Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo Run O3a

Document #:

LIGO-P2000040-v9

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

We search for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (1 April 2019 15:00 UTC – 1 October 2019 15:00 UTC). 105 gamma-ray bursts were analyzed using a search for generic gravitational-wave transients; 32 gamma-ray bursts were analyzed with a search that specifically targets neutron star binary mergers as short gamma-ray burst progenitors. We find no significant evidence for gravitational-wave signals associated with the gamma-ray bursts 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 gamma-ray burst.

Files in Document:

• o3a_grb.pdf (723.3 kB)

Topics:

• GW Bursts
• Compact Binaries
• Astrophysics / Multi-messenger

Author Groups:

• LVC

Notes and Changes:

Post-print version

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Journal References:

Published in ApJ vol. 915 pg. 86.

Publication Information:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abee15