Abstract. The INSPIRAL program is the LIGO Scientific Collaboration's computational engine for the search for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars and sub-solar mass black holes. We describe how this program, which makes use of the FINDCHIRP algorithm, is integrated into a sophisticated data analysis pipeline that was used in the search for low-mass binary inspirals in data taken during the second LIGO science run.

PACS numbers: 07.05.Kf, 04.80.Nn

Print publication: Issue 18 (21 September 2005)
Received 1 April 2005, in final form 1 July 2005
Published 6 September 2005