Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-9-2021
Abstract
We search for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (2019 April 1 15:00 UTC–2019 October 1 15:00 UTC). A total of 105 GRBs were analyzed using a search for generic gravitational-wave transients; 32 GRBs were analyzed with a search that specifically targets neutron star binary mergers as short GRB progenitors. We find no significant evidence for gravitational-wave signals associated with the GRBs that we followed up, nor for a population of unidentified subthreshold signals. We consider several source types and signal morphologies, and report for these lower bounds on the distance to each GRB.
Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Volume
915
Issue
2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee15
First Department
Physics
Recommended Citation
LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration; and Summerscales, Tiffany Z., "Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO–Virgo Run O3a" (2021). Faculty Publications. 4265.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/4265
Acknowledgements
Open access article retrieved July 27, 2022 from https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abee15/pdf