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| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 88 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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T1 - Search for long-lived gravitational-wave transients coincident with long gamma-ray bursts
AU - The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - Aasi, J.
AU - Abadie, J.
AU - Abbott, B. P.
AU - Abbott, R.
AU - Abbott, T.
AU - Abernathy, M. R.
AU - Accadia, T.
AU - Acernese, F.
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Adams, T.
AU - Adhikari, R. X.
AU - Affeldt, C.
AU - Agathos, M.
AU - Aggarwal, N.
AU - Aguiar, O. D.
AU - Allen, Bruce
AU - Danilishin, S. L.
AU - Danzmann, K.
AU - Heurs, M.
AU - Kawazoe, F.
AU - Liu, H.
AU - Lück, H.
AU - Poeld, J.
AU - Shaltev, M.
AU - Vahlbruch, H.
AU - Wanner, A.
AU - Wei, L. -W.
AU - Willke, B.
AU - Wittel, H.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been linked to extreme core-collapse supernovae from massive stars. Gravitational waves (GW) offer a probe of the physics behind long GRBs. We investigate models of long-lived (0-1000s) GW emission associated with the accretion disk of a collapsed star or with its protoneutron star remnant. Using data from LIGO and GRB triggers from the swift experiment, we perform a search for unmodeled long-lived GW transients. Finding no evidence of GW emission, we place 90textpercent confidence level upper limits on the GW fluence at Earth from long GRBs for three waveforms inspired by a model of GWs from accretion disk instabilities. These limits range from F.5 ergs cm2 to textdollarF200 ergs cm2, depending on the GRB and on the model, allowing us to probe optimistic scenarios of GW production out to distances as far as 3 Mpc. Advanced detectors are expected to achieve strain sensitivities 10x better than initial LIGO, potentially allowing us to probe the engines of the nearest long GRBs.
AB - Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been linked to extreme core-collapse supernovae from massive stars. Gravitational waves (GW) offer a probe of the physics behind long GRBs. We investigate models of long-lived (0-1000s) GW emission associated with the accretion disk of a collapsed star or with its protoneutron star remnant. Using data from LIGO and GRB triggers from the swift experiment, we perform a search for unmodeled long-lived GW transients. Finding no evidence of GW emission, we place 90textpercent confidence level upper limits on the GW fluence at Earth from long GRBs for three waveforms inspired by a model of GWs from accretion disk instabilities. These limits range from F.5 ergs cm2 to textdollarF200 ergs cm2, depending on the GRB and on the model, allowing us to probe optimistic scenarios of GW production out to distances as far as 3 Mpc. Advanced detectors are expected to achieve strain sensitivities 10x better than initial LIGO, potentially allowing us to probe the engines of the nearest long GRBs.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.122004
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.122004
M3 - Article
VL - 88
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 0556-2821
ER -