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Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar

Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar
Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar
We present direct upper limits on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar using data from the first 9 months of the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). These limits are based on two searches. In the first we assume that the gravitational wave emission follows the observed radio timing, giving an upper limit on gravitational wave emission that beats indirect limits inferred from the spin-down and braking index of the pulsar and the energetics of the nebula. In the second we allow for a small mismatch between the gravitational and radio signal frequencies and interpret our results in the context of two possible gravitational wave emission mechanisms.
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Abbott, B., Abbott, R. and Adhikari, R. , The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (2008) Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 683 (1), L45-L49. (doi:10.1086/591526).

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Abstract

We present direct upper limits on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar using data from the first 9 months of the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). These limits are based on two searches. In the first we assume that the gravitational wave emission follows the observed radio timing, giving an upper limit on gravitational wave emission that beats indirect limits inferred from the spin-down and braking index of the pulsar and the energetics of the nebula. In the second we allow for a small mismatch between the gravitational and radio signal frequencies and interpret our results in the context of two possible gravitational wave emission mechanisms.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 18 July 2008
Published date: 10 August 2008
Organisations: Applied Mathematics

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Local EPrints ID: 154877
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/154877
DOI: doi:10.1086/591526
PURE UUID: 7b8de497-b7f6-420a-80a0-6f65c0269a8b
ORCID for D.I. Jones: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-7567

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Date deposited: 26 May 2010 14:44
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:43

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Author: B. Abbott
Author: R. Abbott
Author: R. Adhikari
Author: P. Ajith
Author: B. Allen
Author: G. Allen
Author: R. Amin
Author: S.B. Anderson
Author: W.G. Anderson
Author: M.A. Arain
Author: M. Araya
Author: H. Armandula
Author: P. Armor
Author: Y. Aso
Author: S. Aston
Author: P. Aufmuth
Author: C. Aulbert
Author: S. Babak
Author: S. Ballmer
Author: H. Bantilan
Author: B.C. Barish
Author: C. Barker
Author: D. Barker
Author: B. Barr
Author: P. Barriga
Author: M.A. Barton
Author: M. Bastarrika
Author: K. Bayer
Author: J. Betzwieser
Author: P.T. Beyersdorf
Author: I.A. Bilenko
Author: G. Billingsley
Author: R. Biswas
Author: E. Black
Author: K. Blackburn
Author: L. Blackburn
Author: D. Blair
Author: B. Bland
Author: T.P. Bodiya
Author: L. Bogue
Author: R. Bork
Author: V. Boschi
Author: S. Bose
Author: P.R. Brady
Author: V.B. Braginsky
Author: J.E. Brau
Author: M. Brinkmann
Author: A. Brooks
Author: D.A. Brown
Author: D.I. Jones ORCID iD
Corporate Author: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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