Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable By Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Authors

J. Abadie, LIGO - California Institute of Technology
B. P. Abbott, University of Glasgow
R. Abbott, Universite de Savoie
M. Abernathy, Complesso Universitario di Monte sant'Angelo
T. Accadia, University of Salerno
F. Acernese, California Institute of Technology
C. Adams, 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, National Institute for Nuclear Physics
E. Amador Ceron, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
R. S. Amin, University of Florida
S. B. Anderson, ComUE Paris-Saclay
W. G. Anderson, CNRS
F. Antonucci, University of Birmingham
S. Aoudia, National Science Foundation
M. A. Arain, Leibniz University Hannover
M. Araya, Montana State University
M. Aronsson, European Gravitational Observatory
K. G. Arun, Sonoma State University
Y. Aso, University of Western Australia
S. Aston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. Astone, Observatoire de Paris
D. E. Atkinson, Columbia University
P. Aufmuth, National Institute for Subatomic Physics
C. Aulbert, University of Texas at Brownsville
S. Babak, San Jose State University
P. Baker, Sezione di Pisa
G. Ballardin, University of Pisa
Shaon Ghosh, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Review Article

Publication Date

9-7-2010

Abstract

We present an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the rates for all types of compact binary coalescence sources detectable by the initial and advanced versions of the ground-based gravitational-wave detectors LIGO and Virgo. Astrophysical estimates for compact-binary coalescence rates depend on a number of assumptions and unknown model parameters and are still uncertain. Themost confident among these estimates are the rate predictions for coalescing binary neutron stars which are based on extrapolations from observed binary pulsars in our galaxy. These yield a likely coalescence rate of 100 Myr-1 per MilkyWay Equivalent Galaxy (MWEG), although the rate could plausibly range from 1 Myr-1 MWEG-1 to 1000 Myr-1 MWEG-1 (Kalogera et al 2004 Astrophys. J. 601 L179; Kalogera et al 2004 Astrophys. J. 614 L137 (erratum)). We convert coalescence rates into detection rates based on data from the LIGO S5 and Virgo VSR2 science runs and projected sensitivities for our advanced detectors. Using the detector sensitivities derived from these data, we find a likely detection rate of 0.02 per year for Initial LIGO-Virgo interferometers, with a plausible range between 2 × 10-4 and 0.2 per year. The likely binary neutron-star detection rate for the Advanced LIGO-Virgo network increases to 40 events per year, with a range between 0.4 and 400 per year.

DOI

10.1088/0264-9381/27/17/173001

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Abadie, J.; Abbott, B. P.; Abbott, R.; Abernathy, M.; Accadia, T.; Acernese, F.; Adams, C.; Adhikari, R.; Ajith, P.; Allen, B.; Allen, G.; Amador Ceron, E.; Amin, R. S.; Anderson, S. B.; Anderson, W. G.; Antonucci, F.; Aoudia, S.; Arain, M. A.; Araya, M.; Aronsson, M.; Arun, K. G.; Aso, Y.; Aston, S.; Astone, P.; Atkinson, D. E.; Aufmuth, P.; Aulbert, C.; Babak, S.; Baker, P.; Ballardin, G.; and Ghosh, Shaon, "Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable By Ground-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors" (2010). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 97.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/physics-astron-facpubs/97

Published Citation

Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abernathy, M., Accadia, T., Acernese, F., ... & Cruise, A. M. (2010). Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(17), 173001.