Search for High Frequency Gravitational-Wave Bursts In the First Calendar Year of LIGO's Fifth Science Run

Authors

B. P. Abbott, California Institute of Technology
R. Abbott, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
R. Adhikari, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P. Ajith, Stanford University
B. Allen, Louisiana State University
G. Allen, University of Florida
R. S. Amin, University of Birmingham
S. B. Anderson, Leibniz University Hannover
W. G. Anderson, Montana State University
Rodica Martin, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-11-2009

Journal / Book Title

Physical Review D

Abstract

We present an all-sky search for gravitational waves in the frequency range 1 to 6 kHz during the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run. This is the first untriggered LIGO burst analysis to be conducted above 3 kHz. We discuss the unique properties of interferometric data in this regime. 161.3 days of triple-coincident data were analyzed. No gravitational events above threshold were observed and a frequentist upper limit of 5.4year-1 on the rate of strong gravitational-wave bursts was placed at a 90% confidence level. Implications for specific theoretical models of gravitational-wave emission are also discussed.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102002

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Abbott, B. P.; Abbott, R.; Adhikari, R.; Ajith, P.; Allen, B.; Allen, G.; Amin, R. S.; Anderson, S. B.; Anderson, W. G.; and Martin, Rodica, "Search for High Frequency Gravitational-Wave Bursts In the First Calendar Year of LIGO's Fifth Science Run" (2009). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 126.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/physics-astron-facpubs/126

Published Citation

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ... & Giampanis, S. (2009). Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO’s fifth science run. Physical Review D, 80(10), 102002.