Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1
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Barsotti, Lisa
Blackburn, Lindy L.
Bodiya, Timothy Paul
Corbitt, Thomas R.
Donovan, Frederick J.
Evans, Matthew J.
Foley, Stephany
Fritschel, Peter K.
Harry, Gregory
Hughey, Barbara
Date Issued
November 2010
Journal
Physical Review D
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American Physical Society
Citation
J. Abadie et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration) "Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1." Phys. Rev. D 82, 102001 (2010) [11 pages] © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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Abstract
We report the results of the first search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence using data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo detectors. Five months of data were collected during the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s S5 and Virgo’s VSR1 science runs. The search focused on signals from binary mergers with a total mass between 2 and 35M⊙. No gravitational waves are identified. The cumulative 90%-confidence upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence are calculated for nonspinning binary neutron stars, black hole-neutron star systems, and binary black holes to be 8.7×10-3 yr-1 L10-1, 2.2×10-3 yr-1 L10-1, and 4.4×10-4 yr-1 L10-1, respectively, where L10 is 1010 times the blue solar luminosity. These upper limits are compared with astrophysical expectations.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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