Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO’s sixth science run and Virgo’s science runs 2 and 3

Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO’s sixth science run and Virgo’s science runs 2 and 3

We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries using LIGO and Virgo observations between July 7, 2009, and October 20, 2010. We searched for signals from binaries with total mass between 2 and 25M[subscript circled dot operator] ; this includes binary neutron stars,bi...

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Main Authors: Barsotti, Lisa, Bodiya, Timothy Paul, Corbitt, Thomas R., Donovan, Frederick J., Dwyer, Sheila Elizabeth, Evans, Matthew J., Foley, Stephany, Fritschel, Peter K., Harry, Gregory, Katsavounidis, Erotokritos, Kissel, Jeffrey S., MacInnis, Myron E., Mandel, Ilya, Mason, Kenneth R., Matichard, Fabrice, Mavalvala, Nergis, Mittleman, Richard K., Oelker, Eric Glenn, Sankar, Shannon Reynier, Shapiro, B., Shoemaker, David H., Smith, Nicolas de Mateo, Soto, J., Stein, Andrew J., Vaulin, Ruslan, Waldman, Samuel J., Weiss, R., Wipf, Christopher C., Zucker, Michael E.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71660
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-9706
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7387
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3045
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2560
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-4499
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-1596
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3187
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Summary:We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries using LIGO and Virgo observations between July 7, 2009, and October 20, 2010. We searched for signals from binaries with total mass between 2 and 25M[subscript circled dot operator] ; this includes binary neutron stars,binary black holes, and binaries consisting of a black hole and neutron star. The detectors were sensitive to systems up to 40 Mpc distant for binary neutron stars, and further for higher mass systems. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence as a function of total mass, including the results from previous LIGO and Virgo observations. The cumulative 90% confidence rate upper limits of the binary coalescence of binary neutron star, neutron star-black hole, and binary black hole systems are 1.3×10[superscript -4], 3.1×10[superscript -5], and 6.4×10[superscript -6]  Mpc[superscript -3] yr[superscript -1], respectively. These upper limits are up to a factor 1.4 lower than previously derived limits. We also report on results from a blind injection challenge.

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