First Targeted Search for Gravitational-wave Bursts from Core-collapse Supernovae in Data of First-generation Laser Interferometer Detectors

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-15-2016

Keywords

Gravitational waves, Novae, Supernovae

Abstract

We present results from a search for gravitational-wave bursts coincident with two core-collapse supernovae observed optically in 2007 and 2011. We employ data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), the Virgo gravitational-wave observatory, and the GEO 600 gravitational-wave observatory. The targeted core-collapse supernovae were selected on the basis of (1) proximity (within approximately 15 Mpc), (2) tightness of observational constraints on the time of core collapse that defines the gravitational-wave search window, and (3) coincident operation of at least two interferometers at the time of core collapse. We find no plausible gravitational-wave candidates. We present the probability of detecting signals from both astrophysically well-motivated and more speculative gravitational-wave emission mechanisms as a function of distance from Earth, and discuss the implications for the detection of gravitational waves from core-collapse supernovae by the upgraded Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors.

Journal Title

Physical Review D

Volume

94

First Page

102001

Last Page

102001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.102001

First Department

Physics

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