Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run
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2009
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Hosken, D.
Munch, J.
Ottaway, D.
Veitch, P.
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Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2009; 80(10):102002-1-102002-14
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B. Abbott... D. J. Hosken... J. Munch... D. J. Ottaway... P. J. Veitch...et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
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We present an all-sky search for gravitational waves in the frequency range 1 to 6 kHz during the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run. This is the first untriggered LIGO burst analysis to be conducted above 3 kHz. We discuss the unique properties of interferometric data in this regime. 161.3 days of triple-coincident data were analyzed. No gravitational events above threshold were observed and a frequentist upper limit of 5.4 events per year on the rate of strong gravitational wave bursts was placed at a 90% confidence level. Implications for specific theoretical models of gravitational wave emission are also discussed.
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© 2009 The American Physical Society