GstLAL: A software framework for gravitational wave discovery

Kipp Cannon, Sarah Caudill, Chiwai Chan, Bryce Cousins, Jolien D.E. Creighton, Becca Ewing, Heather Fong, Patrick Godwin, Chad Hanna, Shaun Hooper, Rachael Huxford, Ryan Magee*, Duncan Meacher, Cody Messick, Soichiro Morisaki, Debnandini Mukherjee, Hiroaki Ohta, Alexander Pace, Stephen Privitera, Iris de RuiterSurabhi Sachdev, Leo Singer, Divya Singh, Ron Tapia, Leo Tsukada, Daichi Tsuna, Takuya Tsutsui, Koh Ueno, Aaron Viets, Leslie Wade, Madeline Wade

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Abstract

The GstLAL library, derived from Gstreamer and the LIGO Algorithm Library, supports a stream-based approach to gravitational-wave data processing. Although GstLAL was primarily designed to search for gravitational-wave signatures of merging black holes and neutron stars, it has also contributed to other gravitational-wave searches, data calibration, and detector-characterization efforts. GstLAL has played an integral role in all of the LIGO-Virgo collaboration detections, and its low-latency configuration has enabled rapid electromagnetic follow-up for dozens of compact binary candidates.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100680
Pages (from-to)1-9
JournalSoftwareX
Volume14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021

Keywords

  • Black holes
  • Data analysis
  • Gravitational waves
  • Multi-messenger astrophysics
  • Neutron stars

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