A Search for Gravitational Radiation at LIGO: Oregon Experimental Relativity Group

俄勒冈实验相对论小组计划在LIGO科学合作组织（LSC）内继续积极努力，寻找重力辐射（gwb）的爆发源。俄勒冈实验相对论小组将继续把很大一部分精力集中在LIGO干涉仪噪声源的识别和改进上，作为实现科学发现的先决条件。该计划涉及LSC内GWB科学的两个互补活动领域：(1)数据分析和(2)探测器表征和改进。在数据分析领域，将完成对LIGO初始科学运行S2、S3和S4中与伽马射线暴（grb）相关的gwb的搜索。然后，分析将在2005年或以后的长期科学运行中得到完善。最初基于模板匹配技术的超新星引力辐射的搜索也将得到推进。探测器的特性和改进工作将继续关注环境影响。将继续开展识别和减少环境影响的工作，以提高干涉仪的灵敏度，并降低误检率。工作将延伸到这两个主要领域之外，并对所有LIGO搜索和高级LIGO的成功做出重要贡献。这项研究对社会的贡献是巨大的，因为它的深刻的，基本的性质，以及与之相关的机会，使人们能够广泛参与科学事业。引力辐射的发现将是推动爱因斯坦广义相对论应用的一项重大成就，并开启了一个发现和理解的新时代。科学成果的发表将标志着人类对宇宙本质的启蒙的一个伟大时刻。俄勒冈小组通过将最先进的技术方面与外联活动结合起来，特别努力扩大这项工作的影响。这些包括本科生参与小组的研究，为有才华的高中生提供的暑期研究项目，与俄勒冈州高中教师合作将研究经验带入高中（夸克网络项目的一部分），以及向社区团体发表演讲。

The Oregon experimental relativity group plans to continue its vigorous efforts within the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) to search for burst sources of gravitational radiation (GWBs). The Oregon experimental relativity group will continue to focus a significant fraction of its effort on the identification and amelioration of noise sources in the LIGO interferometers, as a prerequisite to the realization of a scientific discovery. The program involves two complementary areas of activity in GWB science within the LSC: (1) data analysis and (2) detector characterization and improvement. In the area of data analysis, the search for GWBs produced in association with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the initial LIGO science runs S2, S3, and S4 will be completed. Then the analysis will be refined for the long science run S5, and beyond. A search for gravitational radiation emission from supernovae, initially based on a template matching technique, will also be advanced. The detector characterization and improvement effort will continue to focus on environmental influences. Work will continue on identifying and reducing environmental influences in order to improveinterferometer sensitivity, and to decrease false detection rates. Efforts will extend beyond these two primary areas, and have important contributions to all LIGO searches and the success of Advanced LIGO.This research contributes significantly to society, due to its profound, fundamental nature, and the opportunities which are associated to enable broad participation in the scientific enterprise. The discovery of gravitational radiation would be a major achievement in advancing the applications of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, and initiate a new age of discovery and understanding. Publications of the scientific results would mark a great moment of human enlightenment regarding the nature of the universe. The Oregon group makes a special effort to broaden the impact of this work by integrating the most advanced, technical aspects with outreach activities. These include undergraduate participation in the group's research, summer research programs for talented high school students, work with Oregon high school teachers to bring the research experience into thehigh school (part of the Quark Net program), and speaking engagements to community groups.