Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Nine Young Supernova Remnants
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- Aasi, J.
- Abbott, B. P.
- Abbott, R.
- Abernathy, M. R.
- Adhikari, R. X.
- Anderson, S. B.
- Arai, K.
- Araya, M. C.
- Barayoga, J. C.
- Barish, B. C.
- Billingsley, G.
- Blackburn, J. K.
- Bork, R.
- Brooks, A. F.
- Cepeda, C.
- Chakraborty, R.
- Chalermsongsak, T.
- Coyne, D. C.
- Dergachev, V.
- Ehrens, P.
- Etzel, T.
- Gushwa, K.
- Gustafson, E. K.
- Hall, E. D.
- Heptonstall, A. W.
- Hodge, K. A.
- Jacobson, M.
- Kanner, J. B.
- Kells, W.
- Kondrashov, V.
- Korth, W. Z.
- Kozak, D. B.
- Lazzarini, A.
- Lewis, J.
- Li, T. G. F.
- Libbrecht, K.
- Mageswaran, M.
- Mailand, K.
- Maros, E.
- Martynov, D.
- Marx, J. N.
- McIntyre, G.
- Meshkov, S.
- Nash, T.
- Osthelder, C.
- Pedraza, M.
- Phelps, M.
- Price, L. R.
- Privitera, S.
- Quintero, E.
- Raymond, V.
- Reitze, D. H.
- Robertson, N. A.
- Rollins, J. G.
- Sachdev, S.
- Sannibale, V.
- Schmidt, P.
- Shao, Z.
- Singer, A.
- Singer, L. P.
- Smith, M. R.
- Smith, R. J. E.
- Smith-Lefebvre, N. D.
- Taylor, R.
- Thirugnanasambandam, M. P.
- Thrane, E.
- Torrie, C. I.
- Vajente, G.
- Vass, S.
- Wallace, L.
- Weinstein, A. J.
- Williams, R.
- Yamamoto, H.
- Zhang, L.
- Zweizig, J.
- Chen, Y.
- Cutler, C.
- Gossan, S.
- Nissanke, S.
- Ott, C. D.
- Thorne, K. S.
- Vallisneri, M.
Abstract
We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves (GWs) in data from the sixth Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) science data run. The targets were nine young supernova remnants not associated with pulsars; eight of the remnants are associated with non-pulsing suspected neutron stars. One target's parameters are uncertain enough to warrant two searches, for a total of 10. Each search covered a broad band of frequencies and first and second frequency derivatives for a fixed sky direction. The searches coherently integrated data from the two LIGO interferometers over time spans from 5.3–25.3 days using the matched-filtering F-statistic. We found no evidence of GW signals. We set 95% confidence upper limits as strong (low) as 4 × 10^(−25) on intrinsic strain, 2 × 10^(−7) on fiducial ellipticity, and 4 × 10^(−5) on r-mode amplitude. These beat the indirect limits from energy conservation and are within the range of theoretical predictions for neutron-star ellipticities and r-mode amplitudes.
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© 2015 American Astronomical Society. Received 2015 January 17; accepted 2015 September 18; published 2015 October 27. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society (MPS), and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge research support from these agencies as well as by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, Department of Science and Technology, India, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, the Spanish Ministerio de Economi´a y Competitividad, the Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d'Educaci, Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the European Union, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), the Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO), the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF, STFC, MPS, INFN, CNRS, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for provision of computational resources. This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. This paper has been designated LIGO document number LIGO-P1400182.Errata
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- NSF
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Max-Planck-Society
- State of Niedersachsen/Germany
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Australian Research Council
- International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India
- Department of Science and Technology, India
- Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)
- Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
- Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d'Educació
- Conselleria d'Educaci, Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
- FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science
- European Union
- Royal Society
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- NASA
- Hungarian Scientific Research Foundation (OTKA)
- Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO)
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
- Carnegie Trust
- Leverhulme Trust
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Research Corporation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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- LIGO-P1400182