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TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run
AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - Pitkin, M.
PY - 2009/11/11
Y1 - 2009/11/11
N2 - 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 5.4 year−1 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.
AB - 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 5.4 year−1 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.
KW - 04.80.Cc
KW - Experimental tests of gravitational theories
KW - General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102002
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.102002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 80
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 10
M1 - 102002
ER -