Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run

(The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration)

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e

Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run

(The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration)

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	232
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	1004
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae211e
State	Published - Jun 20 2026
Externally published	Yes

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Astronomy databases (83)
Black holes (162)
Gravitational waves (678)

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Open Data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA through the First Part of the Fourth Observing Run

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