RUI: Parameter Estimation, Data Analysis, and Detector Characterization for LIGO

激光干涉引力波天文台（LIGO）现在达到了它的目标灵敏度。包括卡尔顿学院在内的许多机构的研究人员都在积极分析这些数据，以寻找引力辐射事件。初步检测可能随时出现。LIGO观测到的所有事件都将提供丰富的天体物理信息。卡尔顿大学的教师和学生将运行他们的信号搜索程序。此外，卡尔顿团队将在发现环境噪音（如地震活动）如何影响搜索方面发挥重要作用。卡尔顿学院在培养未来科学家方面处于领先地位。这个项目为对物理和统计学有兴趣的学生提供了研究机会，并帮助他们成为下一代科学家。LIGO预期的激动人心和戏剧性的结果激励着学生，并吸引他们进入科学的世界。卡尔顿的学生渴望参与激动人心的研究，他们对引力波天文学的兴趣很大。卡尔顿小组及其合作者开发的统计方法也将对物理学的其他领域产生重大影响。

The Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is now at its target sensitivity. Researchers at a number of institutions, including Carleton College, are vigorously analyzing the data in search of gravitational radiation events. An initial detection could come at any time. All events seen by LIGO will produce a wealth of astrophysical information. Faculty and students at Carleton will be running their signal search programs. In addition, the Carleton team will play asignificant role in finding how noise from the environment (such as seismic activity) can corrupt the search.Carleton College is a leader in producing future scientists. This project provides research opportunities to motivated students with interests in physics and statistics, and helps to train them to become the next generation of scientists. The exciting and dramatic results expected by LIGO stimulate students, and attract them to the world of science. Carleton students are eager to participate in exciting research, and their interest in gravity wave astronomy is large. The statistical methods developed by the Carleton group and collaborators will also have a significant influence in other areas of physics.