Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in<? format?> LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's science runs 2 and 3
J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - Physical Review D …, 2012 - APS
J Abadie, BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, M Abernathy, T Accadia, F Acernese, C Adams…
Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 2012•APSWe report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries using LIGO
and Virgo observations between July 7, 2009, and October 20, 2010. We searched for
signals from binaries with total mass between 2 and 25 M⊙; this includes binary neutron
stars, binary black holes, and binaries consisting of a black hole and neutron star. The
detectors were sensitive to systems up to 40 Mpc distant for binary neutron stars, and further
for higher mass systems. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper …
and Virgo observations between July 7, 2009, and October 20, 2010. We searched for
signals from binaries with total mass between 2 and 25 M⊙; this includes binary neutron
stars, binary black holes, and binaries consisting of a black hole and neutron star. The
detectors were sensitive to systems up to 40 Mpc distant for binary neutron stars, and further
for higher mass systems. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper …
We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries using LIGO and Virgo observations between July 7, 2009, and October 20, 2010. We searched for signals from binaries with total mass between 2 and ; this includes binary neutron stars, binary black holes, and binaries consisting of a black hole and neutron star. The detectors were sensitive to systems up to 40 Mpc distant for binary neutron stars, and further for higher mass systems. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence as a function of total mass, including the results from previous LIGO and Virgo observations. The cumulative 90% confidence rate upper limits of the binary coalescence of binary neutron star, neutron star-black hole, and binary black hole systems are , , and , respectively. These upper limits are up to a factor 1.4 lower than previously derived limits. We also report on results from a blind injection challenge.
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