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    Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009–2010

    J. Aasi1, J. Abadie1, B. P. Abbott1, R. Abbott1, T. D. Abbott2, M. Abernathy3, T. Accadia4, F. Acernese5a,5c, C. Adams6 et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)

    C. Adams6, T. Adams7, P. Addesso58, R. Adhikari1, C. Affeldt9,10, M. Agathos11a, K. Agatsuma12, P. Ajith1, B. Allen9,13,10, A. Allocca14a,14c, E. Amador Ceron13, D. Amariutei15, S. B. Anderson1, W. G. Anderson13, K. Arai1, M. C. Araya1, S. Ast9,10, S. M. Aston6, P. Astone16a, D. Atkinson17, P. Aufmuth10,9, C. Aulbert9,10, B. E. Aylott18, S. Babak19, P. Baker20, G. Ballardin21, S. Ballmer22, Y. Bao15, J. C. B. Barayoga1, D. Barker17, F. Barone5a,5c, B. Barr3, L. Barsotti23, M. Barsuglia24, M. A. Barton17, I. Bartos25, R. Bassiri3,26, M. Bastarrika3, A. Basti14a,14b, J. Batch17, J. Bauchrowitz9,10, Th. S. Bauer11a, M. Bebronne4, D. Beck26, B. Behnke19, M. Bejger27c, M. G. Beker11a, A. S. Bell3, C. Bell3, I. Belopolski25, M. Benacquista28, J. M. Berliner17, A. Bertolini9,10, J. Betzwieser6, N. Beveridge3, P. T. Beyersdorf29, T. Bhadbade26, I. A. Bilenko30, G. Billingsley1, J. Birch6, R. Biswas28, M. Bitossi14a, M. A. Bizouard31a, E. Black1, J. K. Blackburn1, L. Blackburn32, D. 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Donovan23, K. L. Dooley9,10, S. Doravari1, S. Dorsher63, M. Drago64a,64b, R. W. P. Drever65, J. C. Driggers1, Z. Du46, J.-C. Dumas33, S. Dwyer23, T. Eberle9,10, M. Edgar3, M. Edwards7, A. Effler48, P. Ehrens1, G. Endrőczi61, R. Engel1, T. Etzel1, K. Evans3, M. Evans23, T. Evans6, M. Factourovich25, V. Fafone57a,57b, S. Fairhurst7, B. F. Farr66, M. Favata13, D. Fazi66, H. Fehrmann9,10, D. Feldbaum15, I. Ferrante14a,14b, F. Ferrini21, F. Fidecaro14a,14b, L. S. Finn34, I. Fiori21, R. P. Fisher22, R. Flaminio36, S. Foley23, E. Forsi6, L. A. Forte5a, N. Fotopoulos1, J.-D. Fournier35a, J. Franc36, S. Franco31a, S. Frasca16a,16b, F. Frasconi14a, M. Frede9,10, M. A. Frei67, Z. Frei68, A. Freise18, R. Frey40, T. T. Fricke9,10, D. Friedrich9,10, P. Fritschel23, V. V. Frolov6, M.-K. Fujimoto12, P. J. Fulda18, M. Fyffe6, J. Gair69, M. Galimberti36, L. Gammaitoni38a,38b, J. Garcia17, F. Garufi5a,5b, M. E. Gáspár61, G. Gelencser68, G. Gemme52, E. Genin21, A. Gennai14a, L. Á. Gergely70, S. 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Inta54, T. Isogai55, A. Ivanov1, K. Izumi12, M. Jacobson1, E. James1, Y. J. Jang66, P. Jaranowski27d, E. Jesse72, W. W. Johnson48, D. I. Jones76, R. Jones3, R. J. G. Jonker11a, L. Ju33, P. Kalmus1, V. Kalogera66, S. Kandhasamy63, G. Kang77, J. B. Kanner42,32, M. Kasprzack21,31a, R. Kasturi78, E. Katsavounidis23, W. Katzman6, H. Kaufer9,10, K. Kaufman51, K. Kawabe17, S. Kawamura12, F. Kawazoe9,10, D. Keitel9,10, D. Kelley22, W. Kells1, D. G. Keppel1, Z. Keresztes70, A. Khalaidovski9,10, F. Y. Khalili30, E. A. Khazanov79, B. K. Kim77, C. Kim80, H. Kim9,10, K. Kim81, N. Kim26, Y. M. Kim53, P. J. King1, D. L. Kinzel6, J. S. Kissel23, S. Klimenko15, J. Kline13, K. Kokeyama48, V. Kondrashov1, S. Koranda13, W. Z. Korth1, I. Kowalska27b, D. Kozak1, V. Kringel9,10, B. Krishnan19, A. Królak27a,27e, G. Kuehn9,10, P. Kumar22, R. Kumar3, R. Kurdyumov26, P. Kwee23, P. K. Lam54, M. Landry17, A. Langley65, B. Lantz26, N. Lastzka9,10, C. Lawrie3, A. Lazzarini1, A. Le