All-Sky Search for Long-Duration Gravitational Wave Transients in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

B. P. Abbott; K. Gill; B. Hughey; J. W. W. Pratt; E. Rhoades; E. Schmidt; S. G. Schwalbe; M. J. Szczepańczyk; M. Zanolin; et al.

doi:10.1088/1361-6382/aaab76

All-Sky Search for Long-Duration Gravitational Wave Transients in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

B. P. Abbott, K. Gill, B. Hughey, J. W. W. Pratt, E. Rhoades, E. Schmidt, S. G. Schwalbe, M. J. Szczepańczyk, M. Zanolin, et al.

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We present the results of a search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the data of the LIGO Hanford and LIGO Livingston second generation detectors between and , with a total observational time of . The search targets gravitational wave transients of 10–500 s duration in a frequency band of 24–2048 Hz, with minimal assumptions about the signal waveform, polarization, source direction, or time of occurrence. No significant events were observed. As a result we set 90% confidence upper limits on the rate of long-duration gravitational wave transients for different types of gravitational wave signals. We also show that the search is sensitive to sources in the Galaxy emitting at least ~10−8 in gravitational waves.

Original language	American English
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aaab76
State	Published - Feb 14 2018

Keywords

gravitational waves
LIGO-Virgo
long duration transient

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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity

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All-Sky Search for Long-Duration Gravitational Wave Transients in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

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