Skip to content

Add support for reading gstlal trigger files

Duncan Macleod requested to merge github/fork/dethodav/gstlal_table into main

Created by: dethodav

This pull request aims to add support for reading gstlal trigger files.

The rationale for a specific gstlal format is

  • A desire to calculate some useful derived quantities. This feature is available for only pycbc trigger files at present.
  • The gstlal statistic requires additional inputs beyond what is included in trigger files in order to calculate the ranking statistic. However, the comparable quantity is stored in the coinc_event table. Hence reading in both the coinc_event and coinc_inspiral tables at once would be a useful feature.

Thew new proposed format heavily relies upon the current ligolw functionality, with the addition of the two features above.

Merge request reports