Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Journal / Book Title
The Astrophysical Journal
Abstract
Progenitor scenarios for short gamma-ray bursts (short GRBs) include coalescenses of two neutron stars or a neutron star and black hole, which would necessarily be accompanied by the emission of strong gravitational waves. We present a search for these known gravitational-wave signatures in temporal and directional coincidence with 22 GRBs that had sufficient gravitational-wave data available in multiple instruments during LIGO's fifth science run, S5, and Virgo's first science run, VSR1. We find no statistically significant gravitational-wave candidates within a [ - 5, + 1)s window around the trigger time of any GRB. Using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test, we find no evidence for an excess of weak gravitational-wave signals in our sample of GRBs. We exclude neutron star-black hole progenitors to a median 90% confidence exclusion distance of 6.7Mpc.
DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/715/2/1453
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Abadie, J.; Abbott, B. P.; Abbott, R.; Accadia, T.; Acernese, F.; Adhikari, R.; Ajith, P.; Allen, B.; Allen, G.; and Ghosh, Shaon, "Search for Gravitational-Wave Inspiral Signals Associated with Short Gamma-Ray Bursts During LIGO'S Fifth and Virgo's First Science Run" (2010). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 125.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/physics-astron-facpubs/125
Published Citation
Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Accadia, T., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., ... & Dattilo, V. (2010). Search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals associated with short Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO's fifth and Virgo's first science run. The Astrophysical Journal, 715(2), 1453.