Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspirals in LIGO data

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B. Abbott¹³, R. Abbott¹³, R. Adhikari¹³, A. Ageev^21,28, J. Agresti¹³, P. Ajith², B. Allen⁴¹, J. Allen¹⁴, R. Amin¹⁷, S. B. Anderson¹³, W. G. Anderson³⁰, M. Araya¹³, H. Armandula¹³, M. Ashley²⁹, F. Asiri^13,*, P. Aufmuth³², C. Aulbert¹, S. Babak⁷, R. Balasubramanian⁷, S. Ballmer¹⁴, B. C. Barish¹³, C. Barker¹⁵, D. Barker¹⁵, M. Barnes^13,†, B. Barr³⁶, M. A. Barton¹³, K. Bayer¹⁴, R. Beausoleil^27,‡, K. Belczynski²⁴, R. Bennett^36,§, S. J. Berukoff^1,**, J. Betzwieser¹⁴, B. Bhawal¹³, I. A. Bilenko²¹, G. Billingsley¹³, E. Black¹³, K. Blackburn¹³, L. Blackburn¹⁴, B. Bland¹⁵, B. Bochner^14,††, L. Bogue¹⁶, R. Bork¹³, S. Bose⁴³, P. R. Brady⁴¹, V. B. Braginsky²¹, J. E. Brau³⁹, D. A. Brown¹³, A. Bullington²⁷, A. Bunkowski^2,32, A. Buonanno³⁷, R. Burgess¹⁴, D. Busby¹³, W. E. Butler⁴⁰, R. L. Byer²⁷, L. Cadonati¹⁴, G. Cagnoli³⁶, J. B. Camp²², J. Cannizzo²², K. Cannon⁴¹, C. A. Cantley³⁶, J. Cao¹⁴, L. Cardenas¹³, K. Carter¹⁶, M. M. Casey³⁶, J. Castiglione³⁵, A. Chandler¹³, J. Chapsky^13,†, P. Charlton^13,‡‡, S. Chatterji¹³, S. Chelkowski^2,32, Y. Chen¹, V. Chickarmane^17,a, D. Chin³⁸, N. Christensen⁸, D. Churches⁷, T. Cokelaer⁷, C. Colacino³⁴, R. Coldwell³⁵, M. Coles^16,b, D. Cook¹⁵, T. Corbitt¹⁴, D. Coyne¹³, J. D. E. Creighton⁴¹, T. D. Creighton¹³, D. R. M. Crooks³⁶, P. Csatorday¹⁴, B. J. Cusack³, C. Cutler¹, J. Dalrymple²⁸, E. D’Ambrosio¹³, K. Danzmann^32,2, G. Davies⁷, E. Daw^17,c, D. DeBra²⁷, T. Delker^35,d, V. Dergachev³⁸, S. Desai²⁹, R. DeSalvo¹³, S. Dhurandhar¹², A. Di Credico²⁸, M. Díaz³⁰, H. Ding¹³, R. W. P. Drever⁴, R. J. Dupuis¹³, J. A. Edlund^13,†, P. Ehrens¹³, E. J. Elliffe³⁶, T. Etzel¹³, M. Evans¹³, T. Evans¹⁶, S. Fairhurst⁴¹, C. Fallnich³², D. Farnham¹³, M. M. Fejer²⁷, T. Findley²⁶, M. Fine¹³, L. S. Finn²⁹, K. Y. Franzen³⁵, A. Freise^2,e, R. Frey³⁹, P. Fritschel¹⁴, V. V. Frolov¹⁶, M. Fyffe¹⁶, K. S. Ganezer⁵, J. Garofoli¹⁵, J. A. Giaime¹⁷, A. Gillespie^13,f, K. Goda¹⁴, L. Goggin¹³, G. González¹⁷, S. Goßler³², P. Grandclément^24,g, A. Grant³⁶, C. Gray¹⁵, A. M. Gretarsson¹⁰, D. Grimmett¹³, H. Grote², S. Grunewald¹, M. Guenther¹⁵, E. Gustafson^27,h, R. Gustafson³⁸, W. O. Hamilton¹⁷, M. Hammond¹⁶, C. Hanna¹⁷, J. Hanson¹⁶, C. Hardham²⁷, J. Harms²⁰, G. Harry¹⁴, A. Hartunian¹³, J. Heefner¹³, Y. Hefetz¹⁴, G. Heinzel², I. S. Heng³², M. Hennessy²⁷, N. Hepler²⁹, A. Heptonstall³⁶, M. Heurs³², M. Hewitson², S. Hild², N. Hindman¹⁵, P. Hoang¹³, J. Hough³⁶, M. Hrynevych^13,i, W. Hua²⁷, M. Ito³⁹, Y. Itoh¹, A. Ivanov¹³, O. Jennrich^36,j, B. Johnson¹⁵, W. W. Johnson¹⁷, W. R. Johnston³⁰, D. I. Jones²⁹, G. Jones⁷, L. Jones¹³, D. Jungwirth^13,k, V. Kalogera²⁴, E. Katsavounidis¹⁴, K. Kawabe¹⁵, S. Kawamura²³, W. Kells¹³, J. Kern^16,l, A. Khan¹⁶, S. Killbourn³⁶, C. J. Killow³⁶, C. Kim²⁴, C. King¹³, P. King¹³, S. Klimenko³⁵, S. Koranda⁴¹, K. Kötter³², J. Kovalik^16,†, D. Kozak¹³, B. Krishnan¹, M. Landry¹⁵, J. Langdale¹⁶, B. Lantz²⁷, R. Lawrence¹⁴, A. Lazzarini¹³, M. Lei¹³, I. Leonor³⁹, K. Libbrecht¹³, A. Libson⁸, P. Lindquist¹³, S. Liu¹³, J. Logan^13,m, M. Lormand¹⁶, M. Lubinski¹⁵, H. Lück^32,2, M. Luna³³, T. T. Lyons^13,m, B. Machenschalk¹, M. MacInnis¹⁴, M. Mageswaran¹³, K. Mailand¹³, W. Majid^13,†, M. Malec^2,32, V. Mandic¹³, F. Mann¹³, A. Marin^14,n, S. Márka⁹, E. Maros¹³, J. Mason^13,o, K. Mason¹⁴, O. Matherny¹⁵, L. Matone⁹, N. Mavalvala¹⁴, R. McCarthy¹⁵, D. E. McClelland³, M. McHugh¹⁹, J. W. C. McNabb²⁹, A. Melissinos⁴⁰, G. Mendell¹⁵, R. A. Mercer³⁴, S. Meshkov¹³, E. Messaritaki⁴¹, C. Messenger³⁴, E. Mikhailov¹⁴, S. Mitra¹², V. P. Mitrofanov²¹, G. Mitselmakher³⁵, R. Mittleman¹⁴, O. Miyakawa¹³, S. Miyoki^13,p, S. Mohanty³⁰, G. Moreno¹⁵, K. Mossavi², G. Mueller³⁵, S. Mukherjee³⁰, P. Murray³⁶, E. Myers⁴², J. Myers¹⁵, S. Nagano², T. Nash¹³, R. Nayak¹², G. Newton³⁶, F. Nocera¹³, J. S. Noel⁴³, P. Nutzman²⁴, T. Olson²⁵, B. O’Reilly¹⁶, D. J. Ottaway¹⁴, A. Ottewill^41,q, D. Ouimette^13,k, H. Overmier¹⁶, B. J. Owen²⁹, Y. Pan⁶, M. A. Papa¹, V. Parameshwaraiah¹⁵, C. Parameswariah¹⁶, M. Pedraza¹³, S. Penn¹¹, M. Pitkin³⁶, M. Plissi³⁶, R. Prix¹, V. Quetschke³⁵, F. Raab¹⁵, H. Radkins¹⁵, R. Rahkola³⁹, M. Rakhmanov³⁵, S. R. Rao¹³, K. Rawlins^14,r, S. Ray-Majumder⁴¹, V. Re³⁴, D. Redding^13,†, M. W. Regehr^13,†, T. Regimbau⁷, S. Reid³⁶, K. T. Reilly³⁶, K. Reithmaier¹³, D. H. Reitze³⁵, S. Richman^14,s, R. Riesen¹⁶, K. Riles³⁸, B. Rivera¹⁵, A. Rizzi^16,t, D. I. Robertson³⁶, N. A. Robertson^27,36, C. Robinson⁷, L. Robison¹³, S. Roddy¹⁶, A. Rodriguez