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B. Abbott,¹⁶ R. Abbott,¹⁶ R. Adhikari,¹⁶ P. Ajith,² B. Allen,^2,54 G. Allen,³² R. Amin,²⁰ S. B. Anderson,¹⁶ W. G. Anderson,⁵⁴ M. A. Arain,⁴¹ M. Araya,¹⁶ H. Armandula,¹⁶ P. Armor,⁵⁴ Y. Aso,¹⁰ S. Aston,⁴⁰ P. Aufmuth,¹⁵ C. Aulbert,² S. Babak,¹ S. Ballmer,¹⁶ H. Bantilan,⁸ B. C. Barish,¹⁶ C. Barker,¹⁸ D. Barker,¹⁸ B. Barr,⁴² P. Barriga,⁵³ M. A. Barton,⁴² I. Bartos,¹⁰ M. Bastarrika,⁴² K. Bayer,¹⁷ J. Betzwieser,¹⁶ P. T. Beyersdorf,²⁸ I. A. Bilenko,²³ G. Billingsley,¹⁶ R. Biswas,⁵⁴ E. Black,¹⁶ K. Blackburn,¹⁶ L. Blackburn,¹⁷ D. Blair,⁵³ B. Bland,¹⁸ T. P. Bodiya,¹⁷ L. Bogue,¹⁹ R. Bork,¹⁶ V. Boschi,¹⁶ S. Bose,⁵⁵ P. R. Brady,⁵⁴ V. B. Braginsky,²³ J. E. Brau,⁴⁷ M. Brinkmann,² A. Brooks,¹⁶ D. A. Brown,³³ G. Brunet,¹⁷ A. Bullington,³² A. Buonanno,⁴³ O. Burmeister,² R. L. Byer,³² L. Cadonati,⁴⁴ G. Cagnoli,⁴² J. B. Camp,²⁴ J. Cannizzo,²⁴ K. Cannon,¹⁶ J. Cao,¹⁷ L. Cardenas,¹⁶ T. Casebolt,³² G. Castaldi,⁵⁰ C. Cepeda,¹⁶ E. Chalkley,⁴² P. Charlton,⁹ S. Chatterji,¹⁶ S. Chelkowski,⁴⁰ Y. Chen,^6,1 N. Christensen,⁸ D. Clark,³² J. Clark,⁴² T. Cokelaer,⁷ R. Conte,⁴⁹ D. Cook,¹⁸ T. Corbitt,¹⁷ D. Coyne,¹⁶ J. D. E. Creighton,⁵⁴ A. Cumming,⁴² L. Cunningham,⁴² R. M. Cutler,⁴⁰ J. Dalrymple,³³ K. Danzmann,^15,2 G. Davies,⁷ D. DeBra,³² J. Degallaix,¹ M. Degree,³² V. Dergachev,⁴⁵ S. Desai,³⁴ R. DeSalvo,¹⁶ S. Dhurandhar,¹⁴ M. Díaz,³⁶ J. Dickson,⁴ A. Dietz,⁷ F. Donovan,¹⁷ K. L. Dooley,⁴¹ E. E. Doomes,³¹ R. W. P. Drever,⁵ I. Duke,¹⁷ J.-C. Dumas,⁵³ R. J. Dupuis,¹⁶ J. G. Dwyer,¹⁰ C. Echols,¹⁶ A. Effler,¹⁸ P. Ehrens,¹⁶ E. Espinoza,¹⁶ T. Etzel,¹⁶ T. Evans,¹⁹ S. Fairhurst,⁷ Y. Fan,⁵³ D. Fazi,¹⁶ H. Fehrmann,² M. M. Fejer,³² L. S. Finn,³⁴ K. Flasch,⁵⁴ N. Fotopoulos,⁵⁴ A. Freise,⁴⁰ R. Frey,⁴⁷ T. Fricke,^16,48 P. Fritschel,¹⁷ V. V. Frolov,¹⁹ M. Fyffe,¹⁹ J. Garofoli,¹⁸ I. Gholami,¹ J. A. Giaime,^19,20 S. Giampanis,⁴⁸ K. D. Giardina,¹⁹ K. Goda,¹⁷ E. Goetz,⁴⁵ L. Goggin,¹⁶ G. González,²⁰ S. Gossler,² R. Gouaty,²⁰ A. Grant,⁴² S. Gras,⁵³ C. Gray,¹⁸ M. Gray,⁴ R. J. S. Greenhalgh,²⁷ A. M. Gretarsson,¹¹ F. Grimaldi,¹⁷ R. Grosso,³⁶ H. Grote,² S. Grunewald,¹ M. Guenther,¹⁸ E. K. Gustafson,¹⁶ R. Gustafson,⁴⁵ B. Hage,¹⁵ J. M. Hallam,⁴⁰ D. Hammer,⁵⁴ C. Hanna,²⁰ J. Hanson,¹⁹ J. Harms,² G. Harry,¹⁷ E. Harstad,⁴⁷ K. Hayama,³⁶ T. Hayler,²⁷ J. Heefner,¹⁶ I. S. Heng,⁴² M. Hennessy,³² A. Heptonstall,⁴² M. Hewitson,² S. Hild,⁴⁰ E. Hirose,³³ D. Hoak,¹⁹ D. Hosken,³⁹ J. Hough,⁴² S. H. Huttner,⁴² D. Ingram,¹⁸ M. Ito,⁴⁷ A. Ivanov,¹⁶ B. Johnson,¹⁸ W. W. Johnson,²⁰ D. I. Jones,⁵¹ G. Jones,⁷ R. Jones,⁴² L. Ju,⁵³ P. Kalmus,¹⁰ V. Kalogera,²⁶ S. Kamat,¹⁰ J. Kanner,⁴³ D. Kasprzyk,⁴⁰ E. Katsavounidis,¹⁷ K. Kawabe,¹⁸ S. Kawamura,²⁵ F. Kawazoe,²⁵ W. Kells,¹⁶ D. G. Keppel,¹⁶ F. Ya. Khalili,²³ R. Khan,¹⁰ E. Khazanov,¹³ C. Kim,²⁶ P. King,¹⁶ J. S. Kissel,²⁰ S. Klimenko,⁴¹ K. Kokeyama,²⁵ V. Kondrashov,¹⁶ R. K. Kopparapu,³⁴ D. Kozak,¹⁶ I. Kozhevatov,¹³ B. Krishnan,¹ P. Kwee,¹⁵ P. K. Lam,⁴ M. Landry,¹⁸ M. M. Lang,³⁴ B. Lantz,³² A. Lazzarini,¹⁶ M. Lei,¹⁶ N. Leindecker,³² V. Leonhardt,²⁵ I. Leonor,⁴⁷ K. Libbrecht,¹⁶ H. Lin,⁴¹ P. Lindquist,¹⁶ N. A. Lockerbie,⁵² D. Lodhia,⁴⁰ M. Lormand,¹⁹ P. Lu,³² M. Lubinski,¹⁸ A. Lucianetti,⁴¹ H. Lück,^15,2 B. Machenschalk,² M. MacInnis,¹⁷ M. Mageswaran,¹⁶ K. Mailand,¹⁶ V. Mandic,⁴⁶ S. Márka,¹⁰ Z. Márka,¹⁰ A. Markosyan,³² J. Markowitz,¹⁷ E. Maros,¹⁶ I. Martin,⁴² R. M. Martin,⁴¹ J. N. Marx,¹⁶ K. Mason,¹⁷ F. Matichard,²⁰ L. Matone,¹⁰ R. Matzner,³⁵ N. Mavalvala,¹⁷ R. McCarthy,¹⁸ D. E. McClelland,⁴ S. C. McGuire,³¹ M. McHugh,²² G. McIntyre,¹⁶ G. McIvor,³⁵ D. McKechan,⁷ K. McKenzie,⁴ T. Meier,¹⁵ A. Melissinos,⁴⁸ G. Mendell,¹⁸ R. A. Mercer,⁴¹ S. Meshkov,¹⁶ C. J. Messenger,² D. Meyers,¹⁶ J. Miller,^42,16 J. Minelli,³⁴ S. Mitra,¹⁴ V. P. Mitrofanov,²³ G. Mitselmakher,⁴¹ R. Mittleman,¹⁷ O. Miyakawa,¹⁶ B. Moe,⁵⁴ S. Mohanty,³⁶ G. Moreno,¹⁸ K. Mossavi,² C. MowLowry,⁴ G. Mueller,⁴¹ S. Mukherjee,³⁶ H. Mukhopadhyay,¹⁴ H. Müller-Ebhardt,² J. Munch,³⁹ P. Murray,⁴² E. Myers,¹⁸ J. Myers,¹⁸ T. Nash,¹⁶ J. Nelson,⁴² G. Newton,⁴² A. Nishizawa,²⁵ K. Numata,²⁴ J. O'Dell,²⁷ G. Ogin,¹⁶ B. O'Reilly,¹⁹ R. O'Shaughnessy,³⁴ D. J. Ottaway,¹⁷ R. S. Ottens,⁴¹ H. Overmier,¹⁹ B. J. Owen,³⁴ Y. Pan,⁴³ C. Pankow,⁴¹ M. A. Papa,^1,54 V. Parameshwaraiah,¹⁸ P. Patel,¹⁶ M. Pedraza,¹⁶ S. Penn,¹² A. Perreca,⁴⁰ T. Petrie,³⁴ I. M. Pinto,⁵⁰ M. Pitkin,⁴² H. J. Pletsch,² M. V. Plissi,⁴² F. Postiglione,⁴⁹ M. Principe,⁵⁰ R. Prix,² V. Quetschke,⁴¹ F. Raab,¹⁸ D. S. Rabeling,⁴ H. Radkins,¹⁸ N. Rainer,² M. Rakhmanov,³⁰ M. Ramsunder,³⁴ H. Rehbein,² S. Reid,⁴² D. H. Reitze,⁴¹ R. Riesen,¹⁹ K. Riles,⁴⁵ B. Rivera,¹⁸ N. A. Robertson,^16,42 C. Robinson,⁷ E. L. Robinson,⁴⁰ S. Roddy,¹⁹ A. Rodriguez,²⁰ A. M. Rogan,⁵⁵ J. Rollins,¹⁰ J. D. Romano,³⁶ J. Romie,¹⁹ R. Route,³² S. Rowan,⁴² A. Rüdiger,² L. Ruet,¹⁷ P. Russell,¹⁶ K. Ryan,¹⁸ S. Sakata,²⁵ M. Samidi,¹⁶ L. Sancho de la Jordana,³⁸ V. Sandberg,¹⁸ V. Sannibale,¹⁶ S. Saraf,²⁹ P. Sarin,¹⁷ B. S. Sathyaprakash,⁷ S. Sato,²⁵ P. R. Saulson,³³ R. Savage,¹⁸ P. Savov,⁶ S. W. Schediwy,⁵³ R. Schilling,² R. Schnabel,² R. Schofield,⁴⁷ B. F. Schutz,^1,7 P. Schwinberg,¹⁸ S. M. Scott,⁴ A. C. Searle,⁴ B. Sears,¹⁶ F. Seifert,² D. Sellers,¹⁹ A. S. Sengupta,¹⁶ P. Shawhan,⁴³ D. H. Shoemaker,¹⁷ A. Sibley,¹⁹ X. Siemens,⁵⁴ D. Sigg,¹⁸ S. Sinha,³² A. M. Sintes,^38,1 B. J. J. Slagmolen,⁴ J. Slutsky,²⁰ J. R. Smith,³³ M. R. Smith,¹⁶ N. D. Smith,¹⁷ K. Somiya,^2,1 B. Sorazu,⁴² L. C. Stein,¹⁷ A. Stochino,¹⁶ R. Stone,³⁶ K. A. Strain,⁴² D. M. Strom,⁴⁷ A. Stuver,¹⁹ T. Z. Summerscales,³ K.