Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era
We present the results of searches for gravitational waves from a large selection of pulsars using data from the most recent science runs (S6, VSR2 and VSR4) of the initial generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory) and Virg...
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| author | Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J. 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, S. Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, F. 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, Matthew J. 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, S. Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, F. Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| description | We present the results of searches for gravitational waves from a large selection of pulsars using data from the most recent science runs (S6, VSR2 and VSR4) of the initial generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory) and Virgo. We do not see evidence for gravitational wave emission from any of the targeted sources but produce upper limits on the emission amplitude. We highlight the results from seven young pulsars with large spin-down luminosities. We reach within a factor of five of the canonical spin-down limit for all seven of these, whilst for the Crab and Vela pulsars we further surpass their spin-down limits. We present new or updated limits for 172 other pulsars (including both young and millisecond pulsars). Now that the detectors are undergoing major upgrades, and, for completeness, we bring together all of the most up-to-date results from all pulsars searched for during the operations of the first-generation LIGO, Virgo and GEO600 detectors. This gives a total of 195 pulsars including the most recent results described in this paper. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/927342022-09-26T12:15:21Z Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J. 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, S. Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, F. Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Aggarwal, Nancy Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J. 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, S. Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, F. Zucker, Michael E. We present the results of searches for gravitational waves from a large selection of pulsars using data from the most recent science runs (S6, VSR2 and VSR4) of the initial generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory) and Virgo. We do not see evidence for gravitational wave emission from any of the targeted sources but produce upper limits on the emission amplitude. We highlight the results from seven young pulsars with large spin-down luminosities. We reach within a factor of five of the canonical spin-down limit for all seven of these, whilst for the Crab and Vela pulsars we further surpass their spin-down limits. We present new or updated limits for 172 other pulsars (including both young and millisecond pulsars). Now that the detectors are undergoing major upgrades, and, for completeness, we bring together all of the most up-to-date results from all pulsars searched for during the operations of the first-generation LIGO, Virgo and GEO600 detectors. This gives a total of 195 pulsars including the most recent results described in this paper. David & Lucile Packard Foundation Research Corporation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2015-01-07T18:34:38Z 2015-01-07T18:34:38Z 2014-04 2014-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0004-637X 1538-4357 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92734 Aasi, J., J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, et al. “Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era.” The Astrophysical Journal 785, no. 2 (April 2, 2014): 119. © 2014 The American Astronomical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-3877 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7387 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/0000-0001-8150-7062 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/10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/119 Astrophysical Journal 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 IOP Publishing American Astronomical Society |
| spellingShingle | Barnum, Sam Barsotti, Lisa Bodiya, Timothy Paul Donovan, Frederick J. Essick, Reed Clasey Evans, Matthew J. 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, S. Waldman, S. J. Weiss, Rainer Wipf, C. C. Zhang, F. Zucker, Michael E. Aggarwal, Nancy,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era |
| title | Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era |
| title_full | Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era |
| title_fullStr | Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era |
| title_short | Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era |
| title_sort | gravitational waves from known pulsars results from the initial detector era |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92734 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-3877 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7387 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/0000-0001-8150-7062 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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