PyCBC

PyCBC
Developer(s)PyCBC Team and LIGO / Virgo Collaborations
Stable release
2.7.2
Repositorygithub.com/gwastro/pycbc
Written inPython, C
Operating systemLinux, OS X
TypeTechnical computing
LicenseGNU General Public License, version 3.0
Websitehttps://pycbc.org/

PyCBC is an open source software package primarily written in the Python programming language which is designed for use in gravitational-wave astronomy and gravitational-wave data analysis.[1] PyCBC contains modules for signal processing, FFT, matched filtering, gravitational waveform generation, among other tasks common in gravitational-wave data analysis.[1]

The software is developed by the gravitational-wave community alongside LIGO and Virgo scientists to analyze gravitational-wave data, search for gravitational-waves, and to measure the properties of astrophysical sources. It has been used to analyze gravitational-wave data from the LIGO and Virgo observatories to detect gravitational-waves from the mergers of neutron stars[2] and black holes[3][4][5][6] and determine their statistical significance.[7] PyCBC based analyses can integrate with the Open Science Grid for large scale computing resources.[8] Software based on PyCBC has been used to rapidly analyze gravitational-wave data for astronomical follow-up.[9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "PyCBC Documentation". Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ^ Abbott, B. P.; et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration) (16 October 2017). "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral". Physical Review Letters. 119 (16): 161101. arXiv:1710.05832. Bibcode:2017PhRvL.119p1101A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101. PMID 29099225.
  3. ^ Nixon, Presley (26 February 2016). "NEW TYPE OF WAVE CONFIRMS EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY". The Bison. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ Fan, Xilong (December 2017). "The first confirmed gravitational wave detection in LIGO's second observational run". Science China. Vol. 60, no. 60. doi:10.1007/s11433-017-9094-8.
  5. ^ Collins, Harry (January 2017). Gravity's Kiss. The MIT Press. pp. 118, 164. ISBN 9780262036184.
  6. ^ Abbott, B. P.; et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration) (11 February 2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Physical Review Letters. 116 (6): 061102. arXiv:1602.03837. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. PMID 26918975. S2CID 124959784.
  7. ^ Usman, Samantha A. (2016). "The PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence". Class. Quantum Grav. 33 (21): 215004. arXiv:1508.02357. Bibcode:2016CQGra..33u5004U. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/33/21/215004. S2CID 53979477.
  8. ^ Jennifer Chu (16 October 2017). "LIGO and OSG launch multi-messenger astronomy era". Science Node. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Syracuse Alumnus Instrumental in LIGO's Third Detection of Gravitational Waves". Syracuse University Press. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  10. ^ "GCN notices related to LIGO/Virgo Alert of GW170104". Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network. Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  11. ^ "GCN notices related to LIGO/Virgo Alert of GW170817". Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network. Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.