Roux6, P. Leaci19, C. H. Lee53, H. K. Lee81, H. M. Lee82, J. R. Leong9,10, I. Leonor40, N. Leroy31a, N. Letendre4, V. Lhuillier17, J. Li46, T. G. F. Li11a, P. E. Lindquist1, V. Litvine1, Y. Liu46, Z. Liu15, N. A. Lockerbie83, D. Lodhia18, J. Logue3, M. Lorenzini39a, V. Loriette31b, M. Lormand6, G. Losurdo39a, J. Lough22, M. Lubinski17, H. Lück9,10, A. P. Lundgren9,10, J. Macarthur3, E. Macdonald3, B. Machenschalk9,10, M. MacInnis23, D. M. Macleod7, M. Mageswaran1, K. Mailand1, E. Majorana16a, I. Maksimovic31b, V. Malvezzi57a, N. Man35a, I. Mandel18, V. Mandic63, M. Mantovani14a, F. Marchesoni38a,38c, F. Marion4, S. Márka25, Z. Márka25, A. Markosyan26, E. Maros1, J. Marque21, F. Martelli39a,39b, I. W. Martin3, R. M. Martin15, J. N. Marx1, K. Mason23, A. Masserot4, F. Matichard23, L. Matone25, R. A. Matzner84, N. Mavalvala23, G. Mazzolo9,10, R. McCarthy17, D. E. McClelland54, S. C. McGuire85, G. McIntyre1, J. McIver44, G. D. Meadors47, M. Mehmet9,10, T. Meier10,9, A. Melatos56, A. C. Melissinos86, G. Mendell17, D. F. Menéndez34, R. A. Mercer13, S. Meshkov1, C. Messenger7, M. S. Meyer6, H. Miao51, C. Michel36, L. Milano5a,5b, J. Miller54, Y. Minenkov57a, C. M. F. Mingarelli18, V. P. Mitrofanov30, G. Mitselmakher15, R. Mittleman23, B. Moe13, M. Mohan21, S. R. P. Mohapatra44, D. Moraru17, G. Moreno17, N. Morgado36, A. Morgia57a,57b, T. Mori12, S. R. Morriss28, S. Mosca5a,5b, K. Mossavi9,10, B. Mours4, C. M. Mow-Lowry54, C. L. Mueller15, G. Mueller15, S. Mukherjee28, A. Mullavey48,54, H. Müller-Ebhardt9,10, J. Munch87, D. Murphy25, P. G. Murray3, A. Mytidis15, T. Nash1, L. Naticchioni16a,16b, V. Necula15, J. Nelson3, I. Neri38a,38b, G. Newton3, T. Nguyen54, A. Nishizawa12, A. Nitz22, F. Nocera21, D. Nolting6, M. E. Normandin28, L. Nuttall7, E. Ochsner13, J. O’Dell71, E. Oelker23, G. H. Ogin1, J. J. Oh88, S. H. Oh88, R. G. Oldenberg13, B. O’Reilly6, R. O’Shaughnessy13, C. Osthelder1, C. D. Ott51, D. J. Ottaway87, R. S. Ottens15, H. Overmier6, B. J. Owen34, A. Page18, L. Palladino57a,57c, C. Palomba16a, Y. Pan42, C. Pankow13, F. Paoletti14a,21, R. Paoletti14a,14c, M. A. Papa19,13, M. Parisi5a,5b, A. Pasqualetti21, R. Passaquieti14a,14b, D. Passuello14a, M. Pedraza1, S. Penn78, A. Perreca22, G. Persichetti5a,5b, M. Phelps1, M. Pichot35a, M. Pickenpack9,10, F. Piergiovanni39a,39b, V. Pierro5a,8, M. Pihlaja63, L. Pinard36, I. M. Pinto5a,8, M. Pitkin3, H. J. Pletsch9,10, M. V. Plissi3, R. Poggiani14a,14b, J. Pöld9,10, F. Postiglione58, C. Poux1, M. Prato52, V. Predoi7, T. Prestegard63, L. R. Price1, M. Prijatelj9,10, M. Principe5a,8, S. Privitera1, R. Prix9,10, G. A. Prodi64a,64b, L. G. Prokhorov30, O. Puncken9,10, M. Punturo38a, P. Puppo16a, V. Quetschke28, R. Quitzow-James40, F. J. Raab17, D. S. Rabeling11a,11b, I. Rácz61, H. Radkins17, P. Raffai25,68, M. Rakhmanov28, C. Ramet6, B. Rankins49, P. Rapagnani16a,16b, V. Raymond66, V. Re57a,57