MIT Libraries logoDSpace@MIT

MIT
View Item 
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • View Item
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BURSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS USING DATA FROM LIGO SCIENCE RUN 5 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUN 1

Author(s)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration; Barsotti, Lisa; Bodiya, Timothy P.; Cao, Junwei; Corbitt, Thomas R; Donovan, Frederick J; Evans, Matthew J; Foley, Stephany; Fritschel, Peter K; Harry, Gregory; Katsavounidis, Erotokritos; MacInnis, Myron E; Markowitz, Jared John; Mason, Kenneth R; Mavalvala, Nergis; Mittleman, Richard K; Shapiro, B.; Shoemaker, David H; Smith, Nicolas de Mateo; Stein, Leo Chaim; Waldman, Samuel J.; Weiss, Rainer; Wipf, Christopher C.; Zucker, Michael E; Blackburn, Lindy L.; Brunet, G.; Duke, I.; Goda, K.; Grimaldi, F.; Hughey, Brennan J.; Sarin, P.; Stein, Andrew J.; ... Show more Show less
Thumbnail
DownloadAbbott_2010_ApJ_715_1438.pdf (655.2Kb)
PUBLISHER_POLICY

Publisher Policy

Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.

Terms of use
Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave bursts (GWBs) associated with 137 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments during the fifth LIGO science run and first Virgo science run. The data used in this analysis were collected from 2005 November 4 to 2007 October 1, and most of the GRB triggers were from the Swift satellite. The search uses a coherent network analysis method that takes into account the different locations and orientations of the interferometers at the three LIGO-Virgo sites. We find no evidence for GWB signals associated with this sample of GRBs. Using simulated short-duration ( < 1 s) waveforms, we set upper limits on the amplitude of gravitational waves associated with each GRB. We also place lower bounds on the distance to each GRB under the assumption of a fixed energy emission in gravitational waves, with a median limit of D ∼ 12 Mpc(E iso GW /0.01 M ⊙ c 2 ) 1/2 for emission at frequencies around 150 Hz, where the LIGO-Virgo detector network has best sensitivity. We present astrophysical interpretations and implications of these results, and prospects for corresponding searches during future LIGO-Virgo runs.
Date issued
2010-05
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116836
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology); MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Journal
Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
American Astronomical Society/IOP Publishing
Citation
Abbott, B. P. et al. “SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BURSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS USING DATA FROM LIGO SCIENCE RUN 5 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUN 1.” The Astrophysical Journal 715, 2 (May 2010): 1438–1452 © 2010 The American Astronomical Society
Version: Final published version
ISSN
0004-637X
1538-4357

Collections
  • MIT Open Access Articles

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

OA StatisticsStatistics by CountryStatistics by Department
MIT Libraries
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibilityContact us
MIT
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.