@article{3d78c2c8b85342f88d6a4dc3555c90f7,
title = "Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run",
abstract = "In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination of noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its environment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the GW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments during this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their data, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have on the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources.",
keywords = "detector characterization, gravitational waves, LIGO",
author = "{The LIGO Scientific Collaboration} and J. Aasi and J. Abadie and Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and T. Abbott and Abernathy, {M. R.} and T. Accadia and F. Acernese and C. Adams and T. Adams and Adhikari, {R. X.} and C. Affeldt and M. Agathos and N. Aggarwal and Aguiar, {O. D.} and P. Ajith and B. Allen and A. Allocca and Ceron, {E. Amador} and D. Amariutei and Anderson, {R. A.} and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and K. Arai and Araya, {M. C.} and C. Arceneaux and J. Areeda and S. Ast and Aston, {S. M.} and P. Astone and P. Aufmuth and C. Aulbert and L. Austin and Aylott, {B. E.} and S. Babak and Baker, {P. T.} and G. Ballardin and Ballmer, {S. W.} and Barayoga, {J. C.} and D. Barker and Barnum, {S. H.} and F. Barone and B. Barr and L. Barsotti and M. Barsuglia and Barton, {M. A.} and I. Bartos and R. Bassiri and Lockerbie, {N. A.} and Tokmakov, {K. V.}",
year = "2015",
month = jun,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115012",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
journal = "Classical and Quantum Gravity",
issn = "0264-9381",
number = "11",
}