PyCBC

<p>PyCBC is an open source software package primarily written in the <a href="/facts/Python_/YbuGqofa">Python programming language</a> which is designed for use in <a href="/facts/Gravitational-wave_astronomy/eJGxCvdl">gravitational-wave astronomy</a> and gravitational-wave data analysis. PyCBC contains modules for signal processing, <a href="/facts/Fast_Fourier_transform/caT7UUCh">FFT</a>, <a href="/facts/Matched_filter/Tl8Bm687">matched filtering</a>, gravitational waveform generation, among other tasks common in gravitational-wave data analysis.
</p><p>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 the <a href="/facts/LIGO/jX6jyJzM">LIGO</a> and <a href="/facts/Virgo_interferometer/wfaxuUqc">Virgo</a> observatories to detect gravitational-waves from the mergers of neutron stars and black holes and determine their statistical significance. PyCBC based analyses can integrate with the <a href="/facts/Open_Science_Grid/9bY716Wt">Open Science Grid</a> for large scale computing resources. Software based on PyCBC has been used to rapidly analyze gravitational-wave data for astronomical follow-up.
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