Search for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence in LIGO and Virgo Data from S5 and VSR1

Author

J. Abadie
Marco Cavaglia, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
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Abstract

We report the results of the first search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence using data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo detectors. Five months of data were collected during the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory's S5 and Virgo's VSR1 science runs. The search focused on signals from binary mergers with a total mass between 2 and 35M_⊙. No gravitational waves are identified. The cumulative 90%-confidence upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence are calculated for nonspinning binary neutron stars, black hole-neutron star systems, and binary black holes to be 8.7 x 10^{- 3}yr^-1L₁₀^-1, 2.2 x 10^-3yr^-1L₁₀^-1, and 4.4 x 10^{- 4}yr^-1L₁₀^-1, respectively, where L₁₀ is 10¹⁰ times the blue solar luminosity. These upper limits are compared with astrophysical expectations.

Recommended Citation

J. Abadie et al., "Search for Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescence in LIGO and Virgo Data from S5 and VSR1," Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 82, no. 10, American Physical Society (APS), Nov 2010.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001

Department(s)

Physics

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1550-7998

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2010 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Nov 2010