@article{3249c34763c94a3ba678b163d021000f,
title = "All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run",
abstract = "We present results from a search for gravitational-wave bursts in the data collected by the LIGO and Virgo detectors between July 7, 2009 and October 20, 2010: data are analyzed when at least two of the three LIGO-Virgo detectors are in coincident operation, with a total observation time of 207 days. The analysis searches for transients of duration -1s over the frequency band 64-5000 Hz, without other assumptions on the signal waveform, polarization, direction or occurrence time. All identified events are consistent with the expected accidental background. We set frequentist upper limits on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts by combining this search with the previous LIGO-Virgo search on the data collected between November 2005 and October 2007. The upper limit on the rate of strong gravitational-wave bursts at the Earth is 1.3 events per year at 90% confidence. We also present upper limits on source rate density per year and Mpc3 for sample populations of standard-candle sources. As in the previous joint run, typical sensitivities of the search in terms of the root-sum-squared strain amplitude for these waveforms lie in the range ∼5×10-22Hz-1/2 to ∼1×10-20Hz-1/2. The combination of the two joint runs entails the most sensitive all-sky search for generic gravitational-wave bursts and synthesizes the results achieved by the initial generation of interferometric detectors.",
author = "{LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration} and J. Abadie and Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and Abbott, {T. D.} and M. Abernathy and T. Accadia and F. Acernese and C. Adams and R. Adhikari and C. Affeldt and M. Agathos and K. Agatsuma and P. Ajith and B. Allen and {Amador Ceron}, E. and D. Amariutei and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and K. Arai and Arain, {M. A.} and Araya, {M. C.} and Aston, {S. M.} and P. Astone and D. Atkinson and P. Aufmuth and C. Aulbert and Aylott, {B. E.} and S. Babak and P. Baker and G. Ballardin and S. Ballmer and Barayoga, {J. C.B.} and D. Barker and F. Barone and B. Barr and L. Barsotti and M. Barsuglia and Barton, {M. A.} and I. Bartos and R. Bassiri and M. Bastarrika and A. Basti and J. Batch and J. Bauchrowitz and Bauer, {Th S.} and M. Bebronne and D. Beck and B. Behnke and M. Bejger and Beker, {M. G.} and Bell, {A. S.} and A. Belletoile and I. Belopolski and M. Benacquista and Berliner, {J. M.} and A. Bertolini and J. Betzwieser and N. Beveridge and Beyersdorf, {P. T.} and Bilenko, {I. A.} and G. Billingsley and J. Birch and R. Biswas and M. Bitossi and Bizouard, {M. A.} and E. Black and Blackburn, {J. K.} and L. Blackburn and D. Blair and B. Bland and M. Blom and O. Bock and Bodiya, {T. P.} and C. Bogan and R. Bondarescu and F. Bondu and L. Bonelli and R. Bonnand and R. Bork and M. Born and V. Boschi and S. Bose and L. Bosi and B. Bouhou and S. Braccini and C. Bradaschia and Brady, {P. R.} and Braginsky, {V. B.} and M. Branchesi and Brau, {J. E.} and J. Breyer and T. Briant and Bridges, {D. O.} and A. Brillet and M. Brinkmann and V. Brisson and M. Britzger and Brooks, {A. F.} and Brown, {D. A.} and T. Bulik and Bulten, {H. J.} and A. Buonanno and J. Burguet-Castell and D. Buskulic and C. Buy and Byer, {R. L.} and L. Cadonati and G. Cagnoli and E. Calloni and Camp, {J. B.} and P. Campsie and J. Cannizzo and K. Cannon and B. Canuel and J. Cao and Capano, {C. D.} and F. Carbognani and L. Carbone and S. Caride and S. Caudill and M. Cavagli{\`a} and F. Cavalier and R. Cavalieri and G. Cella and C. Cepeda and E. Cesarini and O. Chaibi and T. Chalermsongsak and P. Charlton and E. Chassande-Mottin and S. Chelkowski and W. Chen and X. Chen and Y. Chen and A. Chincarini and A. Chiummo and Cho, {H. S.} and J. Chow and N. Christensen and Chua, {S. S.Y.} and Chung, {C. T.Y.} and S. Chung and G. Ciani and F. Clara and Clark, {D. E.} and J. Clark and Clayton, {J. H.} and F. Cleva and E. Coccia and Cohadon, {P. F.} and Colacino, {C. N.} and J. Colas and A. Colla and M. Colombini and A. Conte and R. Conte and D. Cook and Corbitt, {T. R.} and M. Cordier and N. Cornish and A. Corsi and Costa, {C. A.} and M. Coughlin and Coulon, {J. P.} and P. Couvares and Coward, {D. M.} and M. Cowart and Coyne, {D. C.} and Creighton, {J. D.E.} and Creighton, {T. D.} and Cruise, {A. M.} and A. Cumming and L. Cunningham and E. Cuoco and Cutler, {R. M.} and K. Dahl and Danilishin, {S. L.} and R. Dannenberg and S. D'Antonio and K. Danzmann and V. Dattilo and B. Daudert and H. Daveloza and M. Davier and Daw, {E. J.} and R. Day and T. Dayanga and {De Rosa}, R. and D. Debra and G. Debreczeni and {Del Pozzo}, W. and {Del Prete}, M. and T. Dent and V. Dergachev and R. Derosa and R. Desalvo and S. Dhurandhar and {Di Fiore}, L. and {Di Lieto}, A. and {Di Palma}, I. and {Di Paolo Emilio}, M. and {Di Virgilio}, A. and M. D{\'i}az and A. Dietz and F. Donovan and Dooley, {K. L.} and M. Drago and Drever, {R. W.P.} and Driggers, {J. C.} and Z. Du and Dumas, {J. C.} and S. Dwyer and T. Eberle and M. Edgar and M. Edwards and A. Effler and P. Ehrens and G. Endroczi and R. Engel and T. Etzel and K. Evans and M. Evans and T. Evans and M. Factourovich and V. Fafone and S. Fairhurst and Y. Fan and Farr, {B. F.} and D. Fazi and H. Fehrmann and D. Feldbaum and F. Feroz and I. Ferrante and F. Fidecaro and Finn, {L. S.} and I. Fiori and Fisher, {R. P.} and R. Flaminio and M. Flanigan and S. Foley and E. Forsi and Forte, {L. A.} and N. Fotopoulos and Fournier, {J. D.} and J. Franc and S. Frasca and F. Frasconi and M. Frede and M. Frei and Hosken, {D. J.}",
year = "2012",
month = jun,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.85.122007",
language = "English",
volume = "85",
journal = "Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology",
issn = "1550-7998",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "12",
}