)G. M. Manca(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)Ilya Mandel(University of Birmingham)V. Mandic(University of Minnesota)V. Mangano(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)M. Mantovani(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)F. Marchesoni(Università di Camerino)F. Marion(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)S. Márka(Columbia University)Z. Márka(Columbia University)A.S. Markosyan(Stanford University)E. Maros(California Institute of Technology)J Marque(European Gravitational Observatory)F Martelli(University of Urbino)L Martellini(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)I. W. Martin(University of Glasgow)R. M. Martin(University of Florida)Д. В. Мартынов(California Institute of Technology)J. N. Marx(California Institute of Technology)K. Mason(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)A. Masserot(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)T. J. Massinger(Syracuse University)F. Matichard(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)L. Matone(Columbia University)R. A. Matzner(The University of Texas at Austin)N. Mavalvala(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)G. May(Louisiana State University)N. Mazumder(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram)G. Mazzolo(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)R. McCarthyD. E. McClelland(Australian National University)S C McGuire(Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College)G McIntyre(California Institute of Technology)J. McIver(University of Massachusetts Amherst)D. Meacher(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)G. D. Meadors(University of Michigan)M. Mehmet(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)J. Meidam(National Institute for Subatomic Physics)T. Meier(Leibniz University Hannover)A. Melatos(The University of Melbourne)G MendellR. A. Mercer(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)S. Meshkov(California Institute of Technology)C. Messenger(University of Glasgow)M. S. Meyer(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)H. Miao(California Institute of Technology)C. Michel(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)Е. Е. Михайлов(William & Mary)L. Milano(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli)J. Miller(Australian National University)Y. Minenkov(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata)Chiara M. F. Mingarelli(University of Birmingham)S. Mitra(Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)V. P. Mitrofanov(Lomonosov Moscow State University)G. Mitselmakher(University of Florida)R Mittleman(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)B. Moe(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)Man Mohan(European Gravitational Observatory)S. R. P. Mohapatra(Rochester Institute of Technology)F. Mokler(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)D MoraruG MorenoN. Morgado(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)Toshiyuki Mori(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)S. R. Morriss(Brownsville Public Library)K. Mossavi(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)B. Mours(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)C. M. Mow‐Lowry(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)C. Mueller(University of Florida)G. Mueller(University of Florida)S. Mukherjee(Brownsville Public Library)A. Mullavey(Louisiana State University)J. Münch(The University of Adelaide)D. Murphy(Columbia University)P. G. Murray(University of Glasgow)A Mytidis(University of Florida)M. F. Nagy(HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics)I Nardecchia(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)T. Nash(California Institute of Technology)L. Naticchioni(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)R. K. Nayak(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata)V. Necula(University of Florida)I. Neri(University of Perugia)G. Newton(University of Glasgow)T. Nguyen(Australian National University)E. Nishida(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)A. Nishizawa(National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)A. Nitz(Syracuse University)F. Nocera(European Gravitational Observatory)D. Nolting(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)M. E. N. Normandin(Brownsville Public Library)L. K. Nuttall(Cardiff University)E. 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Palomba(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I)Y. Pan(University of Maryland, College Park)C. Pankow(University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)F. Paoletti(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)R. Paoletti(University of Siena)M. A. Papa(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)H. ParisA. Pasqualetti(European Gravitational Observatory)R. Passaquieti(University of Pisa)D. Passuello(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa)M. Pedraza(California Institute of Technology)P. Peiris(Rochester Institute of Technology)S. Penn(Hobart and William Smith Colleges)A. Perreca(Syracuse University)M Phelps(California Institute of Technology)M Pichot(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)M. Pickenpack(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)F. Piergiovanni(University of Urbino)V. Pierro(University of Sannio)L. Pinard(Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)B. Pindor(The University of Melbourne)I. M. Pinto(University of Sannio)M. 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Abstract

In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory\n(LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as\na network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical\norigin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination\nof noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its\nenvironment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the\nGW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments\nduring this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their\ndata, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have\non the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources.

Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Advanced Frequency and Time Standards Atomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchLIGOPhysicsGravitational waveInterferometryDetectorNoise (video)AstronomyAstrophysicsSensitivity (control systems)Gravitational-wave astronomy