Useful Links
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This page collects the most relevant links related to the CWB pipeline.

-  **WAT** - The Waveburst Algorithm Tools library

   -  `WAT
      Repository <https://svn.ligo.caltech.edu/svn/watrepo/wat/trunk>`__
      - WAT repository
   -  `WAT
      Manual <https://ldas-jobs.ligo.caltech.edu/~waveburst/LSC/doc/cwb/man/>`__
      - WAT online manual
   -  `WAT
      Reference <https://ldas-jobs.ligo.caltech.edu/~waveburst/LSC/doc/cwb/ref/>`__
      - WAT online repository
   -  `WAT Tickets
      Reports <https://trac.ligo.caltech.edu/watrepo/report>`__ - WAT
      tracking of issues and bugs
   -  `WAT New
      Ticket <https://trac.ligo.caltech.edu/watrepo/newticket>`__ - Link
      to send a new ticket

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-  **ROOT** - An object oriented framework for large scale data analysis

   -  `ROOT Home Page <http://root.cern.ch>`__
   -  `ROOT User
      Guide <http://root.cern.ch/download/doc/ROOTUsersGuideHTML/index.html>`__
   -  `Download
      ROOT <http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/downloading-root>`__
   -  `Tutorials and
      Courses <http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/tutorials-and-courses>`__

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-  **LAL** - The LSC Algorithm Library

   -  `LAL Home
      Page <https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/projects/lalsuite.html>`__
   -  `LAL Online
      Documentation <https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/projects/lal/nightly/docs/html/index.html>`__
   -  `LAL Burst Waveform
      Simulations <https://wiki.ligo.org/Bursts/BurstSims>`__

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-  **FRAMELIB** - Frame Library for GW data manipulation

   -  `FRAMELIB Home Page <http://lappweb.in2p3.fr/virgo/FrameL>`__
   -  `Frame Library Online
      Documentation <http://lappweb.in2p3.fr/virgo/FrameL/FrDoc.html>`__

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-  **BurstMDC** - Wrapper for the simulation physics code ’GravEn’ to
   create and write MDC simulated signals to frames

   -  `Home Page <https://wiki.ligo.org/Bursts/MDCs>`__
   -  `Supernova Search
      MDCs <https://wiki.ligo.org/viewauth/Bursts/SNMDCInfoPage>`__
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-  **HEALPix** - Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a
   sphere

   -  `HEALPix Home Page  NASA <http://healpix.jpl.nasa.gov>`__
   -  `HEALPix Home Page
       sourceforge <http://healpix.sourceforge.net/>`__

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-  **CVODE** - Suite for integration of ordinary differential equation
   systems

   -  `CVODE Download
      Page <http://computation.llnl.gov/casc/sundials/download/download.html>`__

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-  **FITS** - Flexible Image Transport System

   -  `Reference to the FITS
      standard <http://archive.stsci.edu/fits/fits_standard/>`__
   -  `Dictionary of standard FITS header
      keywords <http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/fcg/standard_dict.html>`__
   -  `CFITSIO <http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html>`__
      - library for reading and writing data files in the FITS format
   -  `Funtools: FITS Users Need
      Tools <https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~john/funtools/>`__
   -  `LIGO/Virgo proposal to adopt HEALPix/FITS format and some
      metadata
      conventions <https://wiki.ligo.org/Bursts/SkymapFileDesign>`__

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-  **Skymap Statistics** - simple module and exectutables to quantify
   skymaps and compare them

   -  `Home Page <https://github.com/reedessick/skymap_statistics>`__
   -  `git
      repository <https://github.com/reedessick/skymap_statistics.git>`__

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-  **Scientific Linux** - A Linux release developed by Fermilab and CERN

   -  `Linux Home Page <https://www.scientificlinux.org/>`__
   -  `Documentation <https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/>`__

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-  **Baudline** - Browser for scientific visualization of data in the
   time-frequency domain

   -  `Baudline Home Page <http://www.baudline.com>`__
   -  `Baudline Online
      Manual <http://www.baudline.com/manual/index.html>`__

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-  **Aladin Sky Atlas** - Interactive software for the visualization of
   digitized astronomical images

