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Obtaining gravitational waves from inspiral binary systems using LIGO data

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The discovery of the astrophysical events GW150926 and GW151226 has experimentally confirmed the existence of gravitational waves (GW) and has demonstrated the existence of binary stellar-mass black hole systems. This finding marks the beginning of a new era that will reveal unexpected features of our universe. This work presents a basic insight to the fundamental theory of GW emitted by inspiral binary systems and describes the scientific and technological efforts developed to measure these waves using the interferometer-based detector called LIGO. Subsequently, the work presents a comprehensive data analysis methodology based on the matched filter algorithm, which aims to recovery GW signals emitted by inspiral binary systems of astrophysical sources. This algorithm was evaluated with freely available LIGO data containing injected GW waveforms. Results of the experiments performed to assess detection accuracy showed the recovery of 85% of the injected GW.

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  1. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Av. General Ramón Corona 2514, Col. Nuevo México, 45201 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

    Javier M. Antelis

  2. Departamento de Física, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Revolución 1500, Col. Olímpica, 44430 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Claudia Moreno

  3. Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Edificio C-3, Ciudad Universitaria, 58040 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

    Claudia Moreno

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11396-9.

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Antelis, J.M., Moreno, C. Obtaining gravitational waves from inspiral binary systems using LIGO data. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 132, 10 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11283-5

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