Search for gravitational waves associated with the InterPlanetary Network short gamma ray bursts

TL;DR

This paper discusses the challenges and methods for searching gravitational waves associated with short gamma ray bursts detected by the IPN, focusing on data analysis over large, irregular error boxes during LIGO and Virgo science runs.

Contribution

It introduces optimized data analysis methods for gravitational wave searches over large, irregular error regions from IPN-detected short gamma ray bursts.

Findings

Identified key challenges in analyzing large error boxes

Proposed methods to improve search sensitivity

Outlined strategies for future gravitational wave searches

Abstract

We outline the scientific motivation behind a search for gravitational waves associated with short gamma ray bursts detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) during LIGO's fifth science run and Virgo's first science run. The IPN localisation of short gamma ray bursts is limited to extended error boxes of different shapes and sizes and a search on these error boxes poses a series of challenges for data analysis. We will discuss these challenges and outline the methods to optimise the search over these error boxes.