학술논문

Searches for continuous gravitational waves from nine young supernova remnants
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Aasi, J.Abbott, B. P.Abbott, R.Abbott, T.Abernathy, M. R.Acernese, F.Ackley, K.Adams, C.Adams, T.Addesso, P.Adhikari, R. X.Adya, V.Affeldt, C.Agathos, M.Agatsuma, K.Aggarwal, N.Aguiar, O. D.Ain, A.Ajith, P.Alemic, A.Allen, B.Allocca, A.Amariutei, D.Anderson, S. B.Anderson, W. G.Arai, K.Araya, M. C.Arceneaux, C.Areeda, J. S.Ast, S.Aston, S. M.Astone, P.Aufmuth, P.Aulbert, C.Aylott, B. E.Babak, S.Baker, P. T.Baldaccini, F.Ballardin, G.Ballmer, S. W.Barayoga, J. C.Barbet, M.Barclay, S.Barish, B. C.Barker, D.Barone, F.Barr, B.Barsotti, L.Barsuglia, M.Bartlett, J.Barton, M. A.Bartos, I.Bassiri, R.Basti, A.Batch, J. C.Bauer, Th. S.Baune, C.Bavigadda, V.Behnke, B.Bejger, M.Belczynski, C.Bell, A. S.Bell, C.Benacquista, M.Bergman, J.Bergmann, G.Berry, C. P. L.Bersanetti, D.Bertolini, A.Betzwieser, J.Bhagwat, S.Bhandare, R.Bilenko, I. A.Billingsley, G.Birch, J.Biscans, S.Bitossi, M.Biwer, C.Bizouard, M. A.Blackburn, J. K.Blackburn, L.Blair, C. D.Blair, D.Bloemen, S.Bock, O.Bodiya, T. P.Boer, M.Bogaert, G.Bojtos, P.Bond, C.Bondu, F.Bonelli, L.Bonnand, R.Bork, R.Born, M.Boschi, V.Bose, SukantaBradaschia, C.Brady, P. R.Braginsky, V. B.Branchesi, M.Brau, J. E.Briant, T.Bridges, D. O.Brillet, A.Brinkmann, M.Brisson, V.Brooks, A. F.Brown, D. A.Brown, D. D.Brown, N. M.Buchman, S.Buikema, A.Bulik, T.Bulten, H. J.Buonanno, A.Buskulic, D.Buy, C.Cadonati, L.Cagnoli, G.Bustillo, J. CalderónCalloni, E.Camp, J. B.Cannon, K. C.Cao, J.Capano, C. D.Carbognani, F.Caride, S.Caudill, S.Cavaglià, M.Cavalier, F.Cavalieri, R.Cella, G.Cepeda, C.Cesarini, E.Chakraborty, R.Chalermsongsak, T.Chamberlin, S. J.Chao, S.Charlton, P.Chassande-Mottin, E.Chen, Y.Chincarini, A.Chiummo, A.Cho, H. S.Cho, M.Chow, J. H.Christensen, N.Chu, Q.Chua, S.Chung, S.Ciani, G.Clara, F.Clark, J. A.Cleva, F.Coccia, E.Cohadon, P. -F.Colla, A.Collette, C.Colombini, M.Cominsky, L.Constancio, Jr., M.Conte, A.Cook, D.Corbitt, T. R.Cornish, N.Corsi, A.Costa, C. A.Coughlin, M. W.Coulon, J. -P.Countryman, S.Couvares, P.Coward, D. M.Cowart, M. J.Coyne, D. C.Coyne, R.Craig, K.Creighton, J. D. E.Creighton, T. D.Cripe, J.Crowder, S. G.Cumming, A.Cunningham, L.Cuoco, E.Cutler, C.Dahl, K.Canton, T. DalDamjanic, M.Danilishin, S. L.D'Antonio, S.Danzmann, K.Dartez, L.Dattilo, V.Dave, I.Daveloza, H.Davier, M.Davies, G. S.Daw, E. J.Day, R.DeBra, D.Debreczeni, G.Degallaix, J.De Laurentis, M.Deléglise, S.Del Pozzo, W.Denker, T.Dent, T.Dereli, H.Dergachev, V.De Rosa, R.DeRosa, R. T.DeSalvo, R.Dhurandhar, S.Díaz, M.Di Fiore, L.Di Lieto, A.Di Palma, I.Di Virgilio, A.Dojcinoski, G.Dolique, V.Dominguez, E.Donovan, F.Dooley, K. L.Doravari, S.Douglas, R.Downes, T. P.Drago, M.Driggers, J. C.Du, Z.Ducrot, M.Dwyer, S.Eberle, T.Edo, T.Edwards, M.Effler, A.Eggenstein, H. -B.Ehrens, P.Eichholz, J.Eikenberry, S. S.Essick, R.Etzel, T.Evans, M.Evans, T.Factourovich, M.Fafone, V.Fairhurst, S.Fan, X.Fang, Q.Farinon, S.Farr, B.Farr, W. M.Favata, M.Fays, M.Fehrmann, H.Fejer, M. M.Feldbaum, D.Ferrante, I.Ferreira, E. C.Ferrini, F.Fidecaro, F.Fiori, I.Fisher, R. P.Flaminio, R.Fournier, J