First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts
- Creators
- Abadie, J.
- Abbott, B. P.
- Abbott, R.
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Adhikari, Rana X.
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Ajith, P.
- Anderson, S. B.
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Arai, K.
- Araya, M. C.
- Barayoga, J. C. B.
- Betzwieser, J.
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Billingsley, G.
- Black, E.
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Blackburn, J. K.
- Bork, R.
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Brooks, A. F.
- Cepeda, C.
- Chalermsongsak, T.
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Corsi, A.
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Coyne, D. C.
- Dannenberg, R.
- Daubert, B.
- Dergachev, V.
- DeSalvo, R.
- Driggers, J. C.
- Ehrens, P.
- Engel, R.
- Etzel, T.
- Fotopoulos, N.
- Gustafson, E. K.
- Hanna, C.
- Heefner, J.
- Heptonstall, A. W.
- Hodge, K. A.
- Ivanov, A.
- Jacobson, M.
- James, E.
- Kalmus, P.
- Kells, W.
- King, P. J.
- Kondrashov, V.
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Korth, W. Z.
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Kozak, D.
- Lazzarini, A.
- Lindquist, P. E.
- Mageswaran, M.
- Mailand, K.
- Maros, E.
- Marx, J. N.
- McIntyre, G.
- Meshkov, S.
- Nash, T.
- Ogin, G. H.
- Osthelder, C.
- Patel, P.
- Pedraza, M.
- Phelps, M.
- Price, L. R.
- Privitera, S.
- Rollins, J. G.
- Sannibale, V.
- Santamaria, L.
- Seifert, F.
- Singer, A.
- Singer, L.
- Smith, M. R.
- Stochino, A.
- Taylor, R.
- Torrie, C. I.
- Vass, S.
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Vecchio, A.
- Villar, A. E.
- Wallace, L.
- Whitcomb, S. E.
- Willems, P. A.
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Williams, R.
- Yamamoto, H.
- Yeaton-Massey, D.
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Zhang, L.
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Zweizig, J.
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Chen, Y.
- Hong, T.
- Luan, J.
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Miao, H.
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Ott, C. D.
- Somiya, K.
- Thorne, K. S.
- Wen, L.
- Yang, H.
- Drever, R. W. P.
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Harms, J.
- Keppel, D. G.
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Weinstein, Alan J.
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Marandi, A.
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- Virgo Collaboration
Abstract
Aims. The detection and measurement of gravitational-waves from coalescing neutron-star binary systems is an important science goal for ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. In addition to emitting gravitational-waves at frequencies that span the most sensitive bands of the LIGO and Virgo detectors, these sources are also amongst the most likely to produce an electromagnetic counterpart to the gravitational-wave emission. A joint detection of the gravitational-wave and electromagnetic signals would provide a powerful new probe for astronomy. Methods. During the period between September 19 and October 20, 2010, the first low-latency search for gravitational-waves from binary inspirals in LIGO and Virgo data was conducted. The resulting triggers were sent to electromagnetic observatories for followup. We describe the generation and processing of the low-latency gravitational-wave triggers. The results of the electromagnetic image analysis will be described elsewhere. Results. Over the course of the science run, three gravitational-wave triggers passed all of the low-latency selection cuts. Of these, one was followed up by several of our observational partners. Analysis of the gravitational-wave data leads to an estimated false alarm rate of once every 6.4 days, falling far short of the requirement for a detection based solely on gravitational-wave data.
Additional Information
© 2012 ESO. Received: 21 January 2012. Accepted: 22 March 2012. Published online 23 May 2012. 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 gravitational-wave research by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, the Conselleria d'Economia Hisenda i Innovació 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.Attached Files
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- NSF
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Max Planck Society
- State of Niedersachsen/Germany
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Australian Research Council
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
- Ministerio de EducaciÏŒn y Ciencia (MEC)
- Conselleria d'Economia Hisenda i Innovaciό of the Govern de les Illes Balears
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)
- FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science
- Royal Society
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- NASA
- Carnegie Trust
- Leverhulme Trust
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Research Corporation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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2012-06-26Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- TAPIR, LIGO