Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era
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 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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Aasi, J.
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Abadie, J.
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Abbott, B.P.
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Jones, D.I.
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
2 April 2014
Aasi, J.
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Abadie, J.
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Abbott, B.P.
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Jones, D.I.
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Aasi, J., Abadie, J. and Abbott, B.P.
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration
(2014)
Gravitational waves from known pulsars: results from the initial detector era.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 785 (119), .
(doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/119).
Abstract
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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Accepted/In Press date: 28 February 2014
Published date: 2 April 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/404338
ISSN: 2041-8205
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