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

Year: 2011

Authors: Abadie J.; Abbott B. P.; Abbott R.; Abernathy M.; Accadia T.; Acernese F.; Adams C.; Adhikari R. X.; Ajith P.; Allen B.; Allen G. S.; Amador Ceron, E.; Amin R. S.; Anderson S. B.; Anderson W. G.; Antonucci F.; Arain M.A.; Araya M. C.; Aronsson M.; Aso Y.; 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 Th. S.; Behnke B.; Beker M. G.; Belletoile A.; Benacquista M.; Bertolini A.; Betzwieser J.; Beveridge N.; Beyersdorf P. T.; Bilenko I. A.; Billingsley G.; Birch J.; Birindelli S.; Biswas R.; Bitossi M.; Bizouard M. A.; Black E.; Blackburn J. K.; Blackburn L.; Blair D.; Bland B.; Blom M.; Boccara C.; Bock O.; Bodiya T.P.; Bondarescu R.; Bondu F.; Bonelli L.; Bonnand R.; Bork R.; Born M.; Boschi V.; Bose S.; Bosi L.; Bouhou B.; Boyle M.; Braccini S.; Bradaschia C.; Brady P. R.; Braginsky V. B.; Brau J. E.; Breyer J.; Bridges D. O.; Brillet A.; Brinkmann M.; Brisson V.; Britzger M.; Brooks A. F.; Brown D. A.; Budzynski R.; Bulik T.; Bulten H. J.; Buonanno A.; Burguet-Castell J.; Burmeister O.; Buskulic D.; Buy C.; Byer R. L.; Cadonati L.; Cagnoli G.; Cain J.; Calloni E.; Camp J. B.; Campagna E.; Campsie P.; Cannizzo J.; Cannon K.; Canuel B.; Cao J.; Capano C. D.; Carbognani F.; Caride S.; Caudill S.; Cavaglia M.; Cavalier F.; Cavalieri R.; Cella G.; Cepeda C.; Cesarini E.; Chaibi O.; Chalermsongsak T.; Chalkley E.; Charlton P.; Chassande-Mottin E.; Chelkowski S.; Chen Y.; Chincarini A.; Christensen N.; Chua S. S. Y.; Chung C. T. Y.; Clark D. E.; Clark J. A.; Clayton J. H.; Cleva F.; Coccia E.; Colacino C. 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Autors Affiliation: CALTECH, LIGO, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA; Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Albert Einstein Inst, D-14476 Golm, Germany; Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Albert Einstein Inst, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; Andrews Univ, Berrien Springs, MI 49104 USA; Univ Paris Diderot, Lab AstroParticule & Cosmol APC, Observ Paris, CNRS,IN2P3,CEA,DSM,IRFU, F-75013 Paris, France; Australian Natl Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; Calif State Univ Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA; Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA; Cardiff Univ, Cardiff CF24 3AA, S Glam, Wales; Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN 55057 USA; Charles Sturt Univ, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia; Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA; EGO, I-56021 Cascina, PI, Italy; Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA; Eotvos Lorand Univ, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Hobart & William Smith Coll, Geneva, NY 14456 USA; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Urbino Carlo Bo, I-61029 Urbino, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy; Univ Naples Federico II, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Univ Salerno, I-84084 Salerno, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy; Univ Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Univ Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Univ Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy; Univ Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy; Univ Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy; Univ Aquila, I-67100 Laquila, Italy; Inst Appl Phys, Nizhnii Novgorod 603950, Russia; Interuniv Ctr Astron & Astrophys, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India; Univ Paris 11, LAL, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France; CNRS, ESPCI, F-75005 Paris, France; Univ Savoie, LAPP, CNRS, IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France; Leibniz Univ Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; LIGO Hanford Observ, Richland, WA 99352 USA; LIGO Livingston Observ, Livingston, LA 70754 USA; MIT, LIGO, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA; CNRS, IN2P3, LMA, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA; Louisiana Tech Univ, Ruston, LA 71272 USA; McNeese State Univ, Lake Charles, LA 70609 USA; Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA; Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Moscow 119992, Russia; NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA; Natl Astron Observ Japan, Tokyo 1818588, Japan; Nikhef, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Vrije Univ Amsterdam, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands; Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208 USA; Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observ Cote Azur, F-06304 Nice, France; Univ Rennes 1, CNRS, Inst Phys Rennes, F-35042 Rennes, France; Grp Coll Trento, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Trento, Italy; Univ Trent, I-38050 Trento, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, Padua, Italy; Univ Padua, I-35131 Padua, Italy; IM PAN, PL-00956 Warsaw, Poland; Warsaw Univ, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland; Warsaw Univ, Astron Observ, PL-00478 Warsaw, Poland; CAMK PAN, PL-00716 Warsaw, Poland; Bialystok Univ, PL-15424 Bialystok, Poland; IPJ, PL-05400 Otwock, Poland; Inst Astron, PL-65265 Zielona Gora, Poland; RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary; Rochester Inst Technol, Rochester, NY 14623 USA; Rutherford Appleton Lab, HSIC, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England; San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192 USA; Sonoma State Univ, Rohnert Pk, CA 94928 USA; SE Louisiana Univ, Hammond, LA 70402 USA; Southern Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA; A&M Coll, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA; Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA; Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA; Univ Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia; Univ Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA; Univ Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England; Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA; Univ Texas Brownsville & Texas Southmost Coll, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA; Trinity Univ, San Antonio, TX 78212 USA; Tsinghua Univ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; Univ Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Univ Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; Univ Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England; Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA; Univ Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland; Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA; Univ Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA; Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA; Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA; Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USA; Univ Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA; Univ Salerno, I-84084 Salerno, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy; Univ Sannio Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy; Univ Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England; Univ Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, Lanark, Scotland; Univ Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Univ Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA; Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164 USA

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. Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Volume: 83 (12)      Pages from: 122005  to: 122005

More Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, the Conselleria d\’Economia Hisenda i Innovacio of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
KeyWords: gravitational waves; compact binaries; numerical relativity; modeling kicks; mas
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.122005

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