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

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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 10500 s duration in a frequency band of 242048 Hz, with minimal assumptions about the signal waveform, polarization, source direction, 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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number065009
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume35
Issue number6
Early online date30 Jan 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Feb 2018

Keywords

  • gravitational waves
  • LIGO-Virgo
  • long duration transient

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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