Coincidence analysis to search for inspiraling compact binaries using TAMA300 and LISM data

Hirotaka Takahashi, Hideyuki Tagoshi, Masaki Ando, Koji Arai, Peter Beyersdorf, Nobuyuki Kanda, Seiji Kawamura, Norikatsu Mio, Shinji Miyoki, Shigenori Moriwaki, Kenji Numata, Masatake Ohashi, Misao Sasaki, Shuichi Sato, Ryutaro Takahashi, Daisuke Tatsumi, Yoshiki Tsunesada, Akito Araya, Hideki Asada, Youich AsoMark A. Barton, Masa Katsu Fujimoto, Mitsuhiro Fukushima, Toshifumi Futamase, Tomiyoshi Haruyama, Kazuhiro Hayama, Gerhard Heinzel, Gen’ichi Horikoshi, Yukiyoshi Iida, Kunihito Ioka, Hideki Ishitsuka, Norihiko Kamikubota, Kunihiko Kasahara, Keita Kawabe, Nobuki Kawashima, Yasufumi Kojima, Kazuhiro Kondo, Yoshihide Kozai, Kazuaki Kuroda, Namio Matsuda, Kazuyuki Miura, Osamu Miyakawa, Shoken Miyama, Mitsuru Musha, Shigeo Nagano, Ken’ichi Nakagawa, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nakano, Ken ichi Nakao, Yuhiko Nishi, Yujiro Ogawa, Naoko Ohishi, Akira Okutomi, Ken ichi Oohara, Shigemi Otsuka, Yoshio Saito, Nobuaki Sato, Hidetsugu Seki, Naoki Seto, Masaru Shibata, Takakazu Shintomi, Kenji Soida, Kentaro Somiya, Toshikazu Suzuki, Akiteru Takamori, Shuzo Takemoto, Kohei Takeno, Takahiro Tanaka, Toru Tanji, Shinsuke Taniguchi, Colin T. Taylor, Souichi Telada, Kuniharu Tochikubo, Takayuki Tomaru, Yoji Totsuka, Kimio Tsubono, Nobuhiro Tsuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Akitoshi Ueda, Ken ichi Ueda, Fumihiko Usui, Koichi Waseda, Yuko Watanabe, Hiromi Yakura, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Akira Yamamoto, Toshitaka Yamazaki, Tatsuo Yoda, Zong Hong Zhu

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Abstract

Japanese laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors, TAMA300 and LISM, performed a coincident observation during 2001. We perform a coincidence analysis to search for inspiraling compact binaries. The length of data used for the coincidence analysis is 275 hours when both TAMA300 and LISM detectors are operated simultaneously. TAMA300 and LISM data are analyzed by matched filtering, and candidates for gravitational wave events are obtained. If there is a true gravitational wave signal, it should appear in both data of detectors with consistent waveforms characterized by masses of stars, amplitude of the signal, the coalescence time and so on. We introduce a set of coincidence conditions of the parameters, and search for coincident events. This procedure reduces the number of fake events considerably, by a factor [Formula Presented] compared with the number of fake events in single detector analysis. We find that the number of events after imposing the coincidence conditions is consistent with the number of accidental coincidences produced purely by noise. We thus find no evidence of gravitational wave signals. We obtain an upper limit of 0.046 [1/h] [Formula Presented] to the galactic event rate within 1 kpc from the Earth. The method used in this paper can be applied straightforwardly to the case of coincidence observations with more than two detectors with arbitrary arm directions.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume70
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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