Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO’s fifth science run

B. P. Abbott et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. D 80, 102002 – Published 11 November 2009

Abstract

We present an all-sky search for gravitational waves in the frequency range 1 to 6 kHz during the first calendar year of LIGO’s fifth science run. This is the first untriggered LIGO burst analysis to be conducted above 3 kHz. We discuss the unique properties of interferometric data in this regime. 161.3 days of triple-coincident data were analyzed. No gravitational events above threshold were observed and a frequentist upper limit of 5.4year1 on the rate of strong gravitational-wave bursts was placed at a 90% confidence level. Implications for specific theoretical models of gravitational-wave emission are also discussed.

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  • Received 27 May 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102002

©2009 American Physical Society

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Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run

B. P. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. D 80, 102001 (2009)

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Vol. 80, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2009

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