Search for eccentric NSBH and BNS mergers in the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo

Abstract

The possible formation histories of neutron star binaries remain unresolved by current gravitational-wave catalogs. The detection of an eccentric binary system could be vital in constraining compact binary formation models. We present the first search for aligned spin eccentric neutron star-black hole binaries (NSBH) and the most sensitive search for aligned-spin eccentric binary neutron star (BNS) systems using data from the third observing run of the advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo detectors. No new statistically significant candidates are found; we constrain the local merger rate for specific astrophysical models to be less than 150 ${\text{Gpc}}^{-3}{\text{yr}}^{-1}$ for binary neutron stars in the field, and, 50, 100, and 70 ${\text{Gpc}}^{-3}{\text{yr}}^{-1}$ for neutron star-black hole binaries in globular clusters, hierarchical triples and nuclear clusters, respectively, at the 90$\%$ confidence level if we assume that no sources have been observed from these populations. We predict the capabilities of upcoming and next-generation observatory networks; we investigate the ability of three LIGO (${\text{A}}^{\#}$) detectors and Cosmic Explorer CE (20km) + CE (40km) to use eccentric binary observations for determining the formation history of neutron star binaries. We find that 2 -- 100 years of observation with three ${\text{A}}^{\#}$ observatories are required before we observe clearly eccentric NSBH binaries; this reduces to only 10 days -- 1 year with the CE detector network. CE will observe tens to hundreds of measurably eccentric binaries from each of the formation models we consider.

arXiv comment8 pages, 3 figures. Data release at https://github.com/rahuldhurkunde/Eccentric-search-O3

References in corpus (73)

• GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
• Advanced LIGO
• GWTC-3: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the Second Part of the Third Observing Run
• GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4M_{\odot }$
• A statistical study of 233 pulsar proper motions
• Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817
• Sensitivity Studies for Third-Generation Gravitational Wave Observatories
• Frequency-domain gravitational waves from non-precessing black-hole binaries. II. A phenomenological model for the advanced detector era
• A Comprehensive Study of Binary Compact Objects as Gravitational Wave Sources: Evolutionary Channels, Rates, and Physical Properties
• Frequency-domain gravitational waves from non-precessing black-hole binaries. I. New numerical waveforms and anatomy of the signal
• Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star-black hole coalescences
• Formation of Double Neutron Star Systems
• The PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence
• Computationally efficient models for the dominant and sub-dominant harmonic modes of precessing binary black holes
• Merging binary black holes formed through chemically homogeneous evolution in short-period stellar binaries
• Analysis Framework for the Prompt Discovery of Compact Binary Mergers in Gravitational-wave Data
• Nuclear Star Clusters
• A chi-squared time-frequency discriminator for gravitational wave detection
• Radiation Backgrounds at Cosmic Dawn: X-Rays from Compact Binaries
• Open data from the third observing run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and GEO
• Dynamic nested sampling: an improved algorithm for parameter estimation and evidence calculation
• One Channel to Rule Them All? Constraining the Origins of Binary Black Holes using Multiple Formation Pathways
• Evolution of Binary Compact Objects Which Merge
• Lidov-Kozai Cycles with Gravitational Radiation: Merging Black Holes in Isolated Triple Systems
• Setting the cornerstone for the IMRPhenomX family of models for gravitational waves from compact binaries: The dominant harmonic for non-precessing quasi-circular black holes
• Formation and evolution of compact binaries in globular clusters: II. Binaries with neutron stars
• 4-OGC: Catalog of gravitational waves from compact-binary mergers
• Detecting binary compact-object mergers with gravitational waves: Understanding and Improving the sensitivity of the PyCBC search
• Black hole and neutron star mergers in galactic nuclei
• A Xylophone Configuration for a third Generation Gravitational Wave Detector
• Degeneracy between mass and spin in black-hole-binary waveforms
• Quadratic-in-spin effects in the orbital dynamics and gravitational-wave energy flux of compact binaries at the 3PN order
• New binary black hole mergers in the LIGO--Virgo O3a data
• Next-to-next-to-leading order spin-orbit effects in the gravitational wave flux and orbital phasing of compact binaries
• The MBTA Pipeline for Detecting Compact Binary Coalescences in the Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Run
• A stochastic template placement algorithm for gravitational wave data analysis
• Gravitational-wave phasing for low-eccentricity inspiralling compact binaries to 3PN order
• Black hole, neutron star and white dwarf merger rates in AGN disks
• Measuring eccentricity in binary black hole inspirals with gravitational waves
• Search for Eccentric Binary Black Hole Mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their First and Second Observing Runs
• A Triple Origin for the Heavy and Low-Spin Binary Black Holes Detected by LIGO/Virgo
• Extending the PyCBC search for gravitational waves from compact binary mergers to a global network
• The origin of the first neutron star -- neutron star merger
• Mitigation of the instrumental noise transient in gravitational-wave data surrounding GW170817
• Science-Driven Tunable Design of Cosmic Explorer Detectors
• The cosmic merger rate density evolution of compact binaries formed in young star clusters and in isolated binaries
• Estimation of the Sensitive Volume for Gravitational-wave Source Populations Using Weighted Monte Carlo Integration
• Gravitational-wave detection rates for compact binaries formed in isolation: LIGO/Virgo O3 and beyond
• Constraining the orbital eccentricity of inspiralling compact binary systems with Advanced LIGO
• Distinguishing short duration noise transients in LIGO data to improve the PyCBC search for gravitational waves from high mass binary black hole mergers
• Double Neutron Star Populations and Formation Channels
• Dynamics of black hole - neutron star binaries in young star clusters
• Effect of eccentricity on binary neutron star searches in Advanced LIGO
• Search for Eccentric Binary Neutron Star Mergers in the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO
• The Loudest Event Statistic: General Formulation, Properties and Applications
• The eccentricity distribution of compact binaries
• Search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of sub-solar mass binaries in the first half of Advanced LIGO and Virgo's third observing run
• Building a stochastic template bank for detecting massive black hole binaries
• Measuring the eccentricity of GW170817 and GW190425
• Black hole and neutron star mergers in Galactic Nuclei: the role of triples
• Kilonova Emission From Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers. II. Luminosity Function and Implications for Target-of-opportunity Observations of Gravitational-wave Triggers and Blind Searches
• Dissecting the properties of neutron star - black hole mergers originating in dense star clusters
• On the background estimation by time slides in a network of gravitational wave detectors
• Search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of sub-solar mass and eccentric compact binaries
• Double neutron star mergers from hierarchical triple-star systems
• On the Eccentricities and Merger Rates of Double Neutron Star Binaries and the Creation of "Double Supernovae"
• Mock data study for next-generation ground-based detectors: The performance loss of matched filtering due to correlated confusion noise
• The MPIfR-MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey II. The eccentric double neutron star system PSR J1208-5936 and a neutron star merger rate update
• Matter Effects on LIGO/Virgo Searches for Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars
• Hierarchical approach to matched filtering using a reduced basis
• Swarm-intelligent search for gravitational waves from eccentric binary mergers
• New constraints on the Bray conservation-of-momentum natal kick model from multiple distinct observations
• Obtaining Statistical Significance of Gravitational Wave Signals in Hierarchical Search

Cited by in corpus (12)

• Time-domain phenomenological multipolar waveforms for aligned-spin binary black holes in elliptical orbits
• Eccentricity signatures in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA's BNS and NSBH binaries
• Eccentricity evolution consistency test to distinguish eccentric gravitational-wave signals from eccentricity mimickers
• Search for gravitational waves from eccentric binary black holes with an effective-one-body template
• Detection of GW200105 with a targeted eccentric search
• Testing modified gravity with the eccentric neutron star--black hole merger GW200105
• Gravitational waves from eccentric binary neutron star mergers: Systematic biases and inadequacy of quasicircular templates
• Can Eccentric Binary Black Hole Signals Mimic Gravitational-Wave Microlensing?
• Systematic bias due to eccentricity in parameter estimation for merging binary neutron stars : Spinning case
• labrador: A domain-optimized machine-learning tool for gravitational wave inference
• Early Warning From Eccentric Compact Binaries: Template Initialization And Sub-dominant Mode Effects
• Trails of clouds in binary black holes