All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the first Advanced LIGO observing run

Abbott, B P and Jawahar, S and Lockerbie, N A and Tokmakov, K V, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration (2018) All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the first Advanced LIGO observing run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 35 (6). 065009. ISSN 0264-9381 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aaab76)

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Abstract

We present the results of a search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the data of the LIGO Hanford and LIGO Livingston second generation detectors between September 2015 and January 2016 , with a total observational time of 49 d. The search targets gravitational wave transients of 10 – 500 s duration in a frequency band of 24 – 2048 Hz, with minimal assumptions about the signal waveform, polarization, source direction, or time of occurrence. No significant events were observed. As a result we set 90% confidence upper limits on the rate of long-duration gravitational wave transients for different types of gravitational wave signals. We also show that the search is sensitive to sources in the Galaxy emitting at least ∼ 10 − 8 M c 2 in gravitational waves.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:63676
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    14 February 2018
    Published
    30 January 2018
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:11 Apr 2018 11:10
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 23:54
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/63676
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