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Investigating Gravitational Waves with Data from LIGO
Student Papers - 2015

 
Students learn about the physics of gravitational waves and how they are detected, and then use real data from a global network of gravitational wave observatories to perform their own personal research investigation.

Read about each student's investigation in their own words:

2015

LIGO: Power Main Disturbance Research
by William Li

This LIGO research made use of both S5 and S6 data of LIGO to discuss the extent of the North American 60 Hz Power Main Disturbance.

Analysis for Recovered Compact Binary Coalescence Hardware Injections
by Jinghong Liang

This paper is about the study of gravitational waves with the data from LIGO's 5th science run (S5). It provides basic background information about gravitational waves, its source and the LIGO. It described the preliminary goal of research, the following process during the half of year and the final researching target. The methodology of how to recover the compact binary coalescence injections and how to create the plots is mentioned, as well as a brief analysis based on these resources. The reader is assumed to be familiar with basic physical knowledge, having interests in the cutting-edge area of physics, but not necessarily has any background information about LIGO or gravitational waves.

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