Session R12: Gravitational Waves For and By LIGO

10:45 AM–12:21 PM, Monday, April 16, 2007
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront - City Terrace 8

Sponsoring Unit: GGR
Chair: Peter Shawhan, University of Maryland

Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.APR.R12.1

Abstract: R12.00001 : Search for compact binary systems during LIGO's fifth science run

10:45 AM–10:57 AM

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Author:

  Drew Keppel
    (California Institute of Technology)

We report on a search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of stellar mass compact binaries (neutron stars and black holes) during the fifth LIGO science run. The search focuses on gravitational waves generated during the inspiral phase of the binary evolution. We look for coincidences between at least two of the three LIGO detectors. We describe the status search for these binary systems.

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