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arXiv:1605.01707v3 [astro-ph.HE] 21 Jun 2016
Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence wi
th short-duration radio transients during
2007–2013
B. P. Abbott,
1
R. Abbott,
1
T. D. Abbott,
2
M. R. Abernathy,
1
F. Acernese,
3
,
4
K. Ackley,
5
C. Adams,
6
T. Adams,
7
P. Addesso,
8
R. X. Adhikari,
1
V. B. Adya,
9
C. Affeldt,
9
M. Agathos,
10
K. Agatsuma,
10
N. Aggarwal,
11
O. D. Aguiar,
12
L. Aiello,
13
,
14
A. Ain,
15
P. Ajith,
16
B. Allen,
9
,
17
,
18
A. Allocca,
19
,
20
P. A. Altin,
21
S. B. Anderson,
1
W. G. Anderson,
17
K. Arai,
1
M. C. Araya,
1
C. C. Arceneaux,
22
J. S. Areeda,
23
N. Arnaud,
24
K. G. Arun,
25
S. Ascenzi,
26
,
14
G. Ashton,
27
M. Ast,
28
S. M. Aston,
6
P. Astone,
29
P. Aufmuth,
18
C. Aulbert,
9
S. Babak,
30
P. Bacon,
31
M. K. M. Bader,
10
P. T. Baker,
32
F. Baldaccini,
33
,
34
G. Ballardin,
35
S. W. Ballmer,
36
J. C. Barayoga,
1
S. E. Barclay,
37
B. C. Barish,
1
D. Barker,
38
F. Barone,
3
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4
B. Barr,
37
L. Barsotti,
11
M. Barsuglia,
31
D. Barta,
39
J. Bartlett,
38
I. Bartos,
40
R. Bassiri,
41
A. Basti,
19
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20
J. C. Batch,
38
C. Baune,
9
V. Bavigadda,
35
M. Bazzan,
42
,
43
B. Behnke,
30
M. Bejger,
44
A. S. Bell,
37
C. J. Bell,
37
B. K. Berger,
1
J. Bergman,
38
G. Bergmann,
9
C. P. L. Berry,
45
D. Bersanetti,
46
,
47
A. Bertolini,
10
J. Betzwieser,
6
S. Bhagwat,
36
R. Bhandare,
48
I. A. Bilenko,
49
G. Billingsley,
1
J. Birch,
6
R. Birney,
50
S. Biscans,
11
A. Bisht,
9
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18
M. Bitossi,
35
C. Biwer,
36
M. A. Bizouard,
24
J. K. Blackburn,
1
C. D. Blair,
51
D. G. Blair,
51
R. M. Blair,
38
S. Bloemen,
52
O. Bock,
9
T. P. Bodiya,
11
M. Boer,
53
G. Bogaert,
53
C. Bogan,
9
A. Bohe,
30
P. Bojtos,
54
C. Bond,
45
F. Bondu,
55
R. Bonnand,
7
B. A. Boom,
10
R. Bork,
1
V. Boschi,
19
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20
S. Bose,
56
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15
Y. Bouffanais,
31
A. Bozzi,
35
C. Bradaschia,
20
P. R. Brady,
17
V. B. Braginsky,
49
M. Branchesi,
57
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58
J. E. Brau,
59
T. Briant,
60
A. Brillet,
53
M. Brinkmann,
9
V. Brisson,
24
P. Brockill,
17
A. F. Brooks,
1
D. A. Brown,
36
D. D. Brown,
45
N. M. Brown,
11
C. C. Buchanan,
2
A. Buikema,
11
T. Bulik,
61
H. J. Bulten,
62
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10
A. Buonanno,
30
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63
D. Buskulic,
7
C. Buy,
31
R. L. Byer,
41
L. Cadonati,
64
G. Cagnoli,
65
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66
C. Cahillane,
1
J. Calder ́on Bustillo,
67
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64
T. Callister,
1
E. Calloni,
68
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4
J. B. Camp,
69
K. C. Cannon,
70
J. Cao,
71
C. D. Capano,
9
E. Capocasa,
31
F. Carbognani,
35
S. Caride,
72
J. Casanueva Diaz,
24
C. Casentini,
26
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14
S. Caudill,
17
M. Cavagli`a,
22
F. Cavalier,
24
R. Cavalieri,
35
G. Cella,
20
C. B. Cepeda,
1
L. Cerboni Baiardi,
57
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58
G. Cerretani,
19
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20
E. Cesarini,
26
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14
R. Chakraborty,
1
T. Chalermsongsak,
1
S. J. Chamberlin,
17
M. Chan,
37
S. Chao,
73
P. Charlton,
74
E. Chassande-Mottin,
31
H. Y. Chen,
75
Y. Chen,
76
C. Cheng,
73
A. Chincarini,
