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Search for Gravitational-wave Inspiral Signals Associated with Short Gamma-ray Bursts During Ligo’s Fifth and Virgo’s First Science Run

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Barsotti, Lisa; Blackburn, Lindy L.; Bodiya, Timothy Paul; Cao, Jianshu; Corbitt, Thomas R.; Donovan, Frederick J.; Duke, I.; Evans, Matthew J.; Foley, S.; Fritschel, Peter K.; Harry, Gregory; Hughey, Barbara; Katsavounidis, Erotokritos; MacInnis, Myron E.; Markowitz, Jared John; Mason, Kenneth R.; Matichard, Fabrice; Mavalvala, Nergis; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
Progenitor scenarios for short gamma-ray bursts (short GRBs) include coalescenses of two neutron stars or a neutron star and black hole, which would necessarily be accompanied by the emission of strong gravitational waves. We present a search for these known gravitational-wave signatures in temporal and directional coincidence with 22 GRBs that had sufficient gravitational-wave data available in multiple instruments during LIGO's fifth science run, S5, and Virgo's first science run, VSR1. We find no statistically significant gravitational-wave candidates within a [ – 5, + 1) s window around the trigger time of any GRB. Using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test, we find no evidence for an excess of weak gravitational-wave signals in our sample of GRBs. We exclude neutron star-black hole progenitors to a median 90% confidence exclusion distance of 6.7 Mpc.
Date issued
2010-05
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76674
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Journal
Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Citation
Abadie, J. et al. “SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INSPIRAL SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DURING LIGO’S FIFTH AND VIRGO’S FIRST SCIENCE RUN.” The Astrophysical Journal 715.2 (2010): 1453–1461.
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0004-637X
1538-4357

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