First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with Advanced LIGO

Abbott, B. P. and Jawahar, S. and Lockerbie, N.A. and Tokmakov, K.V., LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2017) First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with Advanced LIGO. Astrophysical Journal, 839 (1). 12. ISSN 1538-4357 (https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f)

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Abstract

We present the result of searches for gravitational waves from 200 pulsars using data from the first observing run of the Advanced LIGO detectors. We find no significant evidence for a gravitational-wave signal from any of these pulsars, but we are able to set the most constraining upper limits yet on their gravitational-wave amplitudes and ellipticities. For eight of these pulsars, our upper limits give bounds that are improvements over the indirect spin-down limit values. For another 32, we are within a factor of 10 of the spin-down limit, and it is likely that some of these will be reachable in future runs of the advanced detector. Taken as a whole, these new results improve on previous limits by more than a factor of two. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:60949
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    7 April 2017
    Published
    15 March 2017
    Accepted
    Notes:Please consult manuscript for full attribution details.
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Jun 2017 15:41
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 23:29
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60949
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