GRB-triggered searches for gravitational waves in LIGO data

Document #:

LIGO-P080002-x0

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

The LIGO gravitational wave detectors have recently reached their design sensitivity and finished a two-year science run. During this period one year of data with unprecedented sensitivity has been collected. I will briefly describe the status of the LIGO detectors and the overall quality of the most recent science run. I also will present results of a search for inspiral waveforms in gravitational wave data coincident with the short gamma ray burst detected on 1st February 2007, with its sky location error box overlapping a spiral arms of M31. No gravitational wave signals were detected and a binary merger in M31 can be excluded at the 99% confidence level.

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• Document Migration from the old DCC
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Authors:

• Alexander Dietz

Notes and Changes:

Rev P080002-00-Z:
- Full document number: LIGO-P080002-00-Z
- Author(s): Alexander Dietz
- Document date: 2008-01-04
- Document received date: 2008-01-07
- Document entry date: 2008-01-07

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