47
A. Chiummo,
35
H. S. Cho,
77
M. Cho,
63
J. H. Chow,
21
N. Christensen,
78
Q. Chu,
51
S. Chua,
60
S. Chung,
51
G. Ciani,
5
F. Clara,
38
J. A. Clark,
64
F. Cleva,
53
E. Coccia,
26
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13
P.-F. Cohadon,
60
A. Colla,
79
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29
C. G. Collette,
80
L. Cominsky,
81
M. Constancio Jr.,
12
A. Conte,
79
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29
L. Conti,
43
D. Cook,
38
T. R. Corbitt,
2
N. Cornish,
32
A. Corsi,
82
S. Cortese,
35
C. A. Costa,
12
M. W. Coughlin,
78
S. B. Coughlin,
83
J.-P. Coulon,
53
S. T. Countryman,
40
P. Couvares,
1
D. M. Coward,
51
M. J. Cowart,
6
D. C. Coyne,
1
R. Coyne,
82
K. Craig,
37
J. D. E. Creighton,
17
J. Cripe,
2
S. G. Crowder,
84
A. Cumming,
37
L. Cunningham,
37
E. Cuoco,
35
T. Dal Canton,
9
S. L. Danilishin,
37
S. D’Antonio,
14
K. Danzmann,
18
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9
N. S. Darman,
85
V. Dattilo,
35
I. Dave,
48
H. P. Daveloza,
86
M. Davier,
24
G. S. Davies,
37
E. J. Daw,
87
R. Day,
35
D. DeBra,
41
G. Debreczeni,
39
J. Degallaix,
65
M. De Laurentis,
68
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4
S. Del ́eglise,
60
W. Del Pozzo,
45
T. Denker,
9
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18
T. Dent,
9
V. Dergachev,
1
R. De Rosa,
68
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4
R. T. DeRosa,
6
R. DeSalvo,
8
S. Dhurandhar,
15
M. C. D ́ıaz,
86
L. Di Fiore,
4
M. Di Giovanni,
88
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89
T. Di Girolamo,
68
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4
A. Di Lieto,
19
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20
S. Di Pace,
79
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29
I. Di Palma,
30
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9
A. Di Virgilio,
20
G. Dojcinoski,
90
V. Dolique,
65
F. Donovan,
11
K. L. Dooley,
22
S. Doravari,
6
R. Douglas,
37
T. P. Downes,
17
M. Drago,
9
R. W. P. Drever,
1
J. C. Driggers,
38
Z. Du,
71
M. Ducrot,
7
S. E. Dwyer,
38
T. B. Edo,
87
M. C. Edwards,
78
A. Effler,
6
H.-B. Eggenstein,
9
P. Ehrens,
1
J. Eichholz,
5
S. S. Eikenberry,
5
W. Engels,
76
R. C. Essick,
11
T. Etzel,
1
M. Evans,
11
T. M. Evans,
6
R. Everett,
91
M. Factourovich,
40
V. Fafone,
26
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14
H. Fair,
36
S. Fairhurst,
83
X. Fan,
71
Q. Fang,
51
S. Farinon,
47
B. Farr,
75
W. M. Farr,
45
M. Favata,
90
M. Fays,
83
H. Fehrmann,
9
M. M. Fejer,
41
I. Ferrante,
19
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20
E. C. Ferreira,
12
F. Ferrini,
35
F. Fidecaro,
19
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20
I. Fiori,
35
D. Fiorucci,
31
R. P. Fisher,
36
R. Flaminio,
65
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92
M. Fletcher,
37
J.-D. Fournier,
53
S. Frasca,
79
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29
F. Frasconi,
20
Z. Frei,
54
A. Freise,
45
R. Frey,
59
V. Frey,
24
T. T. Fricke,
9
P. Fritschel,
11
V. V. Frolov,
6
P. Fulda,
5
M. Fyffe,
6
H. A. G. Gabbard,
22
J. R. Gair,
93
L. Gammaitoni,
33
S. G. Gaonkar,
15
F. Garufi,
68
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4
G. Gaur,
94
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95
N. Gehrels,
69
G. Gemme,
47
E. Genin,
35
A. Gennai,
20
J. George,
48
L. Gergely,
96
V. Germain,
7
Archisman Ghosh,
16
S. Ghosh,
52
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10
J. A. Giaime,
2
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6
K. D. Giardina,
6
A. Giazotto,
20
K. Gill,
97
A. Glaefke,
37
E. Goetz,
72
