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(circle dot). 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 X 10(-3) yr(-1) L(10)(-1), 2.2 X 10(-3) yr(-1) L(10)(-1), and 4.4 X 10(-4) yr(-1) L(10)(-1), respectively, where L(10) is 10(10) times the blue solar luminosity. These upper limits are compared with astrophysical expectations.
Titolo: | Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1 |
Autori: | J., Abadie; Antonucci, Federica; Drago, Marco; Prodi, Giovanni Andrea; Perreca, Antonio; Lsc, ; Virgo, Collaborations |
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Titolo del periodico: | PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-78651265024 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000283845000001 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.102001 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/90889 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |