Published February 13, 2013
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Einstein@Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data
Creators
- Aasi, J.
- Abadie, J.
- Abbott, B. P.
- Abbott, R.
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Adhikari, Rana X.
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Ajith, P.
- Anderson, S. B.
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Arai, K.
- Araya, M. C.
- Barayoga, J. C. B.
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Billingsley, G.
- Black, E.
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Blackburn, J. K.
- Bork, R.
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Brooks, A. F.
- Cepeda, C.
- Chalermsongsak, T.
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Corsi, A.
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Coyne, D. C.
- Daudert, B.
- Dergachev, V.
- Doravari, S.
- Driggers, J. C.
- Ehrens, P.
- Engel, R.
- Etzel, T.
- Fotopoulos, N.
- Gustafson, E. K.
- Hanna, C.
- Heefner, J.
- Heptonstall, A.
- Hodge, K. A.
- Ivanov, A.
- Jacobson, M.
- James, E.
- Kalmus, P.
- Kells, W.
- Keppel, D. G.
- King, P. J.
- Kondrashov, V.
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Korth, W. Z.
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Kozak, D.
- Lazzarini, A.
- Lindquist, P. E.
- Litvine, V.
- Mageswaran, M.
- Mailand, K.
- Maros, E.
- Marx, J. N.
- McIntyre, G.
- Meshkov, S.
- Nash, T.
- Ogin, G. H.
- Osthelder, C.
- Pedraza, M.
- Phelps, M.
- Poux, C.
- Price, L. R.
- Privitera, S.
- Reitze, D. H.
- Robertson, N. A.
- Rollins, J. G.
- Sannibale, V.
- Santamaría, L.
- Seifert, F.
- Singer, A.
- Singer, L.
- Smith, M. R.
- Stochino, A.
- Taylor, R.
- Torrie, C. I.
- Vass, S.
- Villar, A. E.
- Wallace, L.
- Whitcomb, S. E.
- Willems, P. A.
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Williams, R.
- Yamamoto, H.
- Yeaton-Massey, D.
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Zhang, L.
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Zweizig, J.
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Chen, Y.
- Hong, T.
- Kaufman, K.
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Miao, H.
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Ott, C. D.
- Somiya, K.
- Thorne, K. S.
- Wen, L.
- Yang, H.
- Drever, R. W. P.
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Harms, J.
- Langley, A.
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Weinstein, Alan J.
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- Virgo Collaboration
Abstract
This paper presents results of an all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range [50,1 190] Hz and with frequency derivative range of ∼[-20,1.1]×10^(-10) Hz s^(-1) for the fifth LIGO science run (S5). The search uses a noncoherent Hough-transform method to combine the information from coherent searches on time scales of about one day. Because these searches are very computationally intensive, they have been carried out with the Einstein@Home volunteer distributed computing project. Postprocessing identifies eight candidate signals; deeper follow-up studies rule them out. Hence, since no gravitational wave signals have been found, we report upper limits on the intrinsic gravitational wave strain amplitude h_0. For example, in the 0.5 Hz-wide band at 152.5 Hz, we can exclude the presence of signals with h_0 greater than 7.6×10^(-25) at a 90% confidence level. This search is about a factor 3 more sensitive than the previous Einstein@Home search of early S5 LIGO data.
Additional Information
© 2013 American Physical Society. Received 17 August 2012; published 13 February 2013. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max Planck Society, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Einstein@Home volunteers, by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, the Conselleria d'Economia Hisenda i Innovaciό of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This document has been assigned LIGO Laboratory Document No. LIGO-P1200026.Attached Files
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- 37637
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20130327-074611717
Funding
- 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 (India)
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Conselleria d'Economia Hisenda i Innovaciό of the Govern de les Illes Balears
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)
- FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science
- Royal Society
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- NASA
- Carnegie Trust
- Leverhulme Trust
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Research Corporation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Einstein@Home Volunteers
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
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- LIGO-P1200026