Author: Chandra, Koustav; Pai, Archana; Villa-Ortega, V.; Dent, T.; McIsaac, C.; Harry, I. W.; Davies, G. S. Cabourn; Soni, K.
Title: Salient features of the optimised PyCBC IMBH search Cord-id: tq9rt3c2 Document date: 2021_10_5
ID: tq9rt3c2
Snippet: Matched-filter based PyCBC searches have successfully detected $\sim \mathcal{O}(50)$ compact binary merger signals in the LIGO-Virgo data. While most PyCBC searches have been designed to detect stellar-mass binaries, we present here a new search that is optimised to detect short-duration \ac{GW} signals emitted by intermediate-mass black hole mergers. When applied to the first half of the third observation run data, the optimised search re-identified the \ac{IMBH} binary event, GW190521, with a
Document: Matched-filter based PyCBC searches have successfully detected $\sim \mathcal{O}(50)$ compact binary merger signals in the LIGO-Virgo data. While most PyCBC searches have been designed to detect stellar-mass binaries, we present here a new search that is optimised to detect short-duration \ac{GW} signals emitted by intermediate-mass black hole mergers. When applied to the first half of the third observation run data, the optimised search re-identified the \ac{IMBH} binary event, GW190521, with a false alarm rate of 1 in 727 yrs, significantly lower than the previous PyCBC search result of 1 in 0.94 yr. Analysis of simulated signals from \ac{IMBH} binaries with generically spinning components shows an increase in sensitivity by a factor of 1.2 to 3 over previous PyCBC searches.
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