R. Goetz,
5
L. Gondan,
54
G. Gonz ́alez,
2
J. M. Gonzalez Castro,
19
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20
A. Gopakumar,
98
N. A. Gordon,
37
M. L. Gorodetsky,
49
S. E. Gossan,
1
M. Gosselin,
35
R. Gouaty,
7
A. Grado,
99
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4
C. Graef,
37
P. B. Graff,
69
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63
M. Granata,
65
A. Grant,
37
S. Gras,
11
C. Gray,
38
G. Greco,
57
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58
A. C. Green,
45
P. Groot,
52
H. Grote,
9
S. Grunewald,
30
G. M. Guidi,
57
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58
X. Guo,
71
A. Gupta,
15
M. K. Gupta,
95
K. E. Gushwa,
1
E. K. Gustafson,
1
R. Gustafson,
72
J. J. Hacker,
23
B. R. Hall,
56
E. D. Hall,
1
G. Hammond,
37
M. Haney,
98
M. M. Hanke,
9
J. Hanks,
38
C. Hanna,
91
M. D. Hannam,
83
J. Hanson,
6
T. Hardwick,
2
J. Harms,
57
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58
G. M. Harry,
100
I. W. Harry,
30
M. J. Hart,
37
M. T. Hartman,
5
C.-J. Haster,
45
K. Haughian,
37
A. Heidmann,
60
M. C. Heintze,
5
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6
H. Heitmann,
53
P. Hello,
24
G. Hemming,
35
M. Hendry,
37
I. S. Heng,
37
J. Hennig,
37
A. W. Heptonstall,
1
M. Heurs,
9
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18
S. Hild,
37
D. Hoak,
101
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35
K. A. Hodge,
1
D. Hofman,
65
S. E. Hollitt,
102
K. Holt,
6
D. E. Holz,
75
P. Hopkins,
83
D. J. Hosken,
102
J. Hough,
37
E. A. Houston,
37
E. J. Howell,
51
Y. M. Hu,
37
S. Huang,
73
E. A. Huerta,
103
D. Huet,
24
B. Hughey,
97
S. Husa,
67
S. H. Huttner,
37
T. Huynh-Dinh,
6
A. Idrisy,
91
N. Indik,
9
D. R. Ingram,
38
R. Inta,
82
H. N. Isa,
37
J.-M. Isac,
60
M. Isi,
1
G. Islas,
23
T. Isogai,
11
B. R. Iyer,
16
K. Izumi,
38
T. Jacqmin,
60
H. Jang,
77
K. Jani,
64
2
P. Jaranowski,
104
S. Jawahar,
105
F. Jim ́enez-Forteza,
67
W. W. Johnson,
2
D. I. Jones,
27
R. Jones,
37
R. J. G. Jonker,
10
L. Ju,
51
Haris K,
106
C. V. Kalaghatgi,
25
V. Kalogera,
107
S. Kandhasamy,
22
G. Kang,
77
J. B. Kanner,
1
S. Karki,
59
M. Kasprzack,
2
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35
E. Katsavounidis,
11
W. Katzman,
6
S. Kaufer,
18
T. Kaur,
51
K. Kawabe,
38
F. Kawazoe,
9
F. K ́ef ́elian,
53
M. S. Kehl,
70
D. Keitel,
9
D. B. Kelley,
36
W. Kells,
1
R. Kennedy,
87
J. S. Key,
86
A. Khalaidovski,
9
F. Y. Khalili,
49
I. Khan,
13
S. Khan,
83
Z. Khan,
95
E. A. Khazanov,
108
N. Kijbunchoo,
38
Chunglee Kim,
77
J. Kim,
109
K. Kim,
110
Nam-Gyu Kim,
77
Namjun Kim,
41
Y.-M. Kim,
109
E. J. King,
102
P. J. King,
38
D. L. Kinzel,
6
J. S. Kissel,
38
L. Kleybolte,
28
S. Klimenko,
5
S. M. Koehlenbeck,
9
K. Kokeyama,
2
S. Koley,
10
V. Kondrashov,
1
A. Kontos,
11
M. Korobko,
28
W. Z. Korth,
1
I. Kowalska,
61
D. B. Kozak,
1
V. Kringel,
9
A. Kr ́olak,
111
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112
C. Krueger,
18
G. Kuehn,
9
P. Kumar,
70
L. Kuo,
73
A. Kutynia,
111
B. D. Lackey,
36
M. Landry,
38
J. Lange,
113
B. Lantz,
41
P. D. Lasky,
114
A. Lazzarini,
1
C. Lazzaro,
64
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P. Leaci,
79
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29
S. Leavey,
37
E. O. Lebigot,
31
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C. H. Lee,
109
H. K. Lee,
110
H. M. Lee,
115
K. Lee,
37
A. Lenon,
36
M. Leonardi,
88
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J. R. Leong,
9
N. Leroy,
24
N. Letendre,
7
Y. Levin,
114
B. M. Levine,
38
T. G. F. Li,
1
A. Libson,
11
T. B. Littenberg,
116
N. A. Lockerbie,
105
J. Logue,
37
