@article{b29f4a4741ae4864b9f9ac1a457df1bd,
title = "Stacked search for gravitational waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 storm",
abstract = " We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with the 2006 March 29 SGR 1900+14 storm. A new search method is used, {"}stacking{"} the GW data around the times of individual soft-gamma bursts in the storm to enhance sensitivity for models in which multiple bursts are accompanied by GW emission. We assume that variation in the time difference between burst electromagnetic emission and potential burst GW emission is small relative to the GW signal duration, and we time-align GW excess power time-frequency tilings containing individual burst triggers to their corresponding electromagnetic emissions. We use two GW emission models in our search: a fluence-weighted model and a flat (unweighted) model for the most electromagnetically energetic bursts. We find no evidence of GWs associated with either model. Model-dependent GW strain, isotropic GW emission energy E GW , and γ ≡ E GW /E EM upper limits are estimated using a variety of assumed waveforms. The stacking method allows us to set the most stringent model-dependent limits on transient GW strain published to date. We find E GW upper limit estimates (at a nominal distance of 10 kpc) of between 2 × 10 45 erg and 6 × 10 50 erg depending on the waveform type. These limits are an order of magnitude lower than upper limits published previously for this storm and overlap with the range of electromagnetic energies emitted in soft gamma repeater (SGR) giant flares.",
keywords = "Gamma rays: bursts, Gravitational waves, Stars: neutron",
author = "Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and R. Adhikari and P. Ajith and B. Allen and G. Allen and Amin, {R. S.} and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and Arain, {M. A.} and M. Araya and H. Armandula and P. Armor and Y. Aso and S. Aston and P. Aufmuth and C. Aulbert and S. Babak and P. Baker and S. Ballmer and C. Barker and D. Barker and B. Barr and P. Barriga and L. Barsotti and Barton, {M. A.} and I. Bartos and R. Bassiri and M. Bastarrika and B. Behnke and M. Benacquista and J. Betzwieser and Beyersdorf, {P. T.} and Bilenko, {I. A.} and G. Billingsley and R. Biswas and E. Black and Blackburn, {J. K.} and L. Blackburn and D. Blair and B. Bland and Bodiya, {T. P.} and L. Bogue and R. Bork and V. Boschi and S. Bose and Brady, {P. R.} and Braginsky, {V. B.} and Brau, {J. E.} and Bridges, {D. O.} and M. Brinkmann and Brooks, {A. F.} and Brown, {D. A.} and A. Brummit and G. Brunet and A. Bullington and A. Buonanno and O. Burmeister and Byer, {R. L.} and L. Cadonati and Camp, {J. B.} and J. Cannizzo and Cannon, {K. C.} and J. Cao and L. Cardenas and S. Caride and G. Castaldi and S. Caudill and M. Cavagli{\`a} and C. Cepeda and T. Chalermsongsak and E. Chalkley and P. Charlton and S. Chatterji and S. Chelkowski and Y. Chen and N. Christensen and Chung, {C. T.Y.} and D. Clark and J. Clark and Clayton, {J. H.} and T. Cokelaer and Colacino, {C. N.} and R. Conte and D. Cook and Corbitt, {T. R.C.} and N. Cornish and D. Coward and Coyne, {D. C.} and Creighton, {J. D.E.} and Creighton, {T. D.} and Cruise, {A. M.} and Culter, {R. M.} and A. Cumming and L. Cunningham and Danilishin, {S. L.} and K. Danzmann and B. Daudert and G. Davies and Daw, {E. J.} and D. Debra and J. Degallaix and V. Dergachev and S. Desai and R. Desalvo and S. Dhurandhar and M. D{\'i}az and A. Dietz and F. Donovan and Dooley, {K. L.} and Doomes, {E. E.} and Drever, {R. W.P.} and J. Dueck and I. Duke and Dumas, {J. C.} and Dwyer, {J. G.} and C. Echols and M. Edgar and A. Effler and P. Ehrens and E. Espinoza and T. Etzel and M. Evans and T. Evans and S. Fairhurst and Y. Faltas and Y. Fan and D. Fazi and H. Fehrmann and Finn, {L. S.} and K. Flasch and S. Foley and C. Forrest and N. Fotopoulos and A. Franzen and M. Frede and M. Frei and Z. Frei and A. Freise and R. Frey and T. Fricke and P. Fritschel and Frolov, {V. V.} and M. Fyffe and V. Galdi and Garofoli, {J. A.} and I. Gholami and Giaime, {J. A.} and S. Giampanis and Giardina, {K. D.} and K. Goda and E. Goetz and Goggin, {L. M.} and G. Gonz{\'a}lez and Gorodetsky, {M. L.} and S. Goler and R. Gouaty and A. Grant and S. Gras and C. Gray and M. Gray and Greenhalgh, {R. J.S.} and Gretarsson, {A. M.} and F. Grimaldi and R. Grosso and H. Grote and S. Grunewald and M. Guenther and Gustafson, {E. K.} and R. Gustafson and B. Hage and Hallam, {J. M.} and D. Hammer and Hammond, {G. D.} and C. Hanna and J. Hanson and J. Harms and Harry, {G. M.} and Harry, {I. W.} and Harstad, {E. D.} and K. Haughian and K. Hayama and J. Heefner and Heng, {I. S.} and A. Heptonstall and M. Hewitson and S. Hild and E. Hirose and D. Hoak and Hodge, {K. A.} and K. Holt and Hosken, {D. J.} and J. Hough and D. Hoyland and B. Hughey and Huttner, {S. H.} and Ingram, {D. R.} and T. Isogai and M. Ito and A. Ivanov and B. Johnson and Johnson, {W. W.} and Jones, {D. I.} and G. Jones and R. Jones and L. Ju and P. Kalmus and V. Kalogera and S. Kandhasamy and J. Kanner and D. Kasprzyk and E. Katsavounidis and K. Kawabe and S. Kawamura and F. Kawazoe and W. Kells and Keppel, {D. G.} and A. Khalaidovski and Khalili, {F. Y.} and R. Khan and E. Khazanov and P. King and Kissel, {J. S.} and S. Klimenko and K. Kokeyama and V. Kondrashov and R. Kopparapu and S. Koranda and D. Kozak and B. Krishnan and R. Kumar and P. Kwee and Lam, {P. K.} and M. Landry and B. Lantz and A. Lazzarini and H. Lei and M. Lei and N. Leindecker and I. Leonor and C. Li and H. Lin and Lindquist, {P. E.} and Littenberg, {T. B.} and Lockerbie, {N. A.} and D. Lodhia and M. Longo and M. Lormand and P. Lu and I. Mandel and {The LIGO Scientific Collaboration}",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/L68",
language = "English",
volume = "701",
journal = "The Astrophysical Journal",
issn = "0004-637X",
publisher = "IOP Publishing",
number = "2 PART 2",
}