Search for gravitational waves associated with γ-ray bursts detected by the interplanetary network.

Aasi, J.; Abbott, B.P.; Abbott, R.; Iyer, B.R.; LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration; +250 Co authors

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dc.contributor.author	Aasi, J.	-
dc.contributor.author	Abbott, B.P.	-
dc.contributor.author	Abbott, R.	-
dc.contributor.author	Iyer, B.R.	-
dc.contributor.author	LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration	-
dc.contributor.author	+250 Co authors	-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-11-02T10:52:12Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-11-02T10:52:12Z	-
dc.date.issued	2014-07-04	-
dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review Letters, 2014, Vol. 113, p 011102	en
dc.identifier.issn	0031-9007	-
dc.identifier.issn	1079-7114(Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6005	-
dc.description	Open Access	en
dc.description.abstract	We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 223 γ-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) in 2005–2010 during LIGO’s fifth and sixth science runs and Virgo’s first, second, and third science runs. The IPN satellites provide accurate times of the bursts and sky localizations that vary significantly from degree scale to hundreds of square degrees. We search for both a well-modeled binary coalescence signal, the favored progenitor model for short GRBs, and for generic, unmodeled gravitational wave bursts. Both searches use the event time and sky localization to improve the gravitational wave search sensitivity as compared to corresponding all-time, all-sky searches. We find no evidence of a gravitational wave signal associated with any of the IPN GRBs in the sample, nor do we find evidence for a population of weak gravitational wave signals associated with the GRBs. For all IPN-detected GRBs, for which a sufficient duration of quality gravitational wave data are available, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source in accordance with an optimistic assumption of gravitational wave emission energy of 10−2M⊙c2 at 150 Hz, and find a median of 13 Mpc. For the 27 short-hard GRBs we place 90% confidence exclusion distances to two source models: a binary neutron star coalescence, with a median distance of 12 Mpc, or the coalescence of a neutron star and black hole, with a median distance of 22 Mpc. Finally, we combine this search with previously published results to provide a population statement for GRB searches in first-generation LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors and a resulting examination of prospects for the advanced gravitational wave detectors.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	American Physical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.6639	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.011102	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PhRvL.113a1102A	en
dc.rights	2014 American Physical Society	en
dc.title	Search for gravitational waves associated with γ-ray bursts detected by the interplanetary network.	en
dc.type	Article	en
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