-X. Sun,³² M. Sung,²⁰ P. J. Sutton,⁷ H. Takahashi,¹ D. B. Tanner,⁴¹ R. Taylor,¹⁶ R. Taylor,⁴² J. Thacker,¹⁹ K. A. Thorne,³⁴ K. S. Thorne,⁶ A. Thüring,¹⁵ K. V. Tokmakov,⁴² C. Torres,¹⁹ C. Torrie,⁴² G. Traylor,¹⁹ M. Trias,³⁸ W. Tyler,¹⁶ D. Ugolini,³⁷ J. Ulmen,³² K. Urbanek,³² H. Vahlbruch,¹⁵ C. Van Den Broeck,⁷ M. van der Sluys,²⁶ S. Vass,¹⁶ R. Vaulin,⁵⁴ A. Vecchio,⁴⁰ J. Veitch,⁴⁰ P. Veitch,³⁹ A. Villar,¹⁶ C. Vorvick,¹⁸ S. P. Vyachanin,²³ S. J. Waldman,¹⁶ L. Wallace,¹⁶ H. Ward,⁴² R. Ward,¹⁶ M. Weinert,² A. Weinstein,¹⁶ R. Weiss,¹⁷ S. Wen,²⁰ K. Wette,⁴ J. T. Whelan,¹ S. E. Whitcomb,¹⁶ B. F. Whiting,⁴¹ C. Wilkinson,¹⁸ P. A. Willems,¹⁶ H. R. Williams,³⁴ L. Williams,⁴¹ B. Willke,^15,2 I. Wilmut,²⁷ W. Winkler,² C. C. Wipf,¹⁷ A. G. Wiseman,⁵⁴ G. Woan,⁴² R. Wooley,¹⁹ J. Worden,¹⁸ W. Wu,⁴¹ I. Yakushin,¹⁹ H. Yamamoto,¹⁶ Z. Yan,⁵³ S. Yoshida,³⁰ M. Zanolin,¹¹ J. Zhang,⁴⁵ L. Zhang,¹⁶ C. Zhao,⁵³ N. Zotov,²¹ M. Zucker,¹⁷ and J. Zweizig¹⁶

(LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

¹Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
²Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
³Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104, USA
⁴Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
⁵California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
⁶Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
⁷Cardi University, Cardi, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
⁸Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
⁹Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
¹⁰Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
¹¹Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
¹²Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
¹³Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
¹⁴Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
¹⁵Leibniz Universit at Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
¹⁶LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
¹⁷LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
¹⁸LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
¹⁹LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
²⁰Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
²¹Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
²²Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
²³Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
²⁴NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
²⁵National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
²⁶Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
²⁷Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
²⁸San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
²⁹Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
³⁰Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
³¹Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
³²Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
