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

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/715/2/1438· OSTI ID:21450874

Abbott, B P; Abbott, R; Adhikari, R; Anderson, S B; Araya, M; Armandula, H; Aso, Y ^[1]; Acernese, F ^[2]; Ajith, P; Allen, B ^[3]; Allen, G ^[4]; Alshourbagy, M ^[5]; Amin, R S ^[6]; Anderson, W G; Armor, P ^[7]; Antonucci, F ^[8]; Aoudia, S ^[9]; Arain, M A ^[10]; Arun, K G ^[11]; Aston, S ^[12]

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1. LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
2. INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant Angelo, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
3. Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover (Germany)
4. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 (United States)
5. INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa (Italy)
6. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (United States)
7. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (United States)
8. INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma (Italy)
9. Departement Artemis, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, CNRS, F-06304 Nice (France)
10. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 (United States)
11. LAL, Universite Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay (France)
12. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT (United Kingdom)

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 {approx} 12 Mpc(E {sup iso} {sub GW}/0.01 M {sub sun} c {sup 2}){sup 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.

• OSTI ID: 21450874
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 715, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/715/2/1438; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
INTERFEROMETERS
NETWORK ANALYSIS
PHOTON EMISSION
SATELLITES
SIGNALS
WAVE FORMS
COSMIC RADIATION
EMISSION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PHYSICS
PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
RADIATIONS