Analysis of the Average Glitch Rate Around a Gravitational Wave Event Candidate

The main goal of Advanced LIGO is to study and detect gravitational waves, and an important aspect of working towards that goal is analyzing the glitches in the data. These glitches are short-duration bursts of noise in LIGO detectors, and often interfere with gravitational wave signals, making it difficult to study events. Currently, we use a tool for testing the data quality surrounding the time of gravitational wave event candidates, called a data quality report. The purpose of this research is to conduct an analysis of the average glitch rate preceding past gravitational wave event candidates. This analysis will include a comparison between the time period shortly before the candidate and the overall trends in the glitch rate at other times. These studies will allow us to better analyze the quality of the data around the time of possible gravitational waves.