Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIG...
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| author | Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, M. Foley, S. Fritschel, Peter K. Gras, Slawek Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kissel, Jeffrey S. Kwee, Patrick Lee, J. MacInnis, Myron E. Mason, Kenneth R. Matichard, Fabrice Mavalvala, Nergis Mittleman, Richard K. Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H. Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, M. Foley, S. Fritschel, Peter K. Gras, Slawek Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kissel, Jeffrey S. Kwee, Patrick Lee, J. MacInnis, Myron E. Mason, Kenneth R. Matichard, Fabrice Mavalvala, Nergis Mittleman, Richard K. Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H. Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| description | Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors between 2005 and 2010, with over 625 days of live time. We find no evidence of GW signals from cosmic strings. From this result, we derive new constraints on cosmic string parameters, which complement and improve existing limits from previous searches for a stochastic background of GWs from cosmic microwave background measurements and pulsar timing data. In particular, if the size of loops is given by the gravitational backreaction scale, we place upper limits on the string tension Gμ below 10[superscript −8] in some regions of the cosmic string parameter space. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/889862022-10-01T19:00:24Z Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, M. Foley, S. Fritschel, Peter K. Gras, Slawek Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kissel, Jeffrey S. Kwee, Patrick Lee, J. MacInnis, Myron E. Mason, Kenneth R. Matichard, Fabrice Mavalvala, Nergis Mittleman, Richard K. Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H. Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Aggarwal, Nancy Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, M. Foley, S. Fritschel, Peter K. Gras, Slawek Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kissel, Jeffrey S. Kwee, Patrick Lee, J. MacInnis, Myron E. Mason, Kenneth R. Matichard, Fabrice Mavalvala, Nergis Mittleman, Richard K. Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H. Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E. Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors between 2005 and 2010, with over 625 days of live time. We find no evidence of GW signals from cosmic strings. From this result, we derive new constraints on cosmic string parameters, which complement and improve existing limits from previous searches for a stochastic background of GWs from cosmic microwave background measurements and pulsar timing data. In particular, if the size of loops is given by the gravitational backreaction scale, we place upper limits on the string tension Gμ below 10[superscript −8] in some regions of the cosmic string parameter space. National Science Foundation (U.S.) Carnegie Trust David & Lucile Packard Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2014-08-22T16:30:44Z 2014-08-22T16:30:44Z 2014-04 2013-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88986 Aasi, J., J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, et al. “Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors.” Physical Review Letters 112, no. 13 (April 2014). © 2014 American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-3877 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-9706 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7387 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3045 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2560 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-7062 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-1596 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-0767 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3187 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-9267 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131101 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 American Physical Society |
| spellingShingle | Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, M. Foley, S. Fritschel, Peter K. Gras, Slawek Isogai, Tomoki Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Kissel, Jeffrey S. Kwee, Patrick Lee, J. MacInnis, Myron E. Mason, Kenneth R. Matichard, Fabrice Mavalvala, Nergis Mittleman, Richard K. Oelker, Eric Glenn Shoemaker, David H. Vaulin, Ruslan Vitale, Salvatore Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, Fan Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors |
| title | Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors |
| title_full | Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors |
| title_fullStr | Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors |
| title_short | Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors |
| title_sort | constraints on cosmic strings from the ligo virgo gravitational wave detectors |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88986 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-3877 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-9706 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7387 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3045 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2560 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-7062 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-1596 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-0767 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3187 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-9267 |
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