GWpy: A Python package for gravitational-wave astrophysics
D. M. Macleod, J. S. Areeda, S. B. Coughlin, T. J. Massinger, Alexander Urban
Abstract
GWpy is a Python software package that provides an intuitive, object-oriented interface through which to access, process, and visualise data from gravitational-wave detectors. GWpy provides a number of new utilities for studying data, as well as an improved user interface for a number of existing tools. The ease-of-use, along with extensive online documentation and examples, has resulted in widespread adoption of GWpy as a basis for Python software development in the international gravitational-wave community.
Topics & Concepts
Python (programming language)DocumentationComputer scienceGravitational waveSoftwareSoftware packageUsabilityUser interfaceSoftware engineeringProgramming languagePhysicsAstronomyOperating systemPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchSuperconducting Materials and ApplicationsAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations