Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-15-2016
Abstract
We present results from a search for gravitational-wave bursts coincident with two core-collapse supernovae observed optically in 2007 and 2011. We employ data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), the Virgo gravitational-wave observatory, and the GEO 600 gravitational-wave observatory. The targeted core-collapse supernovae were selected on the basis of (1) proximity (within approximately 15 Mpc), (2) tightness of observational constraints on the time of core collapse that defines the gravitational-wave search window, and (3) coincident operation of at least two interferometers at the time of core collapse. We find no plausible gravitational-wave candidates. We present the probability of detecting signals from both astrophysically well-motivated and more speculative gravitational-wave emission mechanisms as a function of distance from Earth, and discuss the implications for the detection of gravitational waves from core-collapse supernovae by the upgraded Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors.
Recommended Citation
Abbott, Benjamin P., Richard Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, Fausto Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams et al. "First targeted search for gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae in data of first-generation laser interferometer detectors." Physical Review D 94, no. 10 (2016): 102001. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001
Publication Title
Physical Review D
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001
Comments
© Physical Review D. Original version available at: http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001