Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO Science Run 6 and Virgo Science Runs 2 and 3
Abadie, J. and Abbott, B. P. and Abbott, R. and Adhikari, R. X. and Ajith, P. and Anderson, S. B. and Arai, K. and Araya, M. C. and Barayoga, J. C. B. and Betzwieser, J. and Billingsley, G. and Black, E. and Blackburn, J. K. and Bork, R. and Brooks, A. F. and Cepeda, C. and Chalermsongsak, T. and Chen, Y. and Corsi, A. and Coyne, D. C. and Dannenberg, R. and Daudert, B. and Dergachev, V. and DeSalvo, R. and Drever, R. W. P. and Driggers, J. C. and Ehrens, P. and Engel, R. and Etzel, T. and Fotopoulos, N. and Gustafson, E. K. and Hanna, C. and Harms, J. and Heefner, J. and Heptonstall, A. W. and Hodge, K. A. and Hong, T. and Ivanov, A. and Jacobson, M. and James, E. and Kalmus, P. and Kells, W. and Keppel, D. G. and King, P. J. and Kondrashov, V. and Korth, W. Z. and Kozak, D. and Lazzarini, A. and Lindquist, P. E. and Luan, J. and Mageswaran, M. and Mailand, K. and Maros, E. and Marx, J. N. and McIntyre, G. and Meshkov, S. and Miao, H. and Nash, T. and Ogin, G. H. and Osthelder, C. and Ott, C. D. and Patel, P. and Pedraza, M. and Phelps, M. and Price, L. R. and Privitera, S. and Reitze, D. H. and Robertson, N. A. and Rollins, J. G. and Sannibale, V. and Santamaría, L. and Seifert, F. and Singer, A. and Singer, L. and Smith, M. R. and Somiya, K. and Stochino, A. and Taylor, R. and Thorne, K. S. and Torrie, C. I. and Vass, S. and Villar, A. E. and Wallace, L. and Wen, L. and Whitcomb, S. E. and Willems, P. A. and Williams, R. and Yamamoto, H. and Yang, H. and Yeaton-Massey, D. and Zhang, L. and Zweizig, J. and Weinstein, Alan J.
(2012)
Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO Science Run 6 and Virgo Science Runs 2 and 3.
Astrophysical Journal, 760
(1).
Art. No. 12.
ISSN 0004-637X.
doi:10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/12.
https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121213-075343117
![[img]](https://authors.library.caltech.edu/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png)  Preview |
|
PDF
- Published Version
See Usage Policy.
989kB |
Use this Persistent URL to link to this item: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121213-075343117 AbstractWe present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 154 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments in 2009-2010, during the sixth LIGO science run and the second and third Virgo science runs. We perform two distinct searches: a modeled search for coalescences of either two neutron stars or a neutron star and black hole, and a search for generic, unmodeled gravitational-wave bursts. We find no evidence for gravitational-wave counterparts, either with any individual GRB in this sample or with the population as a whole. For all GRBs we place lower bounds on the distance to the progenitor, under the optimistic assumption of a gravitational-wave emission energy of 10^(–2) M_☉ c^2 at 150 Hz, with a median limit of 17 Mpc. For short-hard GRBs we place exclusion distances on binary neutron star and neutron-star-black-hole progenitors, using astrophysically motivated priors on the source parameters, with median values of 16 Mpc and 28 Mpc, respectively. These distance limits, while significantly larger than for a search that is not aided by GRB satellite observations, are not large enough to expect a coincidence with a GRB. However, projecting these exclusions to the sensitivities of Advanced LIGO and Virgo, which should begin operation in 2015, we find that the detection of gravitational waves associated with GRBs will become quite possible. | Item Type: | Article |
|---|
| Related URLs: | |
|---|
| ORCID: | | Author | ORCID |
|---|
| Adhikari, R. X. | 0000-0002-5731-5076 | | Ajith, P. | 0000-0001-7519-2439 | | Arai, K. | 0000-0001-8916-8915 | | Billingsley, G. | 0000-0002-4141-2744 | | Blackburn, J. K. | 0000-0002-3838-2986 | | Brooks, A. F. | 0000-0003-4295-792X | | Chen, Y. | 0000-0002-9730-9463 | | Corsi, A. | 0000-0001-8104-3536 | | Coyne, D. C. | 0000-0002-6427-3222 | | Harms, J. | 0000-0002-7332-9806 | | Korth, W. Z. | 0000-0003-3527-1348 | | Kozak, D. | 0000-0003-3118-8950 | | Miao, H. | 0000-0003-2879-5821 | | Ott, C. D. | 0000-0003-4993-2055 | | Williams, R. | 0000-0002-9145-8580 | | Zhang, L. | 0000-0002-0898-787X | | Zweizig, J. | 0000-0002-1521-3397 | | Weinstein, Alan J. | 0000-0002-0928-6784 |
|
|---|
| Additional Information: | © 2012 American Astronomical Society. Received 2012 May 29; accepted 2012 September 22; published 2012 October 30. We are indebted to the observers of the electromagnetic events
and the Gamma-ray burst Coordinates Network for providing
us with valuable data. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Australian
Research Council, the International Science Linkages program
of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, the Conselleria d’Economia Hisenda i Innovaciό of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme
Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research
Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This document has been assigned LIGO Laboratory document number
LIGO-P1000121-v10. |
|---|
| Group: | TAPIR, LIGO, Palomar Transient Factory |
|---|
| Funders: | | Funding Agency | Grant Number |
|---|
| NSF | UNSPECIFIED | | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | UNSPECIFIED | | Max Planck Society | UNSPECIFIED | | State of Niedersachsen/Germany | UNSPECIFIED | | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) | UNSPECIFIED | | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | UNSPECIFIED | | Australian Research Council | UNSPECIFIED | | International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia | UNSPECIFIED | | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India) | UNSPECIFIED | | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) | UNSPECIFIED | | Ministerio de Economia y Competividad (MEC) | UNSPECIFIED | | Conselleria d’Economia Hisenda i Innovaciό of the Govern de les Illes Balears | UNSPECIFIED | | Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) | UNSPECIFIED | | Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) | UNSPECIFIED | | FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science | UNSPECIFIED | | Royal Society | UNSPECIFIED | | Scottish Funding Council | UNSPECIFIED | | Scottish Universities Physics Alliance | UNSPECIFIED | | NASA | UNSPECIFIED | | Carnegie Trust | UNSPECIFIED | | Leverhulme Trust | UNSPECIFIED | | David and Lucile Packard Foundation | UNSPECIFIED | | Research Corporation | UNSPECIFIED | | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | UNSPECIFIED |
|
|---|
| Subject Keywords: | binaries: close; gamma-ray burst: general; gravitational waves |
|---|
| Other Numbering System: | | Other Numbering System Name | Other Numbering System ID |
|---|
| LIGO Document | LIGO-P1000121-v10 |
|
|---|
| Issue or Number: | 1 |
|---|
| DOI: | 10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/12 |
|---|
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20121213-075343117 |
|---|
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121213-075343117 |
|---|
| Official Citation: | Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO Science Run 6 and Virgo Science Runs 2 and 3
J. Abadie et al. 2012 ApJ 760 12
|
|---|
| Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. |
|---|
| ID Code: | 35969 |
|---|
| Collection: | CaltechAUTHORS |
|---|
| Deposited By: |
Ruth Sustaita
|
|---|
| Deposited On: | 13 Dec 2012 18:08 |
|---|
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2021 23:19 |
|---|
Repository Staff Only: item control page |
