Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown

LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.122005

Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown

LIGO Scientific Collaboration
, Virgo Collaboration

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Abstract

We present the first modeled search for gravitational waves using the complete binary black-hole gravitational waveform from inspiral through the merger and ringdown for binaries with negligible component spin. We searched approximately 2 years of LIGO data, taken between November 2005 and September 2007, for systems with component masses of 1-99M(circle dot) and total masses of 25-100M(circle dot). We did not detect any plausible gravitational-wave signals but we do place upper limits on the merger rate of binary black holes as a function of the component masses in this range. We constrain the rate of mergers for 19M(circle dot) <= m(1), m(2) <= 28M(circle dot) binary black-hole systems with negligible spin to be no more than 2.0 Mpc(-3) Myr(-1) at 90% confidence.

Original language	English
Article number	122005
Number of pages	20
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	83
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.122005
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

MODELING KICKS
MASS
COALESCENCE
SPIN
FILTERS
CHOICE
RATES

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Érratum: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown (vol 83, 122005, 2011)
Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abernathy, M., Accadia, T., Acernese, F., Adams, C., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G. S., Ceron, E. A., Amin, R. S., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Antonucci, F., Arain, M. A., Araya, M. C., Aronsson, M. & Aso, Y. & 34 others, Aston, S. M., Astone, P., Atkinson, D., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Baker, P., Ballardin, G., Ballinger, T., Ballmer, S., Barker, D., Barnum, S., Barone, F., Barr, B., Barriga, P., Barsotti, L., Barsuglia, M., Barton, M. A., Bartos, I., Bassiri, R., Bastarrika, M., Bauchrowitz, J., Bauer, T. S., Behnke, B., Beker, M. G., Belletoile, A., Benacquista, M., Bertolini, A., Betzwieser, J., Beveridge, N., Danilishin, S. L., Hild, S., Steinlechner, S. & van den Brand, J. F. J., 20 Sept 2012, In: Physical Review D. 86, 6, 3 p., 069903.
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Publisher's Note: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown (vol 83, 122005, 2011)
Abadie, J., Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abernathy, M., Accadia, T., Acernese, F., Adams, C., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G. S., Ceron, E. A., Amin, R. S., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Antonucci, F., Arain, M. A., Araya, M. C., Aronsson, M. & Aso, Y. & 34 others, Aston, S. M., Astone, P., Atkinson, D., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Baker, P., Ballardin, G., Ballinger, T., Ballmer, S., Barker, D., Barnum, S., Barone, F., Barr, B., Barriga, P., Barsotti, L., Barsuglia, M., Barton, M. A., Bartos, I., Bassiri, R., Bastarrika, M., Bauchrowitz, J., Bauer, T. S., Behnke, B., Beker, M. G., Belletoile, A., Benacquista, M., Bertolini, A., Betzwieser, J., Beveridge, N., Danilishin, S. L., Hild, S., Steinlechner, S. & van den Brand, J. F. J., 18 Apr 2012, In: Physical Review D. 85, 8, 2 p., 089904.
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AU - Allen, B.

AU - Allen, G.S.

AU - Ceron, E.A.

AU - Amin, R.S.

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AU - Anderson, W.G.

AU - Antonucci, F.

AU - Arain, M.A.

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AU - Virgo Collaboration

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KW - MASS

KW - COALESCENCE

KW - SPIN

KW - FILTERS

KW - CHOICE

KW - RATES

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Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown

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Érratum: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown (vol 83, 122005, 2011)

Publisher's Note: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown (vol 83, 122005, 2011)

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