A. L. Lombardi,
101
J. E. Lord,
36
M. Lorenzini,
13
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14
V. Loriette,
117
M. Lormand,
6
G. Losurdo,
58
J. D. Lough,
9
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18
H. L ̈uck,
18
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9
A. P. Lundgren,
9
J. Luo,
78
R. Lynch,
11
Y. Ma,
51
T. MacDonald,
41
B. Machenschalk,
9
M. MacInnis,
11
D. M. Macleod,
2
F. Maga ̃na-Sandoval,
36
R. M. Magee,
56
M. Mageswaran,
1
E. Majorana,
29
I. Maksimovic,
117
V. Malvezzi,
26
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14
N. Man,
53
V. Mandic,
84
V. Mangano,
37
G. L. Mansell,
21
M. Manske,
17
M. Mantovani,
35
F. Marchesoni,
118
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34
F. Marion,
7
S. M ́arka,
40
Z. M ́arka,
40
A. S. Markosyan,
41
E. Maros,
1
F. Martelli,
57
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L. Martellini,
53
I. W. Martin,
37
R. M. Martin,
5
D. V. Martynov,
1
J. N. Marx,
1
K. Mason,
11
A. Masserot,
7
T. J. Massinger,
36
M. Masso-Reid,
37
S. Mastrogiovanni,
79
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29
F. Matichard,
11
L. Matone,
40
N. Mavalvala,
11
N. Mazumder,
56
G. Mazzolo,
9
R. McCarthy,
38
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21
S. McCormick,
6
S. C. McGuire,
119
G. McIntyre,
1
J. McIver,
101
D. J. McManus,
21
S. T. McWilliams,
103
D. Meacher,
53
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30
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9
J. Meidam,
10
A. Melatos,
85
G. Mendell,
38
D. Mendoza-Gandara,
9
R. A. Mercer,
17
E. L. Merilh,
38
M. Merzougui,
53
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1
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C. Messick,
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R. Metzdorff,
60
P. M. Meyers,
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H. Miao,
45
C. Michel,
65
H. Middleton,
45
E. E. Mikhailov,
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L. Milano,
68
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4
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J. Miller,
11
M. Millhouse,
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Y. Minenkov,
14
J. Ming,
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C. Mishra,
16
S. Mitra,
15
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49
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5
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11
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20
M. Mohan,
35
S. R. P. Mohapatra,
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M. Montani,
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C. J. Moore,
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D. Moraru,
38
G. Moreno,
38
S. R. Morriss,
86
K. Mossavi,
9
B. Mours,
7
C. M. Mow-Lowry,
45
C. L. Mueller,
5
G. Mueller,
5
A. W. Muir,
83
Arunava Mukherjee,
16
D. Mukherjee,
17
S. Mukherjee,
86
K. N. Mukund,
15
A. Mullavey,
6
J. Munch,
102
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40
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37
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5
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26
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14
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79
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V. Necula,
5
K. Nedkova,
101
G. Nelemans,
52
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10
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46
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A. Neunzert,
