PQMon: a powerful veto for burst events

Kotter, K., Heng, I., Hewitson, M., Strain, K., Woan, G. and Ward, H. (2003) PQMon: a powerful veto for burst events. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20(17), S895 -S902. (doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/17/331)

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/20/17/331

Abstract

Data taken by the gravitational wave detector GEO 600 (Danzmann K et al 1994 GEO 600-Proposal for a 600m Laser-Interferometric Gravitational Wave Antenna (Garching: MPQ)) during the science run 'S1' contain a large number of transients. In order to reduce the false-alarm rate of burst gravitational wave search algorithms it is desirable to veto all those transients that are clearly not of gravitational wave origin. This paper presents a method of vetoing transients by looking at the 'in- phase' (P) and 'quadrature' (Q) channels of the demodulated interferometer output signal. By taking advantage of the fact that the P-channel and the Q-channel have different sensitivities to gravitational wave burst events, this method can veto transients that have a power distribution different from the signature of a signal induced by a gravitational wave.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Woan, Professor Graham and Heng, Professor Ik Siong and Ward, Professor Henry and Strain, Professor Kenneth
Authors: Kotter, K., Heng, I., Hewitson, M., Strain, K., Woan, G., and Ward, H.
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Centre:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Gravitational Research
Journal Name:Classical and Quantum Gravity
ISSN:0264-9381
ISSN (Online):1361-6382

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