Mississippi participation in LIGO's search for gravitational waves

激光干涉引力波天文台（LIGO）旨在观测中高频区域的引力波。恒星质量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（UMISSS）小组的LIGO研究活动提供支持。UMISS小组在数据分析、探测器表征和外展等领域为LIGO做出了贡献。支持的方案侧重于这些领域。其主要目标是：（1）调查不同的仪器和基于信号的提议否决在当前和未来的搜索中的影响，并开发和实施可能从这些研究中产生的优化方法;（2）为LIGO观测站的环境干扰的调查和缓解做出贡献;（3）通过开发教育材料和协调LIGO在密西西比的推广活动，为LIGO推广计划做出贡献。该计划的理论部分侧重于增强和先进的LIGO的振铃信号和异国情调的紧凑对象的可能检测。这些调查将铺平道路，提取天体物理信息和测试基础物理与下一代LIGO探测器。拟议的研究将成功地有助于LIGO近，中期和长期的科学目标，通过有助于LIGO？的努力，实现了有史以来第一次探测到的引力波，并通过深入探索LIGO？的潜力，测量天体物理参数和测试的基本性质的引力。 该项目的更广泛影响是在美国一个基础科学参与程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？LIGO科学合作的参与，并将在地方和区域范围内为公共宣传活动创造新的机会。

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.