72
G. Newton,
37
T. T. Nguyen,
21
A. B. Nielsen,
9
S. Nissanke,
52
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10
A. Nitz,
9
F. Nocera,
35
D. Nolting,
6
M. E. N. Normandin,
86
L. K. Nuttall,
36
J. Oberling,
38
E. Ochsner,
17
J. O’Dell,
124
E. Oelker,
11
G. H. Ogin,
125
J. J. Oh,
126
S. H. Oh,
126
F. Ohme,
83
M. Oliver,
67
P. Oppermann,
9
Richard J. Oram,
6
B. O’Reilly,
6
R. O’Shaughnessy,
113
C. D. Ott,
76
D. J. Ottaway,
102
R. S. Ottens,
5
H. Overmier,
6
B. J. Owen,
82
A. Pai,
106
S. A. Pai,
48
J. R. Palamos,
59
O. Palashov,
108
C. Palomba,
29
A. Pal-Singh,
28
H. Pan,
73
C. Pankow,
17
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107
F. Pannarale,
83
B. C. Pant,
48
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35
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20
A. Paoli,
35
M. A. Papa,
30
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17
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9
H. R. Paris,
41
W. Parker,
6
D. Pascucci,
37
A. Pasqualetti,
35
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19
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20
D. Passuello,
20
B. Patricelli,
19
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20
Z. Patrick,
41
B. L. Pearlstone,
37
M. Pedraza,
1
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65
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127
L. Pekowsky,
36
A. Pele,
6
S. Penn,
128
R. Pereira,
40
A. Perreca,
1
M. Phelps,
37
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79
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29
M. Pichot,
53
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57
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V. Pierro,
8
G. Pillant,
35
L. Pinard,
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8
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9
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20
P. Popolizio,
35
A. Post,
9
J. Powell,
37
J. Prasad,
15
V. Predoi,
83
S. S. Premachandra,
114
T. Prestegard,
84
L. R. Price,
1
M. Prijatelj,
35
M. Principe,
8
S. Privitera,
30
G. A. Prodi,
88
,
89
L. Prokhorov,
49
O. Puncken,
9
M. Punturo,
34
P. Puppo,
29
M. P ̈urrer,
83
H. Qi,
17
J. Qin,
51
V. Quetschke,
86
E. A. Quintero,
1
R. Quitzow-James,
59
F. J. Raab,
38
D. S. Rabeling,
21
H. Radkins,
38
P. Raffai,
54
S. Raja,
48
M. Rakhmanov,
86
P. Rapagnani,
79
,
29
V. Raymond,
30
M. Razzano,
19
,
20
V. Re,
26
J. Read,
23
C. M. Reed,
38
T. Regimbau,
53
L. Rei,
47
S. Reid,
50
D. H. Reitze,
1
,
5
H. Rew,
120
F. Ricci,
79
,
29
K. Riles,
72
N. A. Robertson,
1
,
37
R. Robie,
37
F. Robinet,
24
A. Rocchi,
14
L. Rolland,
7
J. G. Rollins,
1
V. J. Roma,
59
J. D. Romano,
86
R. Romano,
3
,
4
G. Romanov,
120
J. H. Romie,
6
D. Rosi ́nska,
129
,
44
S. Rowan,
37
A. R ̈udiger,
9
P. Ruggi,
35
K. Ryan,
38
S. Sachdev,
1
T. Sadecki,
38
L. Sadeghian,
17
L. Salconi,
35
M. Saleem,
106
F. Salemi,
9
A. Samajdar,
123
L. Sammut,
85
,
114
E. J. Sanchez,
1
V. Sandberg,
38
B. Sandeen,
107
J. R. Sanders,
72
B. Sassolas,
65
B. S. Sathyaprakash,
83
P. R. Saulson,
36
O. E. S. Sauter,
72
R. L. Savage,
38
A. Sawadsky,
18
P. Schale,
59
R. Schilling
,
9
J. Schmidt,
9
P. Schmidt,
1
,
76
R. Schnabel,
28
R. M. S. Schofield,
59
A. Sch ̈onbeck,
28
E. Schreiber,
9
D. Schuette,
9
,
18
B. F. Schutz,
83
J. Scott,
37
S. M. Scott,
21
D. Sellers,
6
D. Sentenac,
35
V. Sequino,
26
,
14
A. Sergeev,
108
G. Serna,
23
Y. Setyawati,
52
,
10
A. Sevigny,
38
D. A. Shaddock,
21
M. S. Shahriar,
107
M. Shaltev,
9
Z. Shao,
1
B. Shapiro,
41
P. Shawhan,
63
A. Sheperd,
17
D. H. Shoemaker,
11
D. M. Shoemaker,
64