b, C. M. Reed17, T. Reed89, T. Regimbau35a, S. Reid3, D. H. Reitze1, F. Ricci16a,16b, R. Riesen6, K. Riles47, M. Roberts26, N. A. Robertson1,3, F. Robinet31a, C. Robinson7, E. L. Robinson19, A. Rocchi57a, S. Roddy6, C. Rodriguez66, M. Rodruck17, L. Rolland4, J. G. Rollins1, R. Romano5a,5c, J. H. Romie6, D. Rosińska27c,27f, C. Röver9,10, S. Rowan3, A. Rüdiger9,10, P. Ruggi21, K. Ryan17, F. Salemi9,10, L. Sammut56, V. Sandberg17, S. Sankar23, V. Sannibale1, L. Santamaría1, I. Santiago-Prieto3, G. Santostasi90, E. Saracco36, B. Sassolas36, B. S. Sathyaprakash7, P. R. Saulson22, R. L. Savage17, R. Schilling9,10, R. Schnabel9,10, R. M. S. Schofield40, B. Schulz9,10, B. F. Schutz19,7, P. Schwinberg17, J. Scott3, S. M. Scott54, F. Seifert1, D. Sellers6, D. Sentenac21, A. Sergeev79, D. A. Shaddock54, M. Shaltev9,10, B. Shapiro23, P. Shawhan42, D. H. Shoemaker23, T. L. Sidery18, X. Siemens13, D. Sigg17, D. Simakov9,10, A. Singer1, L. Singer1, A. M. Sintes43, G. R. Skelton13, B. J. J. Slagmolen54, J. Slutsky48, J. R. Smith2, M. R. Smith1, R. J. E. Smith18, N. D. Smith-Lefebvre23, K. Somiya51, B. Sorazu3, F. C. Speirits3, L. Sperandio57a,57b, M. Stefszky54, E. Steinert17, J. Steinlechner9,10, S. Steinlechner9,10, S. Steplewski37, A. Stochino1, R. Stone28, K. A. Strain3, S. E. Strigin30, A. S. Stroeer28, R. Sturani39a,39b, A. L. Stuver6, T. Z. Summerscales91, M. Sung48, S. Susmithan33, P. J. Sutton7, B. Swinkels21, G. Szeifert68, M. Tacca21, L. Taffarello64c, D. Talukder37, D. B. Tanner15, S. P. Tarabrin9,10, R. Taylor1, A. P. M. ter Braack11a, P. Thomas17, K. A. Thorne6, K. S. Thorne51, E. Thrane63, A. Thüring10,9, C. Titsler34, K. V. Tokmakov83, C. Tomlinson60, A. Toncelli14a,14b, M. Tonelli14a,14b, O. Torre14a,14c, C. V. Torres28, C. I. Torrie1,3, E. Tournefier4, F. Travasso38a,38b, G. Traylor6, M. Tse25, D. Ugolini92, H. Vahlbruch10,9, G. Vajente14a,14b, J. F. J. van den Brand11a,11b, C. Van Den Broeck11a, S. van der Putten11a, A. A. van Veggel3, S. Vass1, M. Vasuth61, R. Vaulin23, M. Vavoulidis31a, A. Vecchio18, G. Vedovato64c, J. Veitch7, P. J. Veitch87, K. Venkateswara93, D. Verkindt4, F. Vetrano39a,39b, A. Viceré39a,39b, A. E. Villar1, J.-Y. Vinet35a, S. Vitale11a, H. Vocca38a, C. Vorvick17, S. P. Vyatchanin30, A. Wade54, L. Wade13, M. Wade13, S. J. Waldman23, L. Wallace1, Y. Wan46, M. Wang18, X. Wang46, A. Wanner9,10, R. L. Ward24, M. Was31a, M. Weinert9,10, A. J. Weinstein1, R. Weiss23, T. Welborn6, L. Wen51,33, P. Wessels9,10, M. West22, T. Westphal9,10, K. Wette9,10, J. T. Whelan67, S. E. Whitcomb1,33, D. J. White60, B. F. Whiting15, K. Wiesner9,10, C. Wilkinson17, P. A. Willems1, L. Williams15, R. Williams1, B. Willke9,10, M. Wimmer9,10, L. Winkelmann9,10, W. Winkler9,10, C. C. Wipf23, A. G. Wiseman13, H. Wittel9,10, G. Woan3, R. Wooley6, J. Worden17, J. Yablon66, I. Yakushin6, H. Yamamoto1, K. Yamamoto64b,64d, C. C. Yancey42, H. Yang51, D. Yeaton-Massey1, S. Yoshida94, M. Yvert4, A. Zadrożny27e, M. Zanolin72, J.-P. Zendri64c, F. Zhang46, L. Zhang1, C. Zhao33, N. Zotov89, M. E. Zucker23, and J. Zweizig1 (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)

