LIGO-G040232-02-Z Results from LIGO's Second Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts Patrick Sutton LIGO Laboratory, Caltech, for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

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LIGO-G Z Results from LIGO's Second Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts Patrick Sutton LIGO Laboratory, Caltech, for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/042 Outline l Gravitational Wave Bursts: Goals l Un-triggered Searches »Scan entire data set looking for coincident signals in each detector »Methodology, procedure »Improvements since first search l Triggered Searches »Intensive examination of data around times of observed astronomical event »Methodology, procedure »Example: results for GRB l Summary & Outlook

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/043 Bursts Analysis: Targets l Catastrophic events involving solar-mass compact objects can produce transient “bursts” of gravitational radiation in the LIGO frequency band: »core-collapse supernovae »merging, perturbed, or accreting black holes »gamma-ray burst engines »others? l Gravitational waves could provide probe of these relativistic systems. Colliding black holes (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/044 l Precise nature of gravitational-wave burst (GWB) signals typically unknown or poorly modeled. »Make no astrophysical assumption about the nature and origin of the burst: we do not use templates in our searches! »Search for generic GWBs of duration ~1ms-1s, frequency ~ Hz. Bursts Analysis: Philosophy possible supernova waveforms T. Zwerger & E. Muller, Astron. Astrophys (1997)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/045 l Detect or set upper limit on the rate of detectable GWBs. »Detect or set upper limit on strength of GWBs associated with specific astronomical events (triggered search). l Interpret in terms of source and population models. l Establish methodology and validate procedures. Bursts Analysis: Goals

LIGO-G Z Un-triggered searches for GWBs in the LIGO S2 data

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/047 l Count number of potential GWBs in the data »Require GW candidates to be coincident in all detectors l Estimate false alarm rate due to background noise »Repeat coincidence test with artificial time shifts »Set thresholds for search such that expected N background < 1 l Possible detection if excess of coincident events compared to that expected from background. »If no significant excess then set upper limit on rate of detectable GWBs. l Estimate efficiency to real GWBs »Add simulated signals to the data l Tune pipeline using 10% subset of data: “playground” »Playground data not used for final GWB search; avoids bias Un-triggered Search: Methodology

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/048 Un-triggered Analysis Procedure coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/049 Data Quality & Conditioning coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal »Discard data that do not pass quality criteria (eg, noise levels) - few % »High-pass filtering »Base-banding »Line removal »Whitening using linear predictor filters »S1: Lost ~2/3 of data to quality cuts; non-adaptive conditioning led to more ringing, non-white data.

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0410 Burst Signal Identification coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal »Multiple detection codes: –TFClusters (freq domain) –Excess Power (freq domain) –WaveBurst (wavelet domain) –BlockNormal (time domain) »Adaptive thresholds to handle non-stationary noise »Tuned for maximum sensitivity at fixed false alarm rate »S1: Some non-adaptive code, less tuning.

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0411 Example: TFClusters l Threshold on power in the time-frequency plane. l “Events” are clusters of pixels with improbably large power. J. Sylvestre, Phys. Rev. D (2002)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0412 Coincidence coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal »Require simultaneous detection in each IFO (typically within ~30ms) »Require frequency match »Estimate rate of accidental coincidence of noise fluctuations (false alarms) using artificial time shifts »S1: 500ms coincidence window (!)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0413 Cross-Correlation Test coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal »Test waveform consistency between detectors »Require cross-correlation of data from each pair of detectors exceed threshold: »Strong reduction of false alarm rate (~99%) with no loss of efficiency »Entirely new since S1

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0414 Detection / Upper Limit coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal »Compare number of coincident events to that expected from background noise [G. Feldman & R. Cousins, Phys. Rev. D (1998)] »Significant excess is possible detection »No excess  upper limit

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0415 Simulations coincidence (time, frequency) no artificial time shift with artificial time shift cross-correlation test GWB candidatesbackground noise LIGO IFO 1 data quality checks, data conditioning burst signal search & characterisation IFO 2 data qual burst signal IFO 3 data qual burst signal »Add simulated GWBs to IFO control signals or output data »Used to estimate sensitivity to real GWBs & to tune analysis (eg: coincidence windows). simulated signals