K. Siellez,
53
X. Siemens,
17
M. Sieniawska,
44
D. Sigg,
38
A. D. Silva,
12
D. Simakov,
9
A. Singer,
1
L. P. Singer,
69
A. Singh,
30
,
9
R. Singh,
2
A. Singhal,
13
A. M. Sintes,
67
B. J. J. Slagmolen,
21
J. R. Smith,
23
N. D. Smith,
1
R. J. E. Smith,
1
E. J. Son,
126
B. Sorazu,
37
F. Sorrentino,
47
T. Souradeep,
15
A. K. Srivastava,
95
A. Staley,
40
M. Steinke,
9
J. Steinlechner,
37
S. Steinlechner,
37
D. Steinmeyer,
9
,
18
B. C. Stephens,
17
D. Stiles,
97
R. Stone,
86
K. A. Strain,
37
N. Straniero,
65
G. Stratta,
57
,
58
N. A. Strauss,
78
S. Strigin,
49
R. Sturani,
121
A. L. Stuver,
6
T. Z. Summerscales,
130
L. Sun,
85
3
P. J. Sutton,
83
B. L. Swinkels,
35
M. J. Szczepa ́nczyk,
97
M. Tacca,
31
D. Talukder,
59
D. B. Tanner,
5
M. T ́apai,
96
S. P. Tarabrin,
9
A. Taracchini,
30
R. Taylor,
1
T. Theeg,
9
M. P. Thirugnanasambandam,
1
E. G. Thomas,
45
M. Thomas,
6
P. Thomas,
38
K. A. Thorne,
6
E. Thrane,
114
S. Tiwari,
13
,
89
V. Tiwari,
83
K. V. Tokmakov,
105
C. Tomlinson,
87
M. Tonelli,
19
,
20
C. V. Torres
,
86
C. I. Torrie,
1
D. T ̈oyr ̈a,
45
F. Travasso,
33
,
34
G. Traylor,
6
D. Trifir `o,
22
M. C. Tringali,
88
,
89
L. Trozzo,
131
,
20
M. Tse,
11
M. Turconi,
53
D. Tuyenbayev,
86
D. Ugolini,
132
C. S. Unnikrishnan,
98
A. L. Urban,
17
S. A. Usman,
36
H. Vahlbruch,
18
G. Vajente,
1
G. Valdes,
86
N. van Bakel,
10
M. van Beuzekom,
10
J. F. J. van den Brand,
62
,
10
C. Van Den Broeck,
10
D. C. Vander-Hyde,
36
,
23
L. van der Schaaf,
10
J. V. van Heijningen,
10
A. A. van Veggel,
37
M. Vardaro,
42
,
43
S. Vass,
1
M. Vas ́uth,
39
R. Vaulin,
11
A. Vecchio,
45
G. Vedovato,
43
J. Veitch,
45
P. J. Veitch,
102
K. Venkateswara,
133
D. Verkindt,
7
F. Vetrano,
57
,
58
A. Vicer ́e,
57
,
58
S. Vinciguerra,
45
D. J. Vine,
50
J.-Y. Vinet,
53
S. Vitale,
11
T. Vo,
36
H. Vocca,
33
,
34
C. Vorvick,
38
D. V. Voss,
5
W. D. Vousden,
45
S. P. Vyatchanin,
49
A. R. Wade,
21
L. E. Wade,
134
M. Wade,
134
M. Walker,
2
L. Wallace,
1
S. Walsh,
17
G. Wang,
13
,
58
H. Wang,
45
M. Wang,
45
X. Wang,
71
Y. Wang,
51
R. L. Ward,
21
J. Warner,
38
M. Was,
7
B. Weaver,
38
L.-W. Wei,
53
M. Weinert,
9
A. J. Weinstein,
1
R. Weiss,
11
T. Welborn,
6
L. Wen,
51
P. Weßels,
9
T. Westphal,
9
K. Wette,
9
J. T. Whelan,
113
,
9
S. E. Whitcomb,
1
D. J. White,
87
B. F. Whiting,
5
R. D. Williams,
1
A. R. Williamson,
83
J. L. Willis,
135
B. Willke,
18
,
9
M. H. Wimmer,
9
,
18
W. Winkler,
9
C. C. Wipf,
1
H. Wittel,
9
,
18
G. Woan,
37
J. Worden,
38
J. L. Wright,
37
G. Wu,
6
J. Yablon,
107
W. Yam,
11
H. Yamamoto,
1
C. C. Yancey,
63
M. J. Yap,
21
H. Yu,
11
M. Yvert,
7
A. Zadro ̇zny,
111
L. Zangrando,
43
M. Zanolin,
97
J.-P. Zendri,
43
M. Zevin,
107
F. Zhang,
11
L. Zhang,
1
M. Zhang,
120
Y. Zhang,
113
C. Zhao,
51
M. Zhou,
107
Z. Zhou,
107
X. J. Zhu,
51
M. E. Zucker,
1
,
11
S. E. Zuraw,
101
and J. Zweizig
1
(LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)
AND
A. M. Archibald,
136
S. Banaszak,
17
A. Berndsen,
137
J. Boyles,
138
R. F. Cardoso,
139
P. Chawla,
140
A. Cherry,
137
L. P. Dartez,
86
D. Day,
17
C. R. Epstein,
141
A. J. Ford,
86
J. Flanigan,
17
A. Garcia,
86
J. W. T. Hessels,
136
,
142
J. Hinojosa,
86
F. A. Jenet,
86
C. Karako-Argaman,
140
V. M. Kaspi,
140
E. F. Keane,
143
V. I. Kondratiev,
136
,
144
M. Kramer,
145
,
146
S. Leake,
86
D. Lorimer,
139
G. Lunsford,
86
R. S. Lynch,
147
J. G. Martinez,
86
A. Mata,
86
M. A. McLaughlin,
139
C. A. McPhee,
137
T. Penucci,
148
S. Ransom,
149
M. S. E. Roberts,
150
M. D. W. Rohr,
17
I. H. Stairs,
137
K. Stovall,
151
J. van Leeuwen,
136
,
142
A. N. Walker,
17
and B. L. Wells
17
,
152
Deceased, May 2015.
Deceased, March 2015.
