advligorts: The Advanced LIGO Real-Time Digital Control and Data Acquisition System

Document #:

LIGO-P2000107-v6

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

The Advanced LIGO detectors are sophisticated opto-mechanical devices. At the core of their operation is feedback control. The Advanced LIGO project developed a custom digital control and data acquisition system to handle the unique needs of this new breed of astronomical detector. The \advligorts\ is the software component of this system. This highly modular and extensible system has enabled the unprecedented performance of the LIGO instruments, and has been a vital component in the direct detection of gravitational waves.

Submitted to the SoftwareX special issue on software involved in the detection of gravitational waves:

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/softwarex/news/special-issue-on-software-that-contributed-to-gravitational

Files in Document:

• advligorts.pdf (622.2 kB)

Topics:

• Data Acquisition System
• Data and Computing
• Sensing and Control

Authors:

• Jameson Graef Rollins
• Rolf Bork
• Jonathan Hanks
• Keith Thorne
• David Barker
• Erik von Reis
• Joseph Betzwieser

Keywords:

advligorts CDS RTS RCG DAQ DAQD

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