Publications

Observational Results

• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger.
• GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence.
• The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914.
• Supplement: The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914
• Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run.
• GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Reshift 0.2
• GW170814: A Three-detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence
• GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
• Measuring the viewing angle of GW170817 with electromagnetic and gravitational waves
• Constraining the nuclear equation of state with GW170817
• Constraints on nonlinear tides due to p-g mode coupling from the neutron-star merger GW170817
• 1-OGC: The first open gravitational-wave catalog of binary mergers from analysis of public Advanced LIGO data

Papers describing PyCBC Methods and Algorithms

• PyCBC Inference: A Python-based parameter estimation toolkit for compact binary coalescence signals. Free preprint at arxiv:1807.10312
• PyCBC Live: Rapid Detection of Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Mergers. Phys. Rev. D 98, 024050 (2018). Free preprint at arxiv:1805.11174
• Designing a template bank to observe compact binary coalescences in Advanced LIGO’s second observing run. Free prerint at arXiv:1705.01845
• Distinguishing short duration noise transients in LIGO data to improve the PyCBC search for gravitational waves from high mass binary black hole mergers. Free prerint at arXiv:1709.08974
• Detecting binary compact-object mergers with gravitational waves: Understanding and Improving the sensitivity of the PyCBC search. Open-access article at Ap. J. 849 118 (2017)
• The PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence. [Class. Quant. Grav. 33, 215004 (2016)] (http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/33/21/215004/meta;jsessionid=287B432D6C1C3583375F20A3C7EE6DD8.ip-10-40-1-105). Free preprint at arXiv:1508.02357
• FINDCHIRP: An algorithm for detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries. Open access article at Phys. Rev. D 85, 122006 (2012)
• A chi-squared time-frequency discriminator for gravitational wave detection. Phys. Rev. D 71, 062001 (2005). Free preprint at gr-qc/0405045

Other astrophysics publications using PyCBC

• Implementing a search for aligned-spin neutron star-black hole systems with advanced ground based gravitational wave detectors. Free preprint at arXiv:1405.6731
• Validating gravitational-wave detections: The Advanced LIGO hardware injection system. Free preprint at arXiv:1612.07864
• Searching for the full symphony of black hole binary mergers. Free preprint at arXiv:1709.09181

In the News

• LIGO Makes Vital Contribution to New Gravitational Wave Discoveries, December 2018, scitechdaily.com
• Python Scientific Use Cases, November 2017, datacamp.com
• Why we should give credit to code creators, March 2017, Physics World.
• High throughput computing helps LIGO confirm Einstein’s last unproven theory, March 9, 2016, Phys.org.
• XSEDE Resources Help Confirm LIGO Discovery, NSF Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.
• OSG helps LIGO scientists confirm Einstein’s unproven theory, OSG press release.
• Science Powerhouses Unite to Help Search for Gravitational Waves, December 3, 2016, TACC press release.
• LIGO and OSG launch multi-messenger astronomy era, Monday, October 16th, 2017, UCSD press release.