Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO’s fifth science run

Authors

B. P. Abbott
R. AbbottFollow
Matthew Benacquista, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Teviet Creighton, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
K. Hayama
H. Lei
Soumya Mohanty, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Soma Mukherjee, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Malik Rakhmanov, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Joseph D. Romano, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Robert Stone, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Lappoon R. Tang, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries, of total mass between 2 and 35M⊙, using LIGO observations between November 14, 2006 and May 18, 2007. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence as a function of total mass. The LIGO cumulative 90%-confidence rate upper limits of the binary coalescence of neutron stars, black holes and black hole-neutron star systems are 1.4×10−2, 7.3×10−4 and 3.6×10−3  yr−1 L−110, respectively, where L10 is 1010 times the blue solar luminosity.

Comments

©2009 American Physical Society. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.047101

Recommended Citation

Abbott, B. P., et al. “Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Compact Binary Coalescence in 186 Days of LIGO’s Fifth Science Run.” Physical Review D, vol. 80, no. 4, American Physical Society, Aug. 2009, p. 047101, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.047101

Publication Title

Physical Review D

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.047101