PyCBC

PyCBC is an open source software package primarily written in the Python programming language which is designed for use in gravitational-wave astronomy and gravitational-wave data analysis.^[1] PyCBC contains modules for signal processing, FFT, matched filtering, gravitational waveform generation, among other tasks common in gravitational-wave data analysis.^[1]

PyCBC

Developer(s)	PyCBC Team and LIGO / Virgo Collaborations
Stable release	2.8.2
Repository	github.com/gwastro/pycbc
Written in	Python, C
Operating system	Linux, OS X
Type	Technical computing
License	GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Website	https://pycbc.org/

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 LIGO and Virgo observatories to detect gravitational-waves from the mergers of neutron stars^[2] and black holes^[3][4][5][6] and determine their statistical significance.^[7] PyCBC based analyses can integrate with the Open Science Grid for large scale computing resources.^[8] Software based on PyCBC has been used to rapidly analyze gravitational-wave data for astronomical follow-up.^[9][10][11]

See also

• List of numerical analysis software
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration
• European Gravitational Observatory