A new method to distinguish gravitational-wave signals from detector noise transients with Gravity Spy

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Main Authors: Jarov, Seraphim, Thiele, Sarah, Soni, Siddharth, Ding, Julian, McIver, Jess, Ng, Raymond, Hatoya, Rikako, Davis, Derek
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Published: 2023
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author Jarov, Seraphim
Thiele, Sarah
Soni, Siddharth
Ding, Julian
McIver, Jess
Ng, Raymond
Hatoya, Rikako
Davis, Derek
author_facet Jarov, Seraphim
Thiele, Sarah
Soni, Siddharth
Ding, Julian
McIver, Jess
Ng, Raymond
Hatoya, Rikako
Davis, Derek
contents The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors have enabled the confident detection of dozens of mergers of black holes and neutron stars. However, the presence of detector noise transients (glitches) hinders the search for these gravitational wave (GW) signals. We prototyped a restructuring of Gravity Spy's classification model to distinguish between glitches and astrophysical signals. Our method is able to correctly classify three-quarters of retracted candidate events in O3b as non-astrophysical and 100\% of the confirmed astrophysical events as true signals. This approach will inform candidate event validation efforts in the latest observing run.
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spellingShingle A new method to distinguish gravitational-wave signals from detector noise transients with Gravity Spy
Jarov, Seraphim
Thiele, Sarah
Soni, Siddharth
Ding, Julian
McIver, Jess
Ng, Raymond
Hatoya, Rikako
Davis, Derek
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors have enabled the confident detection of dozens of mergers of black holes and neutron stars. However, the presence of detector noise transients (glitches) hinders the search for these gravitational wave (GW) signals. We prototyped a restructuring of Gravity Spy's classification model to distinguish between glitches and astrophysical signals. Our method is able to correctly classify three-quarters of retracted candidate events in O3b as non-astrophysical and 100\% of the confirmed astrophysical events as true signals. This approach will inform candidate event validation efforts in the latest observing run.
title A new method to distinguish gravitational-wave signals from detector noise transients with Gravity Spy
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.15867