Fully-coherent all-sky search for gravitational-waves from compact binary coalescences

We introduce a fully coherent method for searching for gravitational wave signals generated by the merger of black hole and/or neutron star binaries. This extends the coherent analysis previously developed and used for targeted gravitational wave searches to an all-sky, all-time search. We apply the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D 2016-03, Vol.93 (6), Article 064004
Hauptverfasser: Macleod, D., Harry, I. W., Fairhurst, S.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We introduce a fully coherent method for searching for gravitational wave signals generated by the merger of black hole and/or neutron star binaries. This extends the coherent analysis previously developed and used for targeted gravitational wave searches to an all-sky, all-time search. We apply the search to one month of data taken during the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. We demonstrate an increase in sensitivity of 25% over the coincidence search, which is commensurate with expectations. Finally, we discuss prospects for implementing and running a coherent search for gravitational wave signals from binary coalescence in the advanced gravitational wave detector data.
ISSN:2470-0010
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.064004