Gravitational Waves
This page is a collection of online resources for gravitational wave research.
Course
Course
Data Analysis
Data Analysis
- Heinzel et al. - Spectrum and spectral density estimation by the Discrete Fourier transform (DFT), including a comprehensive list of window functions and some new flat-top windows
- Eric Thrane and Colm Talbot - Introduction to Bayesian Inference in GW Astronomy
- Peter Young - Everything you wanted to know about Data Analysis and Fitting but were afraid to ask
Tutorials
Tutorials
Experiments
Experiments
LIGO
LIGO
- DCC (Document Control Center)
- Wiki
- Gravitational Wave Open Science Center
- Git.ligo.org
- EM Follow Up
- GraceDB - Gravitational-Wave Candidate Event Database
- LIGO/Virgo Public Alerts User Guide
KAGRA
KAGRA
LISA
LISA
- XXX
Einstein Telescope
Einstein Telescope
Cosmic Explorer
Cosmic Explorer
DECIGO
DECIGO
Pulsar Timing Array
Pulsar Timing Array
Softwares
Softwares
Parameter Estimation
Parameter Estimation
- bilby [paper] // A Bayesian inference library
- dynesty [paper] // A Dynamic Nested Sampling package
- gwpopulation [paper] // For population inference
Skymap
Skymap
- HEALPix
(Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelation of a sphere)- astropy-healpix
(New Python version based on Astropy. It has basic support for the UNIQ indexing scheme, see here.) - healpy (Python version)
- astropy-healpix
- ligo.skymap
- Aladin
Gadgets
Gadgets
LIGO/Virgo
LIGO/Virgo
- LALSuite
- LVC Software repositories
- libFrame // Library for reading Frame files
- GIT.LIGO
- International Gravitational-Wave Observatory Network Guide
KAGRA
KAGRA
PTA
PTA
- ENTERPRISE // python package for gw searches, and timing model analysis
- TEMPO2 // C++ based timing software
- [git-repo] / [manual]
- libstempo - python module to interface with tempo2
- PINT // A new python library for pulsar timing
Optics
Optics
- GW Optics
- GEO sim // Simulations and Tools by GEO
- geo-Q
- a la mode // Mode matching and beam propagation
Electronics
Electronics
- Eagle // PCB design
- Currently, it becomes a part of Autodesk Fusion 360
- Free for Education
- Altium Designer // PCB design
- LTspice // Circuit simulation
- Zero // Circuit simulation
- Digikey // Buy components
- NASA Workmanship Standards // Soldering
- Digikey - Schemeit // Draw circuit diagram
Telecon
Telecon