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0416 Ex: Gaussian-modulated sinusoids WaveBurst search code (wavelet based). Injected Signals: Amplitude Measure: PRELIMINARY efficiency (%)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0417 l Upper limit on rate is a function of signal strength. l LIGO Science Run 1: »rate: R ≾ 1.6/day »sensitivity*: h rss ≿ 4x Hz -1/2 LIGO Science Run 2: Analysis in final stages. Expected rate: R ≾ 0.2/day Expected sensitivity*: h rss ≿ O( ) Hz -1/2 * averaged over sky directions, signal polarization Upper Limits gr-qc/ , Phys. Rev. D (to appear) Excluded region (90% confidence) S1 Example: sine-Gaussian impulses h rss (Hz -1/2 ) rate (day -1 ) l LIGO Science Run 2: »Analysis in final stages. »Expected rate: R ≾ 0.2/day »Expected sensitivity*: h rss ≿ O( ) Hz -1/2

LIGO-G Z Search for the gravitational-wave signature of GRB030329

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0419 Externally initiated searches for gravitational waves l Many events which may produce GWBs are also visible in EM or neutrino bands »supernovae »gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) l Opportunity for targeted coherent search for gravitational- wave counterpart »Concentrate on one extraordinary event: GRB030329

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0420 Gamma-Ray Bursts Known: l Bright, transient bursts of gamma rays l Observed at rate ~1/day l Duration: s (short), 2-100s (long) l “Afterglow” seen in other wavelengths (long-duration GRBs) –cosmological distances (z~1) –highly energetic (~10 51 ergs) –beamed (1 GRB visible out of every ~500) Thought: l Central engine is solar-mass accreting black hole, perhaps resulting from hypernova/collapsar or compact binary inspiral. »Violent, strongly relativistic processes may dump significant fraction of a solar mass into gravitational waves in the LIGO band P. Meszaros, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 40 (2002)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0421 Fireball Shock Model (long GRBs) X O R GRBafterglow GW GWs could provide most direct probe of GRB physics

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0422 GRB030329: “Monster GRB” l Detected March by HETE-2 & Wind satellites l One of closest ever seen with known distance »z= »d=800Mpc l Provides strong evidence for supernova origin of long GRBs. l LIGO was operating! »Hanford 2km & 4km »look for GWB!

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0423 Analysis Methodology l Use cross-correlation of data from pairs of detectors »similar to cross-correlation test used in un-triggered search l Compare cross-correlation values around time of electromagnetic trigger (“signal region”) to values at other times (“background region”) »possible detection if cross-correlation around trigger time crosses threshold L. Finn, S. Mohanty, J. Romano, Phys. Rev. D (1999) P. Astone et al, Phys. Rev. D (2002): NAUTILUS & EXPLORER + 47 GRBs from BeppoSAX: h rms < 6.5x at 95% confidence.

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0424 l Relative delay between GWB and GRB is predicted to be ~O(s) l GWB duration predictions vary from O(10ms) to O(1s) »Concentrate on short bursts: ~1-200ms signal region:[ t s, t 0 +60s ] background region:[ t s, t s ] (excluding signal region) Signal Region for GRB030329

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0425 Gamma-ray flux measured by HETE satellite (5-120 keV band) trigger time Signal Region for GRB030329

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0426 Signal Region for GRB trigger time signal region (-120s,+60s)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0427 Signal Region for GRB trigger time signal region (-120s,+60s) background region (to –12000s) background region (to +4000s)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0428 detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rate event strength threshold cut non-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioning signal injection External Trigger Externally Triggered Analysis Procedure

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0429 detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rate event strength threshold cut non-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioning signal injection External Trigger l Data Selection: »Background: used to tune pipeline, set thresholds (“playground”) »Signal: look for GWB »Data from signal and background region goes through same pipeline

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0430 detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rate event strength threshold cut non-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioning signal injection External Trigger l Signal Injection: »May add simulated signals to background data »Use to measure detection efficiencies, tune analysis