    • 1LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    • 2California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
    • 3SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
    • 4Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
    • 5aINFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
    • 5bUniversità di Napoli ’Federico II’, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
    • 5cUniversità di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
    • 6LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
    • 7Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
    • 8University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
    • 9Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
    • 10Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
    • 11aNikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • 11bVU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • 12National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
    • 13University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
    • 14aINFN, Sezione di Pisa, Italy
    • 14bUniversità di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
    • 14cUniversità di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
    • 15University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
    • 16aINFN, Sezione di Roma, Italy
    • 16bUniversità ’La Sapienza’, I-00185 Roma, Italy
    • 17LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
    • 18University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
    • 19Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
    • 20Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
    • 21European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina (PI), Italy
    • 22Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
    • 23LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
    • 24APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
    • 25Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
    • 26Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    • 27aIM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
    • 27bAstronomical Observatory, Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
    • 27cCAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
    • 27dBiałystok University, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
    • 27eNCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
    • 27fInstitute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
    • 28The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
    • 29San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
    • 30Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
    • 31aLAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
    • 31bESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
    • 32NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
    • 33University of Western Australia, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
    • 34The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    • 35aUniversité Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
    • 35bInstitut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
    • 36Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
    • 37Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
    • 38aINFN, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
    • 38bUniversità di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
    • 38cDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Camerino, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
    • 39aINFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
    • 39bUniversità degli Studi di Urbino ’Carlo Bo’, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
    • 40University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
    • 41Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
    • 42University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
    • 43Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    • 44University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
    • 45Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
    • 46Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
    • 47University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
    • 48Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
    • 49The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
    • 50Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga NSW 2678, Australia
    • 51Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    • 52INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
    • 53Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
    • 54Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
    • 55Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
    • 56The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
    • 57aINFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
    • 57bUniversità di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
    • 57cUniversità dell’Aquila, I-67100 L’Aquila, Italy
    • 58University of Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
    • 59Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
    • 60The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
    • 61Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
    • 62Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
    • 63University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
    • 64aINFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, Trento, Italy
    • 64bUniversità di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
    • 64cINFN, Sezione di Padova, Italy
    • 64dUniversità di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
    • 65California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    • 66Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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    Phys. Rev. D 87, 022002 – Published 23 January, 2013

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022002

    Abstract

    We report a search for gravitational waves from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of binary black holes (BBH) with total mass between 25 and 100 solar masses, in data taken at the LIGO and Virgo observatories between July 7, 2009 and October 20, 2010. The maximum sensitive distance of the detectors over this period for a (20,20)M coalescence was 300 Mpc. No gravitational wave signals were found. We thus report upper limits on the astrophysical coalescence rates of BBH as a function of the component masses for nonspinning components, and also evaluate the dependence of the search sensitivity on component spins aligned with the orbital angular momentum. We find an upper limit at 90% confidence on the coalescence rate of BBH with nonspinning components of mass between 19 and 28M of 3.3×107 mergers Mpc3yr1.

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