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 . 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 , , and , respectively, where is times the blue solar luminosity. These upper limits are compared with astrophysical expectations.
- Received 25 June 2010
- Corrected 12 April 2012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001
© 2010 American Physical Society
Corrections
12 April 2012