¹⁷, J. Rollins⁹, J. D. Romano⁷, J. Romie¹³, H. Rong^35,f, D. Rose¹³, E. Rotthoff²⁹, S. Rowan³⁶, A. Rüdiger², L. Ruet¹⁴, P. Russell¹³, K. Ryan¹⁵, I. Salzman¹³, V. Sandberg¹⁵, G. H. Sanders^13,u, V. Sannibale¹³, P. Sarin¹⁴, B. Sathyaprakash⁷, P. R. Saulson²⁸, R. Savage¹⁵, A. Sazonov³⁵, R. Schilling², K. Schlaufman²⁹, V. Schmidt^13,v, R. Schnabel²⁰, R. Schofield³⁹, B. F. Schutz^1,7, P. Schwinberg¹⁵, S. M. Scott³, S. E. Seader⁴³, A. C. Searle³, B. Sears¹³, S. Seel¹³, F. Seifert²⁰, D. Sellers¹⁶, A. S. Sengupta¹², C. A. Shapiro^29,w, P. Shawhan¹³, D. H. Shoemaker¹⁴, Q. Z. Shu^35,x, A. Sibley¹⁶, X. Siemens⁴¹, L. Sievers^13,†, D. Sigg¹⁵, A. M. Sintes^1,33, J. R. Smith², M. Smith¹⁴, M. R. Smith¹³, P. H. Sneddon³⁶, R. Spero^13,†, O. Spjeld¹⁶, G. Stapfer¹⁶, D. Steussy⁸, K. A. Strain³⁶, D. Strom³⁹, A. Stuver²⁹, T. Summerscales²⁹, M. C. Sumner¹³, M. Sung¹⁷, P. J. Sutton¹³, J. Sylvestre^13,y, A. Takamori^13,z, D. B. Tanner³⁵, M. Tarallo¹³, H. Tariq¹³, I. Taylor⁷, R. Taylor³⁶, R. Taylor¹³, K. A. Thorne²⁹, K. S. Thorne⁶, M. Tibbits²⁹, S. Tilav^13,, M. Tinto^4,†, K. V. Tokmakov²¹, C. Torres³⁰, C. Torrie¹³, G. Traylor¹⁶, W. Tyler¹³, D. Ugolini³¹, C. Ungarelli³⁴, M. Vallisneri^6,, M. van Putten¹⁴, S. Vass¹³, A. Vecchio³⁴, J. Veitch³⁶, C. Vorvick¹⁵, S. P. Vyachanin²¹, L. Wallace¹³, H. Walther²⁰, H. Ward³⁶, R. Ward¹³, B. Ware^13,†, K. Watts¹⁶, D. Webber¹³, A. Weidner^20,2, U. Weiland³², A. Weinstein¹³, R. Weiss¹⁴, H. Welling³², L. Wen¹, S. Wen¹⁷, K. Wette³, J. T. Whelan¹⁹, S. E. Whitcomb¹³, B. F. Whiting³⁵, S. Wiley⁵, C. Wilkinson¹⁵, P. A. Willems¹³, P. R. Williams^1,, R. Williams⁴, B. Willke^32,2, A. Wilson¹³, B. J. Winjum^29,**, W. Winkler², S. Wise³⁵, A. G. Wiseman⁴¹, G. Woan³⁶, D. Woods⁴¹, R. Wooley¹⁶, J. Worden¹⁵, W. Wu³⁵, I. Yakushin¹⁶, H. Yamamoto¹³, S. Yoshida²⁶, K. D. Zaleski²⁹, M. Zanolin¹⁴, I. Zawischa^32,, L. Zhang¹³, R. Zhu¹, N. Zotov¹⁸, M. Zucker¹⁶, and J. Zweizig¹³ (LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
¹Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
²Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
³Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
⁴California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
⁵California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
⁶Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
⁷Cardiff University, Cardiff CF2 3YB, United Kingdom
⁸Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
⁹Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
¹⁰Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301 USA
¹¹Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
¹²Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
¹³LIGO—California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
¹⁴LIGO—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
¹⁵LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
¹⁶LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
¹⁷Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
¹⁸Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
¹⁹Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
²⁰Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany
²¹Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
²²NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
²³National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
²⁴Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
²⁵Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana 59855, USA
²⁶Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
²⁷Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
²⁸Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
²⁹The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
³⁰The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
³¹Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
³²Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
³³Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
³⁴University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
³⁵University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
³⁶University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
³⁷University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
³⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
³⁹University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
⁴⁰University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
⁴¹University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
⁴²Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York 12604, USA
⁴³Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA

