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cs.CG2007★ 1 cited

Spanners of Complete -Partite Geometric Graphs

Prosenjit Bose, Paz Carmi, Mathieu Couture +3

We address the following problem: Given a complete -partite geometric graph whose vertex set is a set of points in , compute a spanner of that has a ``…

gr-qc2007★ 63 cited

Search of S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals from spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

We report on the methods and results of the first dedicated search for gravitational waves emitted during the inspiral of compact binaries with spinning component bodies. We analyz…

astro-ph2007★ 184 cited

Implications for the Origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO Observations

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, K. Hurley

We analyzed the available LIGO data coincident with GRB 070201, a short duration hard spectrum gamma-ray burst whose electromagnetically determined sky position is coincident with…

gr-qc2007★ 64 cited

Report on the second Mock LISA Data Challenge

Stanislav Babak, John G. Baker, Matthew J. Benacquista +40

The Mock LISA Data Challenges are a program to demonstrate LISA data-analysis capabilities and to encourage their development. Each round of challenges consists of several data set…

gr-qc2007★ 1.2k cited

LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of gravitational wa…

gr-qc2007★ 23 cited

A Joint Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts with AURIGA and LIGO

AURIGA Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, L. Baggio et al

The first simultaneous operation of the AURIGA detector and the LIGO observatory was an opportunity to explore real data, joint analysis methods between two very different types of…

astro-ph2007★ 129 cited

Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with Inspiral Signals of Spinning Compact-Object Binaries

M. V. van der Sluys, C. Roever, A. Stroeer +6

Inspiral signals from binary compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) are primary targets of the ongoing searches by ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers (LIGO, V…

astro-ph2007★ 36 cited

Arecibo HI Absorption Measurements of Pulsars and the Electron Density at Intermediate Longitudes in the First Galactic Quadrant

J. M. Weisberg, S. Stanimirovic, K. Xilouris +4

We have used the Arecibo telescope to measure the HI absorption spectra of eight pulsars. We show how kinematic distance measurements depend upon the values of the galactic constan…

astro-ph2007★ 176 cited

A Survey of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars: III. A Search for Luminous Blue Variables and Other H-alpha Emission-Lined Stars

Philip Massey, Reagin T. McNill, K. A. G. Olsen +5

We describe a search for H-alpha emission-lined stars in M31, M33, and seven dwarfs in or near the Local Group (IC 10, NGC 6822, WLM, Sextans B, Sextans A, Pegasus and the Phoenix…

gr-qc2007★ 85 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with 39 Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Data from the Second, Third, and Fourth LIGO Runs

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

We present the results of a search for short-duration gravitational-wave bursts associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by gamma-ray satellite experiments during LIGO's…

gr-qc2007★ 19 cited

Inference on inspiral signals using LISA MLDC data

Christian Röver, Alexander Stroeer, Ed Bloomer +11

In this paper we describe a Bayesian inference framework for analysis of data obtained by LISA. We set up a model for binary inspiral signals as defined for the Mock LISA Data Chal…

gr-qc2007★ 143 cited

All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50-1000 Hz and with the frequency's time derivative in the range -1.0…

quant-ph2007★ 65 cited

Controlling the Ratchet Effect for Cold Atoms

Anatole Kenfack, Jiangbin Gong, Arjendu K. Pattanayak

Low-order quantum resonances manifested by directed currents have been realized with cold atoms. Here we show that by increasing the strength of an experimentally achievable delta-…

astro-ph2007★ 26 cited

A Simple Model for Pulse Profiles from Precessing Pulsars, with Special Application to Relativistic Binary PSR B1913+16

Timothy Clifton, Joel M. Weisberg

We study the observable pulse profiles that can be generated from precessing pulsars. A novel coordinate system is defined to aid visualization of the observing geometry. Using thi…

gr-qc2007★ 27 cited

Coherent Bayesian analysis of inspiral signals

Christian Röver, Renate Meyer, Gianluca M. Guidi +2

We present in this paper a Bayesian parameter estimation method for the analysis of interferometric gravitational wave observations of an inspiral of binary compact objects using d…

gr-qc2007★ 33 cited

Searching for Gravitational Waves from Binary Inspirals with LIGO

Duncan A. Brown, Stanislav Babak, Patrick R. Brady +9

We describe the current status of the search for gravitational waves from inspiralling compact binary systems in LIGO data. We review the result from the first scientific run of LI…

astro-ph2007★ 75 cited

Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration

We have searched for Gravitational Waves (GWs) associated with the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004. This event, originating from a Galactic neutron star, displayed excep…

gr-qc2007★ 19 cited

Inference on white dwarf binary systems using the first round Mock LISA Data Challenges data sets

Alexander Stroeer, John Veitch, Christian Roever +11

We report on the analysis of selected single source data sets from the first round of the Mock LISA Data Challenges (MLDC) for white dwarf binaries. We implemented an end-to-end pi…

gr-qc2007★ 168 cited

Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

We report on a search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of compact binaries during the third and fourth LIGO science runs. The search focused on gravitational waves gene…

gr-qc2007★ 98 cited

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

The fourth science run of the LIGO and GEO 600 gravitational-wave detectors, carried out in early 2005, collected data with significantly lower noise than previous science runs. We…

gr-qc2007★ 51 cited

First Cross-Correlation Analysis of Interferometric and Resonant-Bar Gravitational-Wave Data for Stochastic Backgrounds

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, ALLEGRO Collaboration, B. Abbott

Data from the LIGO Livingston interferometer and the ALLEGRO resonant bar detector, taken during LIGO's fourth science run, were examined for cross-correlations indicative of a sto…

astro-ph2007★ 111 cited

Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott

We searched for an anisotropic background of gravitational waves using data from the LIGO S4 science run and a method that is optimized for point sources. This is appropriate if, f…

quant-ph2007★ 28 cited

Non-monotonicity in the quantum-classical transition: Chaos induced by quantum effects

Arie Kapulkin, Arjendu K. Pattanayak

The transition from classical to quantum behavior for chaotic systems is understood to be accompanied by the suppression of chaotic effects as the relative size of is incre…

gr-qc2007★ 195 cited

Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, B. Abbott, M. Kramer +1

We present upper limits on the gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars based on data from the third and fourth science runs of the LIGO and GEO600 gravitational wave dete…