Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Fast Radio Bursts Detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO-Virgo Observing Run O3a

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration; The Virgo Collaboration; The KAGRA Collaboration; The CHIME/FRB Collaboration

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acd770

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Fast Radio Bursts Detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO-Virgo Observing Run O3a

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, The KAGRA Collaboration, The CHIME/FRB Collaboration

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Abstract

We search for gravitational-wave (GW) transients associated with fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst Project, during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (2019 April 1 15:00 UTC-2019 October 1 15:00 UTC). Triggers from 22 FRBs were analyzed with a search that targets both binary neutron star (BNS) and neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers. A targeted search for generic GW transients was conducted on 40 FRBs. We find no significant evidence for a GW association in either search. Given the large uncertainties in the distances of our FRB sample, we are unable to exclude the possibility of a GW association. Assessing the volumetric event rates of both FRB and binary mergers, an association is limited to 15% of the FRB population for BNS mergers or 1% for NSBH mergers. We report 90% confidence lower bounds on the distance to each FRB for a range of GW progenitor models and set upper limits on the energy emitted through GWs for a range of emission scenarios. We find values of order 10⁵¹-10⁵⁷ erg for models with central GW frequencies in the range 70-3560 Hz. At the sensitivity of this search, we find these limits to be above the predicted GW emissions for the models considered. We also find no significant coincident detection of GWs with the repeater, FRB 20200120E, which is the closest known extragalactic FRB.

Original language	English
Article number	155
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	955
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd770
State	Published - 1 Oct 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Ministry of Education, India
Australian Research Council
ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research
FRSFNRS
National Research Foundation of Korea
Trottier Family Foundation
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
National Science Foundation
Government of Canada
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Scottish Funding Council
Actions de Recherche Concertées
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
French Lyon Institute of Origins
Leverhulme Trust
University of Toronto
Science and Engineering Research Board
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Conselleria de Fons Europeus, Universitat i Cultura
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Kavli Foundation
University of British Columbia
Ministerio de Universidades
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
KISTI-GSDC
European Commission
European Social Fund Plus
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
U.S. Department of Energy
Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
McGill University
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee
CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund
Academia Sinica
Direcció General de Política Universitària i Recerca, Govern Illes Balears
Russian Science Foundation
College of Natural Resources and Sciences, Humboldt State University
Advanced Technology Center
McGill Space Institute
State of Niedersachsen
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
Industry Canada
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, Generalitat Valenciana
Royal Society
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
National Research Foundation
European Regional Development Fund
Mechanical Engineering Center of Kō Enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō
National Research Council Canada
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek—Vlaanderen
University of Tokyo
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Canada Foundation for Innovation	33213, 31170
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan	AS-CDA-105-M06
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	18K03630, JP20H05854, 17H06133, JP17H06361, 20A203, JP17H0636, JP17H06358, 20H05639
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia	Incentivo/SAU/LA0001/2013

Keywords

Gravitational wave astronomy
Radio transient sources

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Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Fast Radio Bursts Detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO-Virgo Observing Run O3a

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