A Search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2005 · Phys.Rev.D72:042002,2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.042002· OSTI ID:15020220

Abbott, B; Abbott, R; Adhikari, R; Ageev, A; Allen, B; Amin, R; Anderson, S B; Anderson, W G; Araya, M; Armandula, H; Ashley, M; Asiri, F; Aufmuth, P; Aulbert, C; Babak, S; Balasubramanian, R; Ballmer, S; Barish, B C; Barker, C; Barker, D ; Barnes, M

We have performed a search for bursts of gravitational waves associated with the very bright Gamma Ray Burst GRB030329, using the two detectors at the LIGO Hanford Observatory. Our search covered the most sensitive frequency range of the LIGO detectors (approximately 80-2048 Hz), and we specifically targeted signals shorter than {approx_equal}150 ms. Our search algorithm looks for excess correlated power between the two interferometers and thus makes minimal assumptions about the gravitational waveform. We observed no candidates with gravitational wave signal strength larger than a pre-determined threshold. We report frequency dependent upper limits on the strength of the gravitational waves associated with GRB030329. Near the most sensitive frequency region, around {approx_equal}250 Hz, our root-sum-square (RSS) gravitational wave strain sensitivity for optimally polarized bursts was better than h{sub RSS} {approx_equal} 6 x 10{sup -21} Hz{sup -1/2}. Our result is comparable to the best published results searching for association between gravitational waves and GRBs.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 15020220
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-05-071-A; arXiv eprint number gr-qc/0501068
• Journal Information: Phys.Rev.D72:042002,2005, Journal Name: Phys.Rev.D72:042002,2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ALGORITHMS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
DETECTION
FREQUENCY RANGE
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Gravitation and Cosmology
INTERFEROMETERS
SENSITIVITY