LALSuite

The LSC Algorithm Library Suite (LALSuite) is comprised of various gravitational wave data analysis routines written in C following the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, more commonly referred to as C99.

Project details

Project name LALSuite
Development URL https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite/
Documentation URL https://lscsoft.docs.ligo.org/lalsuite/
License GPL-2.0-or-later

Components

LALSuite is comprised of the following components:
  • LAL: Core gravitational wave analysis routines
  • LALFrame: LAL wrapping of the LIGO/Virgo Frame library
  • LALMetaIO: LAL wrapping of the MetaIO LIGO_LW XML library
  • LALSimulation: LAL routines for gravitational waveform and noise generation
  • LALBurst: LAL routines for burst gravitational wave data analysis
  • LALInspiral: LAL routines for inspiral and ringdown CBC gravitational wave data analysis
  • LALInference: LAL routines for Bayesian inference data analysis
  • LALPulsar: LAL routines for pulsar and continuous wave gravitational wave data analysis
  • LALApps: Collection of gravitational wave data analysis codes and pipelines utilising the LAL libraries

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Documentation

The documentation for all LALSuite components is generated using Doxygen. The most recent LALSuite documentation from the nightly build can be found here.

The LAL Specification and Style Guide document (commonly known as the LAL Spec) contains the software specifications that code written for LALSuite should conform to. The most recent version of the LAL Spec can be found here.

Install

For complete instructions on building LALSuite, see LALSuiteInstall.

Download

LALSuite-7.21 was released on 23 October 2023, and is comprised of: Previous releases can be found in the following directory.

The latest version approved by the SCCB is LALSuite-7.19.

Git Repository

The LALSuite sources are located in the LALSuite Git repository. See the following instructions on how to get started. You may also browse the LALSuite Git repository using the GitLab web interface.

Bug Reporting

The LALSuite bug reporting system can be found here. You will need a LIGO.ORG username and password.

Before you file a ticket, please read and search through the list of current and previous issues to determine if your bug has already been reported. If it has not, please report the issue giving as much detail as possible.

If an issue already exists and has not been fixed, add any additional information to the existing report. If your bug exists and has been fixed, upgrade to the version detailed in the issue to confirm if it has been fixed correctly. If it was not, please reopen the issue.

Mailing Lists

There are several mailing lists related to LALSuite development: Developers should subscribe to the LAL Discuss and Computing Discuss mailing lists as important development information is regularly posted and discussed on these lists.

SoftwareProjectsForm edit

Name LALSuite
VCS https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite/
Docs https://lscsoft.docs.ligo.org/lalsuite/
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Description The LSC Algorithm Library Applications for gravitational wave data analysis
Forum mailto:lal-discuss@ligo.org
This topic: Computing > UserGuide > SoftwareProjects > LALSuite
Topic revision: 2023-10-23, adam.mercer@ligo.org
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