1
LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 911
25, USA
2
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
3
Universit `a di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
4
INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S
.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
5
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
6
LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA
7
Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules
(LAPP),
Universit ́e Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy
-le-Vieux, France
8
University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento,
Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
9
Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut f ̈ur Gra
vitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
10
Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
11
LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, M
A 02139, USA
12
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 S ̃ao
Jos ́e dos Campos,S ̃ao Paulo, Brazil
13
INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L’Aquila, Ital
y
14
INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
15
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, P
une 411007, India
16
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Insti
tute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
17
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, U
SA
18
Leibniz Universit ̈at Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
19
Universit `a di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
20
INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
21
Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Cap
ital Territory 0200, Australia
22
The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
23
California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 9283
1, USA
24
LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Universit ́e Paris-Sacl
ay, Orsay, France
25
Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India
26
Universit `a di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
27
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Ki
ngdom
28
Universit ̈at Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
29
INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
4
30
Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut f ̈ur Gra
vitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
31
APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universit ́e Paris Dide
rot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu,
Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cit ́e, F-75205 Paris
Cedex 13, France
32
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
33
Universit `a di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
34
INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
35
European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascin
a, Pisa, Italy
36
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
37
SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdo
m
38
LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
39
Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Mikl ́os ́u
t 29-33, Hungary
40
Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
41
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
42
Universit `a di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia
, I-35131 Padova, Italy
43
INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
44
CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
45
University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingd
om
46
Universit `a degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
47
INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
48
RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India
49
Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mos
cow 119991, Russia
50
SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, Un
ited Kingdom
51
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Austral
ia 6009, Australia
52
Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nij
megen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
53
Artemis, Universit ́e C ˆote d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire C ˆo
te d’Azur, CS 34229, Nice cedex 4, France
54
MTA E ̈otv ̈os University, “Lendulet” Astrophysics Researc
h Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
55
Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Universit ́e de Rennes
1, F-35042 Rennes, France
56
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
57
Universit `a degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, I-61029 Urbin
o, Italy
58
INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenz
e, Italy
59
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
60
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universit ́es
, CNRS,
ENS-PSL Research University, Coll`ege de France, F-75005 P
aris, France
61
Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsa
w, Poland
62
VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherland
s
63
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
64
Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics
,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
65
Laboratoire des Mat ́eriaux Avanc ́es (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-
69622 Villeurbanne, France
66
Universit ́e Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, F
rance
67
Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3—IEEC, E-07122 Palma
de Mallorca, Spain
68
Universit `a di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universita
rio di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
69
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
70
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Univers
ity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
71
Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
72
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
73
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan,
Republic of China
74
Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678
, Australia
75
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
76
Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
77
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Dae
jeon 305-806, Korea
78
Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
79
Universit `a di Roma ’La Sapienza’, I-00185 Roma, Italy
80
University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
81
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA
82
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
83
Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
84
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
85
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Aus
tralia
86
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 7
8520, USA
87
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdo
m
88
Universit `a di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Pov
o, Trento, Italy
89
INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applica
tions, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
90
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
5
91
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 168
02, USA
92
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa,
Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
93
School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
94
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad Guj
arat 382424, India
95
Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, I
ndia
96
University of Szeged, D ́om t ́er 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
97
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301
, USA
98
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, Ind
ia
99
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, I-80131, N
apoli, Italy
100
American University, Washington, D.C. 20016, USA
101
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, U
SA
102
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Au
stralia
103
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
104
University of Białystok, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
105
SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kin
gdom
106
IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
107
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
108
Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Rus
sia
109
Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
110
Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
111
NCBJ, 05-400
́
Swierk-Otwock, Poland
112
IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
113
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, US
A
114
Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
115
Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
116
University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899,
USA
117
ESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
118
Universit `a di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 C
amerino, Italy
119
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813,
USA
120
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA
121
Instituto de F ́ısica Te ́orica, University Estadual Paulis
ta/ICTP South
American Institute for Fundamental Research, S ̃ao Paulo SP
01140-070, Brazil
122
University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
123
IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
124
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Ox
on OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
125
Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA
126
National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305
-390, Korea
127
Universit ́e de Lyon, F-69361 Lyon, France
128
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
129
Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona G ́
ora, 65-265 Zielona G ́ora, Poland
130
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104, USA
131
Universit `a di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
132
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
133
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
134
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
135
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 79699, USA
136
ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Pos
tbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
137
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British
Columbia,
6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z
1, Canada
138
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky Univ
ersity, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
139
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, M
organtown, WV 26506, USA
140
Department of Physics & McGill Space Institute, McGill Univ
ersity,
3600 Univesity Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada
141
Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
142
Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Ams
terdam,
Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
143
SKA Organization, Jodrell Bank Observatory, SK11 9DL, UK
144
Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Profs
oyuznaya str. 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia
145
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Auf dem Hugel 69, 5
3121 Bonn, Germany
146
The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL
, UK
147
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV 24944
, US
148
Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Charlott
esville, VA 22904-4325, USA
149
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, V
A 22903, USA
150
Eureka Scientific, Inc., 2452 Delmer Street, Suite 100, Oakl
and, CA 94602-3017, USA
6
151
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexi
co, Albuquerque, NM, USA
152
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State Univers
ity, Fort Collins, CO, USA
We present an archival search for transient gravitational-
wave bursts in coincidence with 27 single-pulse
triggers from Green Bank Telescope pulsar surveys, using th
e LIGO, Virgo and GEO interferometer network.
