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Title: GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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The LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaborations have announced the event GW170817, the first detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of two neutron stars. The merger rate of binary neutron stars estimated from this event suggests that distant, unresolvable binary neutron stars create a significant astrophysical stochastic gravitational-wave background. The binary neutron star component will add to the contribution from binary black holes, increasing the amplitude of the total astrophysical background relative to previous expectations. In the Advanced LIGO-Virgo frequency band most sensitive to stochastic backgrounds (near 25 Hz), we predict a total astrophysical background with amplitude Ω GW ( f = 25 Hz ) = 1. 8 - 1.3 + 2.7 × 10 - 9 with 90% confidence, compared with Ω GW ( f = 25 Hz ) = 1. 1 - 0.7 + 1.2 × 10 - 9 from binary black holes alone. Finally, assuming the most probable rate for compact binary mergers, we find that the total background may be detectable with a signal-to-noise-ratio of 3 after 40 months of total observation time, based on the expected timeline for Advanced LIGO and Virgo to reach their design sensitivity.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Contributing Organization:
LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1480019
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-29494
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 9; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 136 works
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