Poissonian Analysis of Glitches Observed in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Interferometers
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| author | Costa, Giovanna Souza Rodrigues Martins, Julio Cesar Aguiar, Odylio Denys |
| author_facet | Costa, Giovanna Souza Rodrigues Martins, Julio Cesar Aguiar, Odylio Denys |
| contents | This work investigates the temporal distribution of glitches detected by LIGO, focusing on the morphological classification provided by the Gravity Spy project. Starting from the hypothesis that these events follow a Poisson process, we developed a statistical methodology to evaluate the agreement between the empirical distribution of glitches and an ideal Poisson model, using the coefficient of determination ($R^2$) as the main metric. The analysis was applied to real data from the LIGO detectors in Livingston and Hanford throughout the O3 run, as well as to synthetic datasets generated from pure Poisson distributions. The results show that while several morphologies exhibit good agreement with the proposed model, classes such as 1400Ripples, Fast Scattering, and Power Line display significant deviations ($R^2 \leq 0.6$), suggesting that their origins do not strictly follow Poissonian statistics. In some cases, a dependence on the detector or the observing run was also observed. This analysis provides a quantitative basis for distinguishing glitch classes based on their degree of "Poissonness", potentially supporting the development of more effective glitch mitigation strategies in gravitational wave detector data. |
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| spellingShingle | Poissonian Analysis of Glitches Observed in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Interferometers Costa, Giovanna Souza Rodrigues Martins, Julio Cesar Aguiar, Odylio Denys General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Instrumentation and Detectors This work investigates the temporal distribution of glitches detected by LIGO, focusing on the morphological classification provided by the Gravity Spy project. Starting from the hypothesis that these events follow a Poisson process, we developed a statistical methodology to evaluate the agreement between the empirical distribution of glitches and an ideal Poisson model, using the coefficient of determination ($R^2$) as the main metric. The analysis was applied to real data from the LIGO detectors in Livingston and Hanford throughout the O3 run, as well as to synthetic datasets generated from pure Poisson distributions. The results show that while several morphologies exhibit good agreement with the proposed model, classes such as 1400Ripples, Fast Scattering, and Power Line display significant deviations ($R^2 \leq 0.6$), suggesting that their origins do not strictly follow Poissonian statistics. In some cases, a dependence on the detector or the observing run was also observed. This analysis provides a quantitative basis for distinguishing glitch classes based on their degree of "Poissonness", potentially supporting the development of more effective glitch mitigation strategies in gravitational wave detector data. |
| title | Poissonian Analysis of Glitches Observed in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Interferometers |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05244 |