Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars

B. Abbott; R. Abbott; R. Adhikari; A. Ageev; B. Allen; R. Amin; S. B. Anderson; W. G. Anderson; M. Araya; H. Armandula; M. Ashley; F. Asiri; P. Aufmuth; C. Aulbert; S. Babak; R. Balasubramanian; S. Ballmer; B. C. Barish; C. Barker; D. Barker; M. Barnes; B. Barr; M. A. Barton; K. Bayer; R. Beausoleil; K. Belczynski; R. Bennett; S. J. Berukoff; J. Betzwieser; B. Bhawal; I. A. Bilenko; G. Billingsley; E. Black; K. Blackburn; L. Blackburn; B. Bland; B. Bochner; L. Bogue; R. Bork; S. Bose; P. R. Brady; V. B. Braginsky; J. E. Brau; D. A. Brown; A. Bullington; A. Bunkowski; A. Buonanno; R. Burgess; D. Busby; W. E. Butler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.082001

Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars

B. Abbott^*, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, M. Ashley, F. Asiri, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, R. Balasubramanian, S. Ballmer, B. C. Barish, C. Barker, D. BarkerM. Barnes, B. Barr, M. A. Barton, K. Bayer, R. Beausoleil, K. Belczynski, R. Bennett, S. J. Berukoff, J. Betzwieser, B. Bhawal, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, E. Black, K. Blackburn, L. Blackburn, B. Bland, B. Bochner, L. Bogue, R. Bork, S. Bose, P. R. Brady, V. B. Braginsky, J. E. Brau, D. A. Brown, A. Bullington, A. Bunkowski, A. Buonanno, R. Burgess, D. Busby, W. E. Butler

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We use 373 hours (≈15 days) of data from the second science run of the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors to search for signals from binary neutron star coalescences within a maximum distance of about 1.5 Mpc, a volume of space which includes the Andromeda Galaxy and other galaxies of the Local Group of galaxies. This analysis requires a signal to be found in data from detectors at the two LIGO sites, according to a set of coincidence criteria. The background (accidental coincidence rate) is determined from the data and is used to judge the significance of event candidates. No inspiral gravitational-wave events were identified in our search. Using a population model which includes the Local Group, we establish an upper limit of less than 47 inspiral events per year per Milky Way equivalent galaxy with 90% confidence for nonspinning binary neutron star systems with component masses between 1 and 3M.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	082001
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	72
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.082001
State	Published - Oct 15 2005

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Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, B., Amin, R., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Araya, M., Armandula, H., Ashley, M., Asiri, F., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., Ballmer, S., Barish, B. C., Barker, C., ... Butler, W. E. (2005). Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 72(8), [082001]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.082001

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