³³Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
³⁴The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
³⁵The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
³⁶The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
³⁷Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
³⁸Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
³⁹University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
⁴⁰University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
⁴¹University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
⁴²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
⁴³University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
⁴⁴University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
⁴⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
⁴⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
⁴⁷University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
⁴⁸University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
⁴⁹University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
⁵⁰University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
⁵¹University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
⁵²University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
⁵³University of Western Australia, Crawley, Washington 6009, Australia
⁵⁴University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
⁵⁵Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
⁵⁶University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
⁵⁷Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA

S. Barthelmy,⁵⁸ N. Gehrels,⁵⁸ K. C. Hurley,⁵⁹ and D. Palmer^60
58NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
⁵⁹University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
⁶⁰Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA

We present a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with soft gamma ray repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first search sensitive to neutron star f modes, usually considered the most efficient GW emitting modes. We find no evidence of GWs associated with any SGR burst in a sample consisting of the 27 Dec. 2004 giant flare from SGR 1806-20 and 190 lesser events from SGR 1806-20 and SGR 1900+14. The unprecedented sensitivity of the detectors allows us to set the most stringent limits on transient GW amplitudes published to date. We find upper limit estimates on the model-dependent isotropic GW emission energies (at a nominal distance of 10 kpc) between 3×10⁴⁵ and 9×10⁵² erg depending on waveform type, detector antenna factors and noise characteristics at the time of the burst. These upper limits are within the theoretically predicted range of some SGR models.

©2008 The American Physical Society

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