Gray, MalcolmLam, Ping KoyMcClelland, DavidMcKenzie, KirkMow-Lowry, CMullavey, AdamSatterthwaite, MatthewScott, Susan MSlagmolen, BramWette, KarlLIGO , Scientific Collaboration (700 Scientists)Abbott, BAllen, GBrady, PBrinkmann, MBrummit, AEchols, CHeefner, JLazzarini, AMachenschalk, BHosken, DaveHough, JIvanov, A2015-12-072015-12-070004-637Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/23789We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave bursts (GWBs) associated with 137 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments during the fifth LIGO science run and first Virgo science run. The data used in this analysis were collected from 2005 November 4 to 2007 October 1, and most of the GRB triggers were from the Swift satellite. The search uses a coherent network analysis method that takes into account the different locations and orientations of the interferometers at the three LIGO-Virgo sites. We find no evidence for GWB signals associated with this sample of GRBs. Using simulated short-duration (<1 s) waveforms, we set upper limits on the amplitude of gravitational waves associated with each GRB. We also place lower bounds on the distance to each GRB under the assumption of a fixed energy emission in gravitational waves, with a median limit of D ∼ 12 Mpc(E isoGW/0.01 M ⊙ c 2)1/2 for emission at frequencies around 150 Hz, where the LIGO-Virgo detector network has best sensitivity. We present astrophysical interpretations and implications of these results, and prospects for corresponding searches during future LIGO-Virgo runs.Keywords: Gamma-ray burst: general; Gravitational waves201010.1088/0004-637X/715/2/14382016-02-24