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0431 detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rate event strength threshold cut non-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioning signal injection External Trigger l Data Conditioning: »whiten data »remove lines (coherent features)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0432 detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rate event strength threshold cut non-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioning signal injection External Trigger Cross correlation of data streams x, y at time , offset  t, integration time T: l Scan over values: »start time   : [-120,60]s around GRB time »integration length T: [4,128]ms for short signals »offset  t: average over [-5,5]ms to allow for calibration uncertainties (ideally  t = 0)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0433 Cross-Correlation Power integration length T NoiseSimulated Signal start time  Cross correlation for each start time , integration length T:

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0434 Signal Anatomy (Simulated) Optimal Integration length signal strength = average of 5 strongest pixels Event strength [ES] calculation: Average value of the “optimal” pixels Color coding: “Number of variances above mean” [ES’]

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0435 detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rate event strength threshold cut non-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioning signal injection External Trigger l False alarm rate: »Use background cross- correlations to estimate false alarm rate vs signal strength threshold »Set threshold so false alarm rate is < 0.1/(180s) (10% false alarm probability)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0436 False Alarm Rate Limit Threshold PRELIMINARY

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0437 l Threshold on cross-correlation strength: »Background region: simulated signals seen or missed »Signal region: No GWBs or potential detection. detection or upper limits on GWB strength empty box or candidates false alarm rateevent strength threshold cutnon-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioningsignal injectionExternal Triggerdetection efficiency

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0438 GRB Results strongest cross-correlation in signal region well below threshold of 2: NO DETECTION PRELIMINARY

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0439 empty box or candidates detection efficiency false alarm rateevent strength threshold cutnon-parametric, coherent, multi- interferometer GW detection algorithm Data (2 IFOs) background region signal region filtering & adaptive conditioningsignal injectionExternal Trigger l Detection or upper limit: »GRB : no candidates, so use simulations to set upper limit on GWB strength detection or upper limits on GWB strength

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0440 Efficiency Measurements (Sine-Gaussians) detector noise curves Amplitude at which 90% of narrow- band signals are detectable. PRELIMINARY

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0441 GWB Energetics l Energy in GWB (distance d from source): l Strain h(f) depends on signal model: »d  800Mpc (known) »For h(t) sine-Gaussian at ~250 Hz, h rss ~ 6x Hz –1/2 l Minimum energy in LIGO band to have been detectable: E GW ≿ 10 5 M ☉ PRELIMINARY

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0442 Future Sensitivity l Energy in GWB (distance d from source): l Best-case scenario: »Closest GRB with known distance: d  38Mpc »Initial LIGO design sensitivity: h rss ~ 2x Hz –1/2 l Minimum energy in LIGO band to be detectable: E GW ≿ 0.1 M ☉

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0443 Summary l LIGO searches for gravitational wave bursts have begun: »Targets: generic short duration (<1s) transients with power in LIGO’s sensitive band of ~ Hz »Un-triggered search scans entire data set looking for coincident signals in each detector »Triggered search involves intensive examination of data around times of observed astronomical event (eg, GRBs)

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0444 Summary: Un-triggered Search l Many improvements in both data quality and analysis sophistication since first search: »Better data conditioning »Better time resolution »Use multiple GWB detection codes »Cross-correlation test of candidate GWBs l Analysis in final stages: »Expect nominal x10 improvement in rate upper limit and amplitude sensitivity.

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0445 Summary: Triggered Search l Demonstrated a cross-correlation based search for GWBs associated with GRB030329: »Observed no candidates with gravitational-wave signal strength larger than a pre-determined threshold »Frequency dependent sensitivity of our search at the detector was h rss ~ Hz -1/2 »May achieve sensitivity to sub-solar-mass GWB energies with initial LIGO detectors.

LIGO-G ZSutton APS 2004/05/0446 In Development l Un-triggered modeled searches using optimal filtering (black-hole ringdowns, supernovae) l Collaborative searches with TAMA300, GEO600 interferometers, AURIGA resonant mass detector l Collaborative GRB-triggered search with HETE