We also discuss a check for gravitational-wave signals in co
incidence with Parkes fast radio bursts using similar
methods. Data analyzed in these searches were collected bet
ween 2007 and 2013. Possible sources of emission
of both short-duration radio signals and transient gravita
tional-wave emission include starquakes on neutron
stars, binary coalescence of neutron stars, and cosmic stri
ng cusps. While no evidence for gravitational-wave
emission in coincidence with these radio transients was fou
nd, the current analysis serves as a prototype for
similar future searches using more sensitive second-gener
ation interferometers.
I.
INTRODUCTION
Plausible models for coincident or near-coincident emis-
sion of both radio and gravitational-wave (GW) transients e
x-
ist for a number of astrophysical phenomena, including sing
le
neutron stars, merging neutron star binaries and cosmic str
ing
cusps. Identification of a GW in close temporal and spatial co
-
incidence with a fast radio burst or other radio transient co
uld
place significant constraints on the source of emission, wit
h
further constraints possible based on the morphology of the
gravitational-wave signal. In this paper we present a searc
h
for GWs in coincidence with millisecond-scale duration ra-
dio transient pulses. We have conducted externally trigger
ed
searches for gravitational waves with the LIGO-Virgo-GEO
network in coincidence with both Galactic single-pulse pul
-
sar candidates from the Green Bank Telescope and a sample
of cosmological fast radio burst (FRB) candidates from the
Parkes Telescope. Individual radio pulses range from 1 to
tens of ms in duration and were observed in frequency bands
from hundreds of MHz to 1 GHz. The LIGO Scientific Col-
laboration (LSC) and Virgo Collaboration regularly search
for
continuous gravitational waves arriving from the directio
n of
known radio pulsars (see,
e.g.
Refs. [2, 3] for recent exam-
ples) and a search for gravitational waves in coincidence wi
th
a Vela pulsar glitch was conducted previously [10].
The present work marks the first LIGO-Virgo search in co-
incidence with radio transients and serves as a prototype fo
r
searches with advanced interferometers. Given that the ori
gin
of these radio transients is currently unclear, our analysi
s is
designed to search broadly for a gravitational-wave transi
ent
burst, without requiring a specific type of waveform.
The paper is organized as follows: after briefly describing
the network of gravitational-wave interferometers used in
this
analysis in section II, we discuss possible mechanisms lead
ing
to joint emission of
few hundred hertz gravitational waves
and radio transient signals. We describe the radio data used
in
the analysis in section IV, followed by the gravitational-w
ave
search methods and results in sections V and VI, respectivel
y.
We conclude with a discussion of future prospects for joint
analysis of radio and gravitational-wave data in section VI
I.
II.
GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INTERFEROMETER
NETWORK
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
operate a network of power-recycled Fabry-Perot Michelson
interferometers designed to be sensitive to very small rela
-
tive changes in length (on the order of one part in 10
21
) of
the two orthogonal detector arms. LIGO operates two sites in
the United States, one in Livingston Parish, Louisiana and a
n-
other at the Hanford site in Washington. Both LIGO facilitie
s
operate an interferometer with an arm length of 4 km (called
L1 and H1, respectively) and Hanford operated an additional
smaller, collocated interferometer (H2) until September 2
007
[15]. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration also operates a 600
m interferometer, GEO 600, near Hannover, Germany (G1)
[28]. The Virgo Collaboration operates a single 3 km interfe
r-
ometer near Cascina, Italy (V1) [17].
Since this paper involves the analysis of radio transients
across a period of several years of initial detector data, mu
lti-
ple science runs of these interferometers are used. Data ana
-
lyzed in this paper are drawn from summer 2007, coincident
with LIGO’s fifth and Virgo’s first science run, as well as late
2009, coincident with LIGO’s sixth and Virgo’s third scienc
e
run. FRB candidates discussed in this paper are coincident
with GEO 600 Astrowatch data ranging from 2011 to 2013,
and in some cases Virgo’s fourth science run, which took plac
e
in summer 2011. See [4] for a comparison of sensitivities for
these instruments from 2007 to 2014.
The LIGO-Virgo network has undergone extensive up-
grades to second-generation instruments, and during the fir
st
Advanced LIGO observation run made the first direct detec-
tion of a gravitational-wave transient [16]. After reachin
g de-
sign sensitivity the Advanced LIGO [7] and Advanced Virgo
[1] detectors will have an order of magnitude improvement
in range relative to their first-generation counterparts. A
d-
ditional advanced interferometers are scheduled to join th
e
global network in the future, including Kagra in Japan [59]
and a third LIGO site in India [31].
III.
POTENTIAL SOURCES OF JOINT RADIO AND
GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE EMISSION
There are a number of astrophysical phenomena that may
plausibly produce gravitational waves in close coincidenc
e
with radio frequency emission. We focus this discussion on a
few types of sources which may produce both GWs and radio