Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-Virgo joint science run

Jong Chow; Sheon Chua; David McClelland; Thanh Nguyen; Susan M Scott; Daniel Shaddock; Bram Slagmolen; Andrew Wade; Robert Ward; J Van Den Brand; G Billingsley; Barry Barish; F Barone; L Barsotti; I Bartos; A Basti; M G Beker; A Bertolini; P T Beyersdorf; E Black; James Kent Blackburn; David Gerald Blair; M Blom; R Bork; J E Brau; H.J Bulten; R Burman; J Cao; Philip Charlton; N Christensen; D Coyne; S Dhurandhar; P Ehrens; T Etzel; M Evans; M Factourovich; S Fairhurst; Lee Finn; Peter Fritschel; V Frolov; N Gehrels; E Genin; J Giaime; R. J. S Greenhalgh; R Gustafson; S Vass; D Hammer; A Heptonstall; M Hewitson; B R Iyer; Keita Kawabe; W Kells; E Khazanov; P King; D Kozak; J-Y Vinet; M Landry; A Lazzarini; M MacInnis; M Mageswaran; K Mailand; E Maros; Jay Marx; Nergis Mavalvala; G.D Meadors; H Vocca; G Mendell; S Meshkov; R Mittleman; Guido Mueller; D J Ottaway; Benjamin Owen; M Pedraza; S Penn; G Rajalakshmi; C Vorvick; C M Reed; D Reitze; K Riles; L Sammut; B Sathyaprakash; P Saulson; R Savage; R Schofield; Anand S Sengupta; L Wallace; D Shoemaker; D Sigg; A Sintes; T Souradeep; T.Z Summerscales; S Susmithan; D B Tanner; Calum Torrie; C S Unnikrishnan; A Weinstein; L Wen; B F Whiting; F Acernese; J Aasi; T Abbott; D Martynov; A Staley; Robert Abbott; C Adams; B Allen; S B Anderson; M Araya; Michael Y. Wang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.122003

Journal article

Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-Virgo joint science run

Jong Chow, Sheon Chua, David McClelland, Thanh Nguyen, Susan M Scott, Daniel Shaddock, Bram Slagmolen, Andrew Wade, Robert Ward, J Van Den Brand, …

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.122003

Abstract

This paper reports on an unmodeled, all-sky search for gravitational waves from merging intermediate mass black hole binaries (IMBHB). The search was performed on data from the second joint science run of the LIGO and Virgo detectors (July 2009-October 2010) and was sensitive to IMBHBs with a range up to ∼200Mpc, averaged over the possible sky positions and inclinations of the binaries with respect to the line of sight. No significant candidate was found. Upper limits on the coalescence-rate density of nonspinning IMBHBs with total masses between 100 and 450M and mass ratios between 0.25 and 1 were placed by combining this analysis with an analogous search performed on data from the first LIGO-Virgo joint science run (November 2005-October 2007). The most stringent limit was set for systems consisting of two 88M black holes and is equal to 0.12Mpc-3Myr-1 at the 90% confidence level. This paper also presents the first estimate, for the case of an unmodeled analysis, of the impact on the search range of IMBHB spin configurations: the visible volume for IMBHBs with nonspinning components is roughly doubled for a population of IMBHBs with spins aligned with the binary's orbital angular momentum and uniformly distributed in the dimensionless spin parameter up to 0.8, whereas an analogous population with antialigned spins decreases the visible volume by ∼20%.

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Citation topics: 5 Physics; 5.9 Particles & Fields; 5.9.746 Gravitational Waves
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Title: Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-Virgo joint science run
Creators: Jong Chow - Australian National University
Sheon Chua - Australian National University
David McClelland - Australian National University
Thanh Nguyen - Australian National University
Susan M Scott - Australian National University
Daniel Shaddock - Australian National University
Bram Slagmolen
Andrew Wade - Australian National University
Robert Ward - Australian National University
J Van Den Brand
G Billingsley - California Institute of Technology
Barry Barish - California Institute of Technology
F Barone - University of Naples Federico II
L Barsotti - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I Bartos - Columbia University
A Basti - University of Pisa
M G Beker
A Bertolini
P T Beyersdorf - San Jose State University
E Black - California Institute of Technology
James Kent Blackburn - California Institute of Technology
David Gerald Blair - University of Western Australia
M Blom
R Bork - California Institute of Technology
J E Brau - University of Oregon
H.J Bulten - VU Amsterdam
R Burman - University of Western Australia
J Cao - Tsinghua University
Philip Charlton - Charles Sturt University
N Christensen - Carleton College
D Coyne - California Institute of Technology
S Dhurandhar - Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
P Ehrens - California Institute of Technology
T Etzel - California Institute of Technology
M Evans - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M Factourovich - Columbia University
S Fairhurst - Cardiff University
Lee Finn - Pennsylvania State University
Peter Fritschel - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
V Frolov - California Institute of Technology
N Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
E Genin
J Giaime - Louisiana State University
R. J. S Greenhalgh - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
R Gustafson - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
S Vass - California Institute of Technology
D Hammer - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
A Heptonstall - California Institute of Technology
M Hewitson - Albert Einstein Institution
B R Iyer - Raman Research Institute
Keita Kawabe - National Science Foundation
W Kells - California Institute of Technology
E Khazanov
P King - California Institute of Technology
D Kozak - California Institute of Technology
J-Y Vinet - Université Côte d'Azur
M Landry - National Science Foundation
A Lazzarini - California Institute of Technology
M MacInnis - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M Mageswaran - California Institute of Technology
K Mailand - California Institute of Technology
E Maros - California Institute of Technology
Jay Marx - California Institute of Technology
Nergis Mavalvala - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
G.D Meadors - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
H Vocca - University of Perugia
G Mendell - National Science Foundation
S Meshkov - California Institute of Technology
R Mittleman - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Guido Mueller - University of Florida
D J Ottaway - University of Adelaide
Benjamin Owen - Pennsylvania State University
M Pedraza - California Institute of Technology
S Penn - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
G Rajalakshmi - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
C Vorvick - National Science Foundation
C M Reed - National Science Foundation
D Reitze - University of Florida
K Riles - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
L Sammut - University of Melbourne
B Sathyaprakash - Cardiff University
P Saulson - Syracuse University
R Savage - National Science Foundation
R Schofield
Anand S Sengupta - Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
L Wallace - California Institute of Technology
D Shoemaker - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
D Sigg - National Science Foundation
A Sintes - University of the Balearic Islands
T Souradeep - Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
T.Z Summerscales - Andrews University
S Susmithan - University of Western Australia
D B Tanner - University of Florida
Calum Torrie - University of Glasgow
C S Unnikrishnan - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
A Weinstein - California Institute of Technology
L Wen - University of Western Australia
B F Whiting - University of Florida
F Acernese - University of Naples Federico II
J Aasi - California Institute of Technology
T Abbott - Louisiana State University
D Martynov - California Institute of Technology
A Staley - Columbia University
Robert Abbott
C Adams - California Institute of Technology
B Allen - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
S B Anderson - California Institute of Technology
M Araya - California Institute of Technology
Michael Y. Wang - UMMG Dept of Neurological Surgery
Publisher: American Physical Society
Academic Unit: UMMG Dept of Neurological Surgery; Miller School of Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991031739934102976