Mississippi participation in LIGO's search for gravitational waves

激光干涉仪引力波天文台(LIGO)是为观测中高频引力波而设计的。星际星系致密天体和黑洞的螺旋和合并是探测的主要候选源。该奖项为密西西比大学(UMISS)小组的LIGO研究活动提供支持。UMISS小组为LIGO在数据分析、探测器特性和外展方面的工作做出贡献。受支持的计划侧重于这些领域。它的主要目标是：(1)调查当前和未来搜索中不同的工具性和基于信号的拟议否决权的影响，并制定和实施这些研究可能产生的可能的优化方法；(2)为调查和减轻LIGO观测站的环境干扰做出贡献；(3)通过编写教育材料和协调LIGO在密西西比州的外联活动，为LIGO外联计划做出贡献。该计划的一个理论部分侧重于通过增强型和高级LIGO探测振铃信号和外来致密物体的可能性。这些研究将为下一代LIGO探测器提取天体物理信息和测试基础物理铺平道路。拟议的研究将成功地为LIGO的近、中期和长期科学目标做出贡献，为LIGO S实现首次探测引力波的努力做出贡献，并深入探索LIGO S测量天体物理参数和测试引力基本性质的潜力。该项目的更广泛影响是在美国一个基础科学参与度低于全国平均水平的地理区域增加研究和教育机会。该项目将扩大密西西比州S在LIGO科学合作中的参与，并将为地方和区域规模的公共外联倡议创造新的机会。

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is designed to observe gravitational waves in the intermediate-high frequency regime. Inspiral and merger of stellarmass compact objects and black holes are leading candidate sources for detection. This award provides support for the LIGO research activities of the University of Mississippi (UMISS) group. The UMISS group contributes to LIGO efforts in the areas of data analysis, detector characterization, and outreach. The supported program focuses on these areas. Its main goals are: (1) Investigate the effect of different instrumental and signal-based proposed vetoes in current and future searches and to develop and implement possible optimization methods that may result from these studies; (2) Contribute to the investigation and mitigation of environmental disturbances at the LIGO Observatories; (3) Contribute to the LIGO outreach program by developing educational material and coordinating LIGO outreach activities in Mississippi. A theoretical component of this program focuses on the possible detection of ringdown signals and exotic compact objects by Enhanced and Advanced LIGO. These investigations will pave the way to extract astrophysical information and test fundamental physics with next-generation LIGO detectors.The proposed research will successfully contribute to LIGO near-, intermediate- and longterm science goals by contributing to LIGO?s efforts in achieving the first-ever detection of a gravitational-wave and by exploring in depth LIGO?s potential for measuring astrophysical parameters and testing the fundamental nature of gravitation. The broader impact of this project is to increase research and educational opportunities in a geographical region of the United States where engagement in basic sciences is below national average. This project will expand Mississippi?s involvement in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and will create new opportunities for public outreach initiatives at local and regional scale.