LIGO Document P1500238-v24

Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914

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LIGO-P1500238-v24
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On September 14, 2015, a gravitational wave signal from a coalescing black hole binary system was observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors. This paper describes the transient noise backgrounds used to determine the significance of the event (designated GW150914) and presents the results of investigations into potential correlated or uncorrelated sources of transient noise in the detectors around the time of the event. The detectors were operating nominally at the time of GW150914. We have ruled out environmental influences and non-Gaussian instrument noise at either LIGO detector as the cause of the observed gravitational wave signal.
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GW150914
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Preprint posted on the arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.03844
Open access publication in CQG: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/33/13/134001

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