First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts

Conference · Tue Mar 09 04:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:821884

Abbott, B ^[1]

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1. Fermilab

We report on a search for gravitational wave bursts using data from the first science run of the LIGO detectors. Our search focuses on bursts with durations ranging from 4 ms to 100 ms, and with significant power in the LIGO sensitivity band of 150 to 3000 Hz. We bound the rate for such detected bursts at less than 1.6 events per day at 90% confidence level. This result is interpreted in terms of the detection efficiency for ad hoc waveforms (Gaussians and sine-Gaussians) as a function of their root-sum-square strain h{sub rss}; typical sensitivities lie in the range h{sub rss} {approx} 10{sup -19} - 10{sup -17} strain/{radical}Hz, depending on waveform. We discuss improvements in the search method that will be applied to future science data from LIGO and other gravitational wave detectors.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 821884
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-Conf-03/421
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SENSITIVITY
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