Full band all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data

Abbott, B. P. and Birney, R. and Jawahar, S. and Lockerbie, N. A. and Reid, S. and Tokmakov, K. V., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration (2018) Full band all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 97. 102003. ISSN 1550-2368 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.102003)

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Abstract

We report on a new all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency band 475–2000 Hz and with a frequency time derivative in the range of [−1.0,+0.1]×10−8  Hz/s. Potential signals could be produced by a nearby spinning and slightly nonaxisymmetric isolated neutron star in our Galaxy. This search uses the data from Advanced LIGO’s first observational run O1. No gravitational-wave signals were observed, and upper limits were placed on their strengths. For completeness, results from the separately published low-frequency search 20–475 Hz are included as well. Our lowest upper limit on worst-case (linearly polarized) strain amplitude h0 is ∼4×10−25 near 170 Hz, while at the high end of our frequency range, we achieve a worst-case upper limit of 1.3×10−24. For a circularly polarized source (most favorable orientation), the smallest upper limit obtained is ∼1.5×10−25.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:64885
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    11 May 2018
    Published
    11 May 2018
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 Jul 2018 15:48
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 00:10
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/64885
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