The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries

Pulsar timing array collaborations, such as the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), are seeking to detect nanohertz gravitational waves emitted by supermassive black hole binaries formed in the aftermath of galaxy mergers. We have searched for continuous waves fr...

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Main Authors: Zaven Arzoumanian, Paul T. Baker, Laura Blecha, Harsha Blumer, Adam Brazier, Paul R. Brook, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Bence Bécsy, J. Andrew Casey-Clyde, Maria Charisi, Shami Chatterjee, Siyuan Chen, James M. Cordes, Neil J. Cornish, Fronefield Crawford, H. Thankful Cromartie, Megan E. DeCesar, Paul B. Demorest, Timothy Dolch, Brendan Drachler, Justin A. Ellis, E. C. Ferrara, William Fiore, Emmanuel Fonseca, Gabriel E. Freedman, Nathan Garver-Daniels, Peter A. Gentile, Joseph Glaser, Deborah C. Good, Kayhan Gültekin, Jeffrey S. Hazboun, Ross J. Jennings, Aaron D. Johnson, Megan L. Jones, Andrew R. Kaiser, David L. Kaplan, Luke Zoltan Kelley, Joey Shapiro Key, Nima Laal, Michael T. Lam, William G Lamb, T. Joseph W. Lazio, Natalia Lewandowska, Tingting Liu, Duncan R. Lorimer, Jing Luo, Ryan S. Lynch, Dustin R. Madison, Alexander McEwen, Maura A. McLaughlin, Chiara M. F. Mingarelli, Cherry Ng, David J. Nice, Stella Koch Ocker, Ken D. Olum, Timothy T. Pennucci, Nihan S. Pol, Scott M. Ransom, Paul S. Ray, Joseph D. Romano, Brent J. Shapiro-Albert, Xavier Siemens, Joseph Simon, Magdalena Siwek, Renée Spiewak, Ingrid H. Stairs, Daniel R. Stinebring, Kevin Stovall, Joseph K. Swiggum, Jessica Sydnor, Stephen R. Taylor, Jacob E. Turner, Michele Vallisneri, Sarah J. Vigeland, Haley M. Wahl, Gregory Walsh, Caitlin A. Witt, Olivia Young, The NANOGrav Collaboration
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author Zaven Arzoumanian
Paul T. Baker
Laura Blecha
Harsha Blumer
Adam Brazier
Paul R. Brook
Sarah Burke-Spolaor
Bence Bécsy
J. Andrew Casey-Clyde
Maria Charisi
Shami Chatterjee
Siyuan Chen
James M. Cordes
Neil J. Cornish
Fronefield Crawford
H. Thankful Cromartie
Megan E. DeCesar
Paul B. Demorest
Timothy Dolch
Brendan Drachler
Justin A. Ellis
E. C. Ferrara
William Fiore
Emmanuel Fonseca
Gabriel E. Freedman
Nathan Garver-Daniels
Peter A. Gentile
Joseph Glaser
Deborah C. Good
Kayhan Gültekin
Jeffrey S. Hazboun
Ross J. Jennings
Aaron D. Johnson
Megan L. Jones
Andrew R. Kaiser
David L. Kaplan
Luke Zoltan Kelley
Joey Shapiro Key
Nima Laal
Michael T. Lam
William G Lamb
T. Joseph W. Lazio
Natalia Lewandowska
Tingting Liu
Duncan R. Lorimer
Jing Luo
Ryan S. Lynch
Dustin R. Madison
Alexander McEwen
Maura A. McLaughlin
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli
Cherry Ng
David J. Nice
Stella Koch Ocker
Ken D. Olum
Timothy T. Pennucci
Nihan S. Pol
Scott M. Ransom
Paul S. Ray
Joseph D. Romano
Brent J. Shapiro-Albert
Xavier Siemens
Joseph Simon
Magdalena Siwek
Renée Spiewak
Ingrid H. Stairs
Daniel R. Stinebring
Kevin Stovall
Joseph K. Swiggum
Jessica Sydnor
Stephen R. Taylor
Jacob E. Turner
Michele Vallisneri
Sarah J. Vigeland
Haley M. Wahl
Gregory Walsh
Caitlin A. Witt
Olivia Young
The NANOGrav Collaboration
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Paul T. Baker
Laura Blecha
Harsha Blumer
Adam Brazier
Paul R. Brook
Sarah Burke-Spolaor
Bence Bécsy
J. Andrew Casey-Clyde
Maria Charisi
Shami Chatterjee
Siyuan Chen
James M. Cordes
Neil J. Cornish
Fronefield Crawford
H. Thankful Cromartie
Megan E. DeCesar
Paul B. Demorest
Timothy Dolch
Brendan Drachler
Justin A. Ellis
E. C. Ferrara
William Fiore
Emmanuel Fonseca
Gabriel E. Freedman
Nathan Garver-Daniels
Peter A. Gentile
Joseph Glaser
Deborah C. Good
Kayhan Gültekin
Jeffrey S. Hazboun
Ross J. Jennings
Aaron D. Johnson
Megan L. Jones
Andrew R. Kaiser
David L. Kaplan
Luke Zoltan Kelley
Joey Shapiro Key
Nima Laal
Michael T. Lam
William G Lamb
T. Joseph W. Lazio
Natalia Lewandowska
Tingting Liu
Duncan R. Lorimer
Jing Luo
Ryan S. Lynch
Dustin R. Madison
Alexander McEwen
Maura A. McLaughlin
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli
Cherry Ng
David J. Nice
Stella Koch Ocker
Ken D. Olum
Timothy T. Pennucci
Nihan S. Pol
Scott M. Ransom
Paul S. Ray
Joseph D. Romano
Brent J. Shapiro-Albert
Xavier Siemens
Joseph Simon
Magdalena Siwek
Renée Spiewak
Ingrid H. Stairs
Daniel R. Stinebring
Kevin Stovall
Joseph K. Swiggum
Jessica Sydnor
Stephen R. Taylor
Jacob E. Turner
Michele Vallisneri
Sarah J. Vigeland
Haley M. Wahl
Gregory Walsh
Caitlin A. Witt
Olivia Young
