Searches for inspiral gravitational waves associated with short gamma-ray bursts in LIGO's fifth and Virgo's first science run

Abstract

This brief report describes the search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals from short gamma-ray bursts. Since these events are probably created by the merger of two compact objects, a targeted search with a lower threshold can be made. The data around 22 short gamma-ray bursts have been analyzed.

arXiv comment3 pages, no figures, talk presented at the 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (Paris, 12-18 July 2009)