TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run

AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration

AU - Pitkin, M.

PY - 2009/8/25

Y1 - 2009/8/25

N2 - We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries, of total mass between 2 and 35M⊙, using LIGO observations between November 14, 2006 and May 18, 2007. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence as a function of total mass. The LIGO cumulative 90%-confidence rate upper limits of the binary coalescence of neutron stars, black holes and black hole-neutron star systems are 1.4×10−2, 7.3×10−4 and 3.6×10−3yr−1L−110, respectively, where L10 is 1010 times the blue solar luminosity.

AB - We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries, of total mass between 2 and 35M⊙, using LIGO observations between November 14, 2006 and May 18, 2007. No gravitational-wave signals were detected. We report upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescence as a function of total mass. The LIGO cumulative 90%-confidence rate upper limits of the binary coalescence of neutron stars, black holes and black hole-neutron star systems are 1.4×10−2, 7.3×10−4 and 3.6×10−3yr−1L−110, respectively, where L10 is 1010 times the blue solar luminosity.

KW - 95.85.Sz

KW - 04.80.Nn

KW - 07.05.Kf

KW - 97.60.Jd

KW - Gravitational radiation magnetic fields and other observations

KW - Gravitational wave detectors and experiments

KW - Data analysis: algorithms and implementation

KW - data management

KW - Neutron stars

KW - General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.047101

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.047101

M3 - Journal article

VL - 80

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

SN - 1550-7998

IS - 4

M1 - 047101

ER -