GPappasGR / odw-2019

GW Open Data Workshop #2: Hands-on exercises

Material to support the GW Open Data Workshop #2, April 8-10, 2019

Software setup

Instructions for accessing the required software are available here

Hands-on Session Program

Day 1 hands-on session

Day 1 tutorials

Topics:

• Discover, download, and read data
• FFTs, PSDs, and whitening
• Working with segments lists and Timelines
• Plot spectrograms to identify glitches, signals, and hardware injections

Day 2 hands-on session

Day 2 tutorials

Topics:

• GW signals from compact object mergers
• Matched filtering to identify compact object mergers
• Working with compact object merger parameters and waveforms
• Working with skymaps to identify likely source locations

Day 3

Challenge