Gravitational Wave Astronomy with LIGO Data

该奖项为宾夕法尼亚州立大学小组参与和支持LIGO科学合作（LSC）活动提供了部分支持。该奖项支持的工作包括分析来自天文来源的引力波爆发的LIGO数据，包括但不限于超新星、伽马射线爆发和黑洞合并；开发模拟数据集，以支持其他研究小组的分析活动；调查探测器噪声源及其消减措施；以及以天文发现为目标的LIGO观测结果的解释。所有这些活动都集中在加强LIGO观测与其天体物理解释之间的联系，并通过更复杂和有区别的分析技术，以及通过提高数据质量和对探测器的理解来提高LIGO观测的灵敏度。这些活动的广泛影响包括使更广泛的LIGO任务得以实现，引力波观测作为天文发现工具的发展，研究教育和博士后、研究生和本科生的培训

This award provides partial support for the Penn State group's participation in and support of LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) activities. Work supported under this award includes the analysis of LIGO data for gravitational wave bursts arising from astronomical sources, including but not limited to supernovae, gamma-ray bursts and black hole mergers; the development of simulated data sets to support the analysis activities of other LSC research groups; investigations into detector noise sources and their mitigation; and the interpretation of LIGO observations with the goal of astronomical discovery.All these activities center on making tighter the connection between LIGO observations and their astrophysical interpretation, and increasing the sensitivity of LIGO observations through more sophisticated and discriminating analysis techniques, and through improved data quality and understanding of the detector. The broader impact of these activities includes enabling the broader LIGO mission, the development of gravitational wave observations as a tool of astronomical discovery, the research education and training of postdocs, graduate students and undergraduate students