Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1

Stuart Aston; Adrian Cruise; RM Culter; Andreas Freise; Paul Fulda; JM Hallam; David Hoyland; Deepali Lodhia; Anthony Page; A Perreca; Alberto Vecchio; Ilya Mandel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001

Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1

Stuart Aston, Adrian Cruise, RM Culter, Andreas Freise, Paul Fulda, JM Hallam, David Hoyland, Deepali Lodhia, Anthony Page, A Perreca, Alberto Vecchio, Ilya Mandel

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We report the results of the first search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence using data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo detectors. Five months of data were collected during the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory's S5 and Virgo's VSR1 science runs. The search focused on signals from binary mergers with a total mass between 2 and 35M(circle dot). No gravitational waves are identified. The cumulative 90%-confidence upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence are calculated for nonspinning binary neutron stars, black hole-neutron star systems, and binary black holes to be 8: 7 X 10(-3) yr(-1) L-10(-1), 2.2 X 10(-3) yr(-1) L-10(-1), and 4.4 X 10(-4) yr(-1) L-10(-1), respectively, where L-10 is 10(10) times the blue solar luminosity. These upper limits are compared with astrophysical expectations.

Original language	English
Article number	102001
Pages (from-to)	102001
Number of pages	1
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	82
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2010

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Birmingham Astrophysics - Rolling Grant 2007-2012
Ponman, T. (Principal Investigator), Cruise, M. (Co-Investigator), Freise, A. (Co-Investigator), Raychaudhury, S. (Co-Investigator), Smith, G. (Co-Investigator), Speake, C. (Co-Investigator), Stevens, I. (Co-Investigator) & Vecchio, A. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/07 → 31/03/12
Project: Research Councils

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Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1

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