Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1

J. Abadie et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. D 82, 102001 – Published 5 November 2010; Erratum Phys. Rev. D 85, 089903 (2012)

Abstract

We report the results of the first search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence using data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo detectors. Five months of data were collected during the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s S5 and Virgo’s VSR1 science runs. The search focused on signals from binary mergers with a total mass between 2 and 35M. No gravitational waves are identified. The cumulative 90%-confidence upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence are calculated for nonspinning binary neutron stars, black hole-neutron star systems, and binary black holes to be 8.7×103yr1L101, 2.2×103yr1L101, and 4.4×104yr1L101, respectively, where L10 is 1010 times the blue solar luminosity. These upper limits are compared with astrophysical expectations.

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  • Received 25 June 2010
  • Corrected 12 April 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001

© 2010 American Physical Society

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Vol. 82, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2010

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