Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO–Virgo Run O3a

Authors

R. AbbottFollow
T. D. AbbottFollow
S. Abraham
F. Acernese
Amit Aich, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Teviet Creighton, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Mario C. Diaz, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Soma Mukherjee, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Volker Quetschke, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Malik Rakhmanov, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-10-2021

Abstract

We search for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (2019 April 1 15:00 UTC–2019 October 1 15:00 UTC). A total of 105 GRBs were analyzed using a search for generic gravitational-wave transients; 32 GRBs were analyzed with a search that specifically targets neutron star binary mergers as short GRB progenitors. We find no significant evidence for gravitational-wave signals associated with the GRBs that we followed up, nor for a population of unidentified subthreshold signals. We consider several source types and signal morphologies, and report for these lower bounds on the distance to each GRB.

Comments

© 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee15

Recommended Citation

Abbott, Robert, T. D. Abbott, S. Abraham, Fausto Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, R. X. Adhikari et al. "Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO–Virgo run O3a." The Astrophysical Journal 915, no. 2 (2021): 86. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee15

Publication Title

The Astrophysical Journal

DOI

10.3847/1538-4357/abee15