PyCBC

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PyCBC
Developers PyCBC Team and LIGO / Virgo Collaborations
Stable release
2.10.0 / October 26, 2025
Repository https://github.com/gwastro/pycbc
Written inPython
Operating system Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Type Scientific computing
License GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Website https://pycbc.org/

PyCBC is a free and 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, fast Fourier transform s, matched filtering, gravitational waveform generation, among other tasks common in gravitational-wave data analysis. [1]

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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 LIGO and VIRGO 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. 1 2 "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   978-0-262-03618-4.
  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.
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