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description Pulsar timing array collaborations, such as the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), are seeking to detect nanohertz gravitational waves emitted by supermassive black hole binaries formed in the aftermath of galaxy mergers. We have searched for continuous waves from individual circular supermassive black hole binaries using NANOGrav’s recent 12.5 yr data set. We created new methods to accurately model the uncertainties on pulsar distances in our analysis, and we implemented new techniques to account for a common red-noise process in pulsar timing array data sets while searching for deterministic gravitational wave signals, including continuous waves. As we found no evidence for continuous waves in our data, we placed 95% upper limits on the strain amplitude of continuous waves emitted by these sources. At our most sensitive frequency of 7.65 nHz, we placed a sky-averaged limit of h _0 < (6.82 ± 0.35) × 10 ^−15 , and h _0 < (2.66 ± 0.15) × 10 ^−15 in our most sensitive sky location. Finally, we placed a multimessenger limit of ${ \mathcal M }\lt (1.41\pm 0.02)\times {10}^{9}\,{M}_{\odot }$ on the chirp mass of the supermassive black hole binary candidate 3C 66B.
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DuSable Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605, USASchool of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology , Rochester, NY 14623, USA; Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USAPulsar timing array collaborations, such as the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), are seeking to detect nanohertz gravitational waves emitted by supermassive black hole binaries formed in the aftermath of galaxy mergers. We have searched for continuous waves from individual circular supermassive black hole binaries using NANOGrav’s recent 12.5 yr data set. We created new methods to accurately model the uncertainties on pulsar distances in our analysis, and we implemented new techniques to account for a common red-noise process in pulsar timing array data sets while searching for deterministic gravitational wave signals, including continuous waves. As we found no evidence for continuous waves in our data, we placed 95% upper limits on the strain amplitude of continuous waves emitted by these sources. At our most sensitive frequency of 7.65 nHz, we placed a sky-averaged limit of h _0 < (6.82 ± 0.35) × 10 ^−15 , and h _0 < (2.66 ± 0.15) × 10 ^−15 in our most sensitive sky location. Finally, we placed a multimessenger limit of ${ \mathcal M }\lt (1.41\pm 0.02)\times {10}^{9}\,{M}_{\odot }$ on the chirp mass of the supermassive black hole binary candidate 3C 66B.https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acdbc7Gravitational wavesAstronomy data analysisMillisecond pulsarsSupermassive black holes
spellingShingle Zaven Arzoumanian
Paul T. Baker
Laura Blecha
Harsha Blumer
Adam Brazier
Paul R. Brook
Sarah Burke-Spolaor
Bence Bécsy
J. Andrew Casey-Clyde
Maria Charisi
Shami Chatterjee
Siyuan Chen
James M. Cordes
Neil J. Cornish
Fronefield Crawford
H. Thankful Cromartie
Megan E. DeCesar
Paul B. Demorest
Timothy Dolch
Brendan Drachler
Justin A. Ellis
E. C. Ferrara
William Fiore
Emmanuel Fonseca
Gabriel E. Freedman
Nathan Garver-Daniels
Peter A. Gentile
Joseph Glaser
Deborah C. Good
Kayhan Gültekin
Jeffrey S. Hazboun
Ross J. Jennings
Aaron D. Johnson
Megan L. Jones
Andrew R. Kaiser
David L. Kaplan
Luke Zoltan Kelley
Joey Shapiro Key
Nima Laal
Michael T. Lam
William G Lamb
T. Joseph W. Lazio
Natalia Lewandowska
Tingting Liu
Duncan R. Lorimer
Jing Luo
Ryan S. Lynch
Dustin R. Madison
Alexander McEwen
Maura A. McLaughlin
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli
Cherry Ng
David J. Nice
Stella Koch Ocker
Ken D. Olum
Timothy T. Pennucci
Nihan S. Pol
Scott M. Ransom
Paul S. Ray
Joseph D. Romano
Brent J. Shapiro-Albert
Xavier Siemens
Joseph Simon
Magdalena Siwek
Renée Spiewak
Ingrid H. Stairs
Daniel R. Stinebring
Kevin Stovall
Joseph K. Swiggum
Jessica Sydnor
Stephen R. Taylor
Jacob E. Turner
Michele Vallisneri
Sarah J. Vigeland
Haley M. Wahl
Gregory Walsh
Caitlin A. Witt
Olivia Young
The NANOGrav Collaboration
The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Gravitational waves
Astronomy data analysis
Millisecond pulsars
Supermassive black holes
title The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
title_full The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
title_fullStr The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
title_full_unstemmed The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
title_short The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
title_sort nanograv 12 5 yr data set bayesian limits on gravitational waves from individual supermassive black hole binaries
topic Gravitational waves
Astronomy data analysis
Millisecond pulsars
Supermassive black holes
url https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acdbc7
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