Peer-reviewedCC BYThe Astrophysical Journal
Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run
40 affiliations
- 1Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
- 2LIGO Hanford Observatory
- 3INFN Sezione di Napoli
- 4Università di Salerno
- 5University of Warwick
- 6Monash University
- 7The Pennsylvania State University
- 8Leibniz Universität Hannover
- 9University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 10California Institute of Technology
- 11Louisiana State University
- 12Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- 13Aix-Marseille Université
- 14Université catholique de Louvain
- 15Queen Mary University of London
- 16University of California, Davis
- 17University of Minnesota
- 18Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
- 19Université Paris Cité
- 20INFN Sezione di Roma
- 21Università di Roma Tor Vergata
- 22Universiteit Antwerpen
- 23Advanced Technology Center
- 24National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- 25Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- 26INFN Sezione di Torino
- 27INFN Sezione di Genova
- 28Università degli Studi di Genova
- 29Université Savoie Mont Blanc
- 30Università di Napoli “Federico II,
- 31Cardiff University
- 32Australian National University
- 33Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 34Maastricht University
- 35Nikhef
- 36Università di Roma “La Sapienza,”
- 37Aix Marseille Université
- 38Université Paris-Saclay
- 39University of Tokyo
- 40Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE)
Abstract
LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA form a network of gravitational-wave observatories. Data and analysis results from this network are made publicly available through the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center. This paper describes open data from this network, including the addition of data from the first part of the fourth observing run and selected periods from the preceding engineering run, collected from 2023 May to 2024 January. The public dataset includes calibrated strain time series for each instrument, data from additional channels used for noise subtraction and detector characterization, and analysis data products from version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog.
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BibTeX
@article{abac2026open,
title = {{Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run}},
author = {Adrian Abac and I. Abouelfettouh and F. Acernese and K. Ackley and Christian Adamcewicz and S. Adhicary and D. Adhikari and N. Adhikari and R. X. Adhikari and V. K. Adkins and Samsuzzaman Afroz and A. Agapito and D. Agarwal and M. Agathos and Nancy Aggarwal and S. Aggarwal and Odylio D. Aguiar and I.-L. Ahrend and L. Aiello and A. Ain and P. Ajith and Tomotada Akutsu and Simone Albanesi and W. Ali and S. Al-Kershi and C. Alléné and A. Allocca and S. Al-Shammari and P. A. Altin and S. Álvarez-López and W. Amar and O. Amarasinghe and A. Amato and F. Amicucci and Claude Amra and A. Ananyeva and S. B. Anderson and Warren G. Anderson and M. Andia and M. Ando and Marc Andrés-Carcasona and T. Andrić and J. Anglin and Stefano Ansoldi and Javier Mauricio Antelis and S. Antier and M. Aoumi and E. Z. Appavuravther and S. Appert and S. K. Apple and Koji Arai and A. Araya and M. C. Araya and Manuel Arca Sedda and J. S. Areeda and N. Aritomi and F. Armato and Sharon Armstrong and N. Arnaud and M. Arogeti},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run
AU - Adrian Abac
AU - I. Abouelfettouh
AU - F. Acernese
AU - K. Ackley
AU - Christian Adamcewicz
AU - S. Adhicary
AU - D. Adhikari
AU - N. Adhikari
AU - R. X. Adhikari
AU - V. K. Adkins
AU - Samsuzzaman Afroz
AU - A. Agapito
AU - D. Agarwal
AU - M. Agathos
AU - Nancy Aggarwal
AU - S. Aggarwal
AU - Odylio D. Aguiar
AU - I.-L. Ahrend
AU - L. Aiello
AU - A. Ain
AU - P. Ajith
AU - Tomotada Akutsu
AU - Simone Albanesi
AU - W. Ali
AU - S. Al-Kershi
AU - C. Alléné
AU - A. Allocca
AU - S. Al-Shammari
AU - P. A. Altin
AU - S. Álvarez-López
AU - W. Amar
AU - O. Amarasinghe
AU - A. Amato
AU - F. Amicucci
AU - Claude Amra
AU - A. Ananyeva
AU - S. B. Anderson
AU - Warren G. Anderson
AU - M. Andia
AU - M. Ando
AU - Marc Andrés-Carcasona
AU - T. Andrić
AU - J. Anglin
AU - Stefano Ansoldi
AU - Javier Mauricio Antelis
AU - S. Antier
AU - M. Aoumi
AU - E. Z. Appavuravther
AU - S. Appert
AU - S. K. Apple
AU - Koji Arai
AU - A. Araya
AU - M. C. Araya
AU - Manuel Arca Sedda
AU - J. S. Areeda
AU - N. Aritomi
AU - F. Armato
AU - Sharon Armstrong
AU - N. Arnaud
AU - M. Arogeti
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/18
JO - The Astrophysical Journal
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e
UR - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e
AB - LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA form a network of gravitational-wave observatories. Data and analysis results from this network are made publicly available through the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center. This paper describes open data from this network, including the addition of data from the first part of the fourth observing run and selected periods from the preceding engineering run, collected from 2023 May to 2024 January. The public dataset includes calibrated strain time series for each instrument, data from additional channels used for noise subtraction and detector characterization, and analysis data products from version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog.
SN - 0004-637X
SN - 1538-4357
ER -