Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar

Abbott, B. and Lockerbie, N.A. and Tokmakov, K. V., LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2008) Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar. Astrophysics Journal Letters, 683 (1). L45-L49. ISSN 2041-8213 (https://doi.org/10.1086/591526)

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Abstract

We present direct upper limits on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar using data from the first 9 months of the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). These limits are based on two searches. In the first we assume that the gravitational wave emission follows the observed radio timing, giving an upper limit on gravitational wave emission that beats indirect limits inferred from the spin-down and braking index of the pulsar and the energetics of the nebula. In the second we allow for a small mismatch between the gravitational and radio signal frequencies and interpret our results in the context of two possible gravitational wave emission mechanisms.

ORCID iDs

Abbott, B., Lockerbie, N.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-3260 and Tokmakov, K. V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-6593;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:16898
    Dates:
    Date
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    18 July 2008
    Published
    Notes:B. Abbott et al 2008 ApJ 683 L45 © 2008. The American Astronomical Society. An erratum for this article has been published in 2009 ApJ 706 L203.
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:24 Mar 2010 16:50
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:21
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/16898
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