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^‡‡Present address: Charles Sturt University, Australia.

^aPresent address: Keck Graduate Institute.

^bPresent address: National Science Foundation.

^cPresent address: University of Sheffield.

^dPresent address: Ball Aerospace Corporation.

^ePresent address: European Gravitational Observatory.

^fPresent address: Intel Corp.

^gPresent address: University of Tours, France.

^hPresent address: Lightconnect Inc.

ⁱPresent address: W. M. Keck Observatory.

^jPresent address: ESA Science and Technology Center.

^kPresent address: Raytheon Corporation.

^lPresent address: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology/Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer.

^mPresent address: Mission Research Corporation.

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^oPresent address: Lockheed-Martin Corporation.

^pPermanent Address: University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research.

^qPermanent Address: University College Dublin.

^rPresent address: University of Alaska Anchorage.

^sPresent address: Research Electro-Optics Inc.

^tPresent address: Institute of Advanced Physics, Baton Rouge, LA.

^uPresent address: Thirty Meter Telescope Project at Caltech.

^vPresent address: European Commission, DG Research, Brussels, Belgium.

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^yPermanent Address: IBM Canada Ltd.

^zPresent address: The University of Tokyo.

Present address: University of Delaware.

Permanent Address: Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Present address: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory.

Present address: Laser Zentrum Hannover.