   -  `Aladin Sky Atlas Home Page <http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/>`__
   -  `Aladin User
      Manual <http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/AladinManual6.pdf>`__

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-  **GWGC** - Gravitational Wave Galaxy Catalog

   -  `GWGC <https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/cgi-bin/pcvs/viewcvs.cgi/bursts/collabs/DO_proposal/gwgc>`__

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-  **GWOSC** - Gravitational Wave Open Science Center

   -  `GWOSC <https://www.gw-openscience.org/about/>`__

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-  **Utilities**

   -  `Antenna Pattern Map
      Generator <http://geco.markalab.org/outreach/ligomapgenerator>`__
   -  `GPS Time
      Converter <https://www.gw-openscience.org/gps/>`__

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-  **DATA GRID** - The LSC/VIRGO computing resources

   -  **LSC DATA GRID** - The LSC computing resources
      (`WebHome <https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/lscdatagrid/resources/>`__)

      -  `Accounting
         Statistics <https://ldas-gridmon.ligo.caltech.edu/accounting/ldg_accounting/accounting/overview.html>`__
      -  `Determining a Unique Tag for LIGO Condor
         Jobs <https://ldas-gridmon.ligo.caltech.edu/accounting/condor_groups/determine_condor_account_group.html>`__
      -  **ATLAS** - The ATLAS computing cluster

         -  `Home
            Page <https://wiki.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de/foswiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome>`__
         -  `Condor
            Status <https://atlas1.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de/condorwatch.html>`__

      -  **CIT** - The CIT computing cluster

         -  `Condor Status <https://ldas-gridmon.ligo.caltech.edu>`__

      -  **XSEDE** - The XSEDE user portal

         -  `User Portal <https://portal.xsede.org/>`__

   -  **VIRGO DATA GRID** - The VIRGO computing resources
      (`WebHome <https://wwwcascina.virgo.infn.it/computing/main/>`__)

      -  **CNAF** - The CNAF computing cluster

         -  `Monitoring at
            Tier1 <http://tier1.cnaf.infn.it/monitor/index.html>`__

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-  **DetChar** - Detector Characterization
   (`WebHome <https://wiki.ligo.org/DetChar/WebHome>`__)

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   -  **Data Quality**

      -  `Advanced LIGO Data Quality and
         Vetoes <https://wiki.ligo.org/DetChar/DataQuality/>`__
      -  `Virgo Data Quality and
         vetoes <http://wwwcascina.virgo.infn.it/DataAnalysis/VDBdoc/>`__
      -  `Segment
         Tools <https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/wiki/S6OnlineGroup/segment_tools>`__
         - generate data quality segment information

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   -  **Detector Characterization**
      `Tools <https://wiki.ligo.org/DetChar/Tools>`__

      -  `Omega Scans <https://wiki.ligo.org/DetChar/OmegaScan>`__ - a
         tool for glitch investigations
      -  `Omicron <https://wiki.ligo.org/DetChar/Omicron>`__ - a tool
         for Event trigger generator

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   -  **Observatory status**

      -  `LIGO Open Science
         Center <https://losc-dev.ligo.org/dashboard/>`__
      -  `LIGO
         Hanford <https://ldas-jobs.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/~detchar/summary/>`__
      -  `LIGO
         Livingston <https://ldas-jobs.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~detchar/summary/>`__
      -  `VIRGO <https://wwwcascina.virgo.infn.it/MonitoringWeb/Summary/>`__

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-  **Miscellaneous topics**

   -  `CWB
      Wiki <http://www.virgo.lnl.infn.it/Wiki/index.php/Main_Page>`__ -
      The wiki page of the data-analysis team using CWB
   -  `DASWG <https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/>`__ - Homepage
      of the LIGO Data Analysis Software Working Group
   -  `VDAS <https://workarea.ego-gw.it/ego2/virgo/data-analysis/vdas/>`__
      - Virgo Data Analysis Software
   -  `Other
      Links <http://www.virgo.lnl.infn.it/Wiki/index.php/Links>`__

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-  **Documentation**

   - `Sphinx <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/>`__
   - `Read the Docs Theme <https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__