Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves Using LIGO S5 Science Data
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Barnum, Sam; Barsotti, Lisa; Blackburn, Lindy L.; Bodiya, Timothy Paul; Corbitt, Thomas R.; Donovan, Frederick J.; Evans, Matthew J.; Foley, Stephany; Fritschel, Peter K.; Harry, Gregory; Hughey, Barbara; Katsavounidis, Erotokritos; MacInnis, Myron E.; Mason, Kenneth R.; Matichard, Fabrice; Mavalvala, Nergis; Mittleman, Richard K.; Shapiro, B.; Shoemaker, David H.; Smith, N. D.; Stein, Andrew J.; Stein, Leo Chaim; Waldman, Samuel J.; Weiss, R.; Wipf, Christopher C.; Zucker, Michael E.; ... Show more Show less
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The gravitational-wave (GW) sky may include nearby pointlike sources as well as stochastic backgrounds. We perform two directional searches for persistent GWs using data from the LIGO S5 science run: one optimized for pointlike sources and one for arbitrary extended sources. Finding no evidence to support the detection of GWs, we present 90% confidence level (C.L.) upper-limit maps of GW strain power with typical values between 2-20×10p[superscript -50] strain[superscript 2] Hz[superscript -1] and 5-35×10[superscript -49] strain[superscript 2] Hz[superscript -1] sr[superscript -1] for pointlike and extended sources, respectively. The latter result is the first of its kind. We also set 90% C.L. limits on the narrow-band root-mean-square GW strain from interesting targets including Sco X-1, SN 1987A and the Galactic center as low as ≈7×10[superscript -25] in the most sensitive frequency range near 160 Hz.
Date issued
2011-12Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology); MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Abadie, J. et al. “Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves Using LIGO S5 Science Data.” Physical Review Letters 107.27 (2011): n. pag. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. © 2011 American Physical Society
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0031-9007
1079-7114