All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data
We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50–1100 Hz and with the frequency’s time derivative in the range -5×10[superscript -9]–0 Hz s[superscript -1]. Data from the first eight months of the fifth LIGO science run (S5) have been...
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| author | Wipf, Christopher C. Weiss, Rainer Stein, Leo Chaim Smith, Nicolas de Mateo Shapiro, B. Sarin, P. Markowitz, Jared John Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Harry, Gregory Grimaldi, F. Goda, K. Foley, Stephany Duke, I. Cao, Junwei Brunet, G. Blackburn, Lindy L. Barsotti, Lisa Mavalvala, Nergis Shoemaker, David H Mittleman, Richard K Fritschel, Peter K Evans, Matthew J Donovan, Frederick J Bodiya, Timothy P. Zucker, Michael E Ruet, Laurent Mason, Kenneth R MacInnis, Myron E Corbitt, Thomas R |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Wipf, Christopher C. Weiss, Rainer Stein, Leo Chaim Smith, Nicolas de Mateo Shapiro, B. Sarin, P. Markowitz, Jared John Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Harry, Gregory Grimaldi, F. Goda, K. Foley, Stephany Duke, I. Cao, Junwei Brunet, G. Blackburn, Lindy L. Barsotti, Lisa Mavalvala, Nergis Shoemaker, David H Mittleman, Richard K Fritschel, Peter K Evans, Matthew J Donovan, Frederick J Bodiya, Timothy P. Zucker, Michael E Ruet, Laurent Mason, Kenneth R MacInnis, Myron E Corbitt, Thomas R |
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| description | We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50–1100 Hz and with the frequency’s time derivative in the range -5×10[superscript -9]–0 Hz s[superscript -1]. Data from the first eight months of the fifth LIGO science run (S5) have been used in this search, which is based on a semicoherent method (PowerFlux) of summing strain power. Observing no evidence of periodic gravitational radiation, we report 95% confidence-level upper limits on radiation emitted by any unknown isolated rotating neutron stars within the search range. Strain limits below 10[superscript -24] are obtained over a 200-Hz band, and the sensitivity improvement over previous searches increases the spatial volume sampled by an average factor of about 100 over the entire search band. For a neutron star with nominal equatorial ellipticity of 10[superscript -6], the search is sensitive to distances as great as 500 pc. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/518492022-09-26T14:42:36Z All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data Wipf, Christopher C. Weiss, Rainer Stein, Leo Chaim Smith, Nicolas de Mateo Shapiro, B. Sarin, P. Markowitz, Jared John Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Harry, Gregory Grimaldi, F. Goda, K. Foley, Stephany Duke, I. Cao, Junwei Brunet, G. Blackburn, Lindy L. Barsotti, Lisa Mavalvala, Nergis Shoemaker, David H Mittleman, Richard K Fritschel, Peter K Evans, Matthew J Donovan, Frederick J Bodiya, Timothy P. Zucker, Michael E Ruet, Laurent Mason, Kenneth R MacInnis, Myron E Corbitt, Thomas R Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Mavalvala, Nergis Zucker, Michael E. Wipf, Christopher C. Weiss, Rainer Stein, Leo Chaim Smith, Nicolas de Mateo Shoemaker, David H. Shapiro, B. Sarin, P. Ruet, L. Mittleman, Richard K. Mason, Kenneth R. Markowitz, Jared John MacInnis, Myron E. Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Harry, Gregory Grimaldi, F. Goda, K. Fritschel, Peter K. Foley, Stephany Evans, Matthew J. Duke, I. Donovan, Frederick J. Corbitt, Thomas R. Cao, Junwei Brunet, G. Bodiya, Timothy Paul Blackburn, Lindy L. Barsotti, Lisa Mavalvala, Nergis We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50–1100 Hz and with the frequency’s time derivative in the range -5×10[superscript -9]–0 Hz s[superscript -1]. Data from the first eight months of the fifth LIGO science run (S5) have been used in this search, which is based on a semicoherent method (PowerFlux) of summing strain power. Observing no evidence of periodic gravitational radiation, we report 95% confidence-level upper limits on radiation emitted by any unknown isolated rotating neutron stars within the search range. Strain limits below 10[superscript -24] are obtained over a 200-Hz band, and the sensitivity improvement over previous searches increases the spatial volume sampled by an average factor of about 100 over the entire search band. For a neutron star with nominal equatorial ellipticity of 10[superscript -6], the search is sensitive to distances as great as 500 pc. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Corporation David and Lucile Packard Foundation Leverhulme Trust Carnegie Trust National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Scottish Funding Council Royal Society, United Kingdom Conselleria d’Economia, Hisenda i Innovació of the Govern de les Illes Balears Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India Australian Research Council State of Niedersachsen, Germany Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom National Science Foundation 2010-03-01T17:13:52Z 2010-03-01T17:13:52Z 2009-03 2008-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51849 LIGO Scientific Collaboration et al. “All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data.” Physical Review Letters 102.11 (2009): 111102. © 2009 The American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-9706 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3045 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2560 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-4499 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-1596 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3187 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.111102 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Wipf, Christopher C. Weiss, Rainer Stein, Leo Chaim Smith, Nicolas de Mateo Shapiro, B. Sarin, P. Markowitz, Jared John Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Harry, Gregory Grimaldi, F. Goda, K. Foley, Stephany Duke, I. Cao, Junwei Brunet, G. Blackburn, Lindy L. Barsotti, Lisa Mavalvala, Nergis Shoemaker, David H Mittleman, Richard K Fritschel, Peter K Evans, Matthew J Donovan, Frederick J Bodiya, Timothy P. Zucker, Michael E Ruet, Laurent Mason, Kenneth R MacInnis, Myron E Corbitt, Thomas R All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data |
| title | All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data |
| title_full | All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data |
| title_fullStr | All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data |
| title_short | All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data |
| title_sort | all sky ligo search for periodic gravitational waves in the early fifth science run data |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51849 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-9706 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3045 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2560 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-4499 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-1596 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3187 |
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