Estimating detection rates for the LIGO-Virgo search for gravitational-wave burst counterparts to gamma-ray bursts using inferred local GRB rates

Leonor, I., Sutton, Patrick J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-3922, Frey, R., Jones, Gareth, Márka, S. and Márka, Z. 2009. Estimating detection rates for the LIGO-Virgo search for gravitational-wave burst counterparts to gamma-ray bursts using inferred local GRB rates. Classical and Quantum Gravity 26 (20) , 204017. 10.1088/0264-9381/26/20/204017

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Abstract

One of the ongoing searches performed using the LIGO–Virgo network of gravitational-wave interferometers is the search for gravitational-wave burst (GWB) counterparts to gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). This type of analysis makes use of GRB time and position information from gamma-ray satellite detectors to trigger the GWB search, and the GWB detection rates possible for such an analysis thus strongly depend on the GRB detection efficiencies of the satellite detectors. Using local GRB rate densities inferred from observations which are found in the science literature, we calculate estimates of the GWB detection rates for different configurations of the LIGO–Virgo network for this type of analysis.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher:	Institute of Physics
ISSN:	0264-9381
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 13:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/19695

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