Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run

Abbott, B. P. and Lockerbie, N.A. and Tokmakov, K. V., LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2009) Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run. Physical Review D: Particles and Fields, 80 (10). ISSN 0556-2821 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102001)

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Abstract

We present the results obtained from an all-sky search for gravitational-wave (GW) bursts in the 64-2000 Hz frequency range in data collected by the LIGO detectors during the first year (November 2005-November 2006) of their fifth science run. The total analyzed live time was 268.6 days. Multiple hierarchical data analysis methods were invoked in this search. The overall sensitivity expressed in terms of the root-sum-square (rss) strain amplitude hrss for gravitational-wave bursts with various morphologies was in the range of 6×10-22  Hz-1/2 to a few×10-21  Hz-1/2. No GW signals were observed and a frequentist upper limit of 3.75 events per year on the rate of strong GW bursts was placed at the 90% confidence level. As in our previous searches, we also combined this rate limit with the detection efficiency for selected waveform morphologies to obtain event rate versus strength exclusion curves. In sensitivity, these exclusion curves are the most stringent to date.

ORCID iDs

Abbott, B. P., Lockerbie, N.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-3260 and Tokmakov, K. V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-6593;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:27471
    Dates:
    Date
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    11 November 2009
    Published
    Notes:B. P. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration) Phys. Rev. D 80, 102001. ©2009 American Physical Society
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
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    Date deposited:20 Sep 2010 09:54
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:33
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/27471
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