NICE documentation

The Noise Interactive Catalogue Explorer (NICE) is a web application dedicated to the noise characterization in gravitational waves interferometers. In the current version, it contains tools for studying rapid non-gaussian noises (glitches) present in Virgo detector.

Contents:

• Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Create and Set the Environment
• Configuration
  • MySQL Database Service
  • Database Creation and Connection
  • Insert Glitches
• Investigation Flow
  • How do I get my glitches of interest?
  • How are glitches distributed around a gravitational wave event?
  • How can I analyze the origin and the morphology of a single glitch?

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page

NICE components

3 main components:

1. Glitch Database (GlitchDB);

2. Interactive Plot Window (IPW);

3. Single Glitch Analysis Window (SGAW);

NICE is currently used for the Virgo glitches morphology and origin investigation. The application leads from the selection of glitches with certain properties (GlitchDB) to the identification of the single transient noise (SGAW), passing through the glitches distrubution around an gravitational wave candidate (IPW). In this documentation are shown the NICE utilities applied to real unclassified and simulated glitches families.