Session E8: Gamma Ray Bursts, Gravitational Wave Bursts, Supernovae

3:30 PM–5:06 PM, Saturday, April 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade A

Sponsoring Units: GGR DAP
Chair: Erik Katsavounidis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.APR.E8.4

Abstract: E8.00004 : Searches for gravitational-wave inspirals from short GRBs

4:06 PM–4:18 PM

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Author:

  Nickolas Fotopoulos
    (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Short Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are widely believed to be produced in the merger of a double neutron star binary or a neutron star-black hole binary. Such systems produce strong gravitational waves, which could be detectable by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Because the time and the location of such an event is known, LIGO data can be searched in coincidence with a GRB with a lower threshold than previous untriggered searches. We present the results of a search for compact binary inspirals in LIGO data around GRB 070201 and plans for extending this search to other GRBs that occurred during LIGO's latest science run.

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