. -D.Franco, S.Frasca, S.Frasconi, F.Frei, Z.Freise, A.Frey, R.Fricke, T. T.Fritschel, P.Frolov, V. V.Fuentes-Tapia, S.Fulda, P.Fyffe, M.Gair, J. R.Gammaitoni, L.Gaonkar, S.Garufi, F.Gatto, A.Gehrels, N.Gemme, G.Gendre, B.Genin, E.Gennai, A.Gergely, L. Á.Ghosh, S.Giaime, J. A.Giardina, K. D.Giazotto, A.Gleason, J.Goetz, E.Goetz, R.Gondan, L.González, G.Gordon, N.Gorodetsky, M. L.Gossan, S.Goßler, S.Gouaty, R.Gräf, C.Graff, P. B.Granata, M.Grant, A.Gras, S.Gray, C.Greenhalgh, R. J. S.Gretarsson, A. M.Groot, P.Grote, H.Grunewald, S.Guidi, G. M.Guido, C. J.Guo, X.Gushwa, K.Gustafson, E. K.Gustafson, R.Hacker, J.Hall, E. D.Hammond, G.Hanke, M.Hanks, J.Hanna, C.Hannam, M. D.Hanson, J.Hardwick, T.Harms, J.Harry, G. M.Harry, I. W.Hart, M.Hartman, M. T.Haster, C. -J.Haughian, K.Hee, S.Heidmann, A.Heintze, M.Heinzel, G.Heitmann, H.Hello, P.Hemming, G.Hendry, M.Heng, I. S.Heptonstall, A. W.Heurs, M.Hewitson, M.Hild, S.Hoak, D.Hodge, K. A.Hofman, D.Hollitt, S. E.Holt, K.Hopkins, P.Hosken, D. J.Hough, J.Houston, E.Howell, E. J.Hu, Y. M.Huerta, E.Hughey, B.Husa, S.Huttner, S. H.Huynh, M.Huynh-Dinh, T.Idrisy, A.Indik, N.Ingram, D. R.Inta, R.Islas, G.Isler, J. C.Isogai, T.Iyer, B. R.Izumi, K.Jacobson, M.Jang, H.Jaranowski, P.Jawahar, S.Ji, Y.Jiménez-Forteza, F.Johnson, W. W.Jones, D. I.Jones, R.Jonker, R. J. G.Ju, L.K, HarisKalogera, V.Kandhasamy, S.Kang, G.Kanner, J. B.Kasprzack, M.Katsavounidis, E.Katzman, W.Kaufer, H.Kaufer, S.Kaur, T.Kawabe, K.Kawazoe, F.Kéfélian, F.Keiser, G. M.Keitel, D.Kelley, D. B.Kells, W.Keppel, D. G.Key, J. S.Khalaidovski, A.Khalili, F. Y.Khazanov, E. A.Kim, C.Kim, K.Kim, N. G.Kim, N.Kim, Y. -M.King, E. J.King, P. J.Kinzel, D. L.Kissel, J. S.Klimenko, S.Kline, J.Koehlenbeck, S.Kokeyama, K.Kondrashov, V.Korobko, M.Korth, W. Z.Kowalska, I.Kozak, D. B.Kringel, V.Krishnan, B.Królak, A.Krueger, C.Kuehn, G.Kumar, A.Kumar, P.Kuo, L.Kutynia, A.Landry, M.Lantz, B.Larson, S.Lasky, P. D.Lazzarini, A.Lazzaro, C.Le, J.Leaci, P.Leavey, S.Lebigot, E.Lebigot, E. O.Lee, C. H.Lee, H. K.Lee, H. M.Leonardi, M.Leong, J. R.Leroy, N.Letendre, N.Levin, Y.Levine, B.Lewis, J.Li, T. G. F.Libbrecht, K.Libson, A.Lin, A. C.Littenberg, T. B.Lockerbie, N. A.Lockett, V.Logue, J.Lombardi, A. L.Lorenzini, M.Loriette, V.Lormand, M.Losurdo, G.Lough, J.Lubinski, M. J.Lück, H.Lundgren, A. P.Lynch, R.Ma, Y.Macarthur, J.MacDonald, T.Machenschalk, B.MacInnis, M.Macleod, D. M.Magaña-Sandoval, F.Magee, R.Mageswaran, M.Maglione, C.Mailand, K.Majorana, E.Maksimovic, I.Malvezzi, V.Man, N.Mandel, I.Mandic, V.Mangano, V.Mansell, G. L.Mantovani, M.Marchesoni, F.Marion, F.Márka, S.Márka, Z.Markosyan, A.Maros, E.Martelli, F.Martellini, L.Martin, I. W.Martin, R. M.Martynov, D.Marx, J. N.Mason, K.Masserot, A.Massinger, T. J.Matichard, F.Matone, L.Mavalvala, N.Mazumder, N.Mazzolo, G.McCarthy, R.McClelland, D. E.McCormick, S.McGuire, S. C.McIntyre, G.McIver, J.McLin, K.McWilliams, S.Meacher, D.Meadors, G. D.Meidam, J.Meinders, M.Melatos, A.Mendell, G.Mercer, R. A.Meshkov, S.Messenger, C.Meyers, P. M.Mezzani, F.Miao, H.Michel, C.Middleton, H.Mikhailov, E. E.Milano, L.Miller, A.Miller, J.Millhouse, M.Minenkov, Y.Ming, J.Mirshekari, S.Mishra, C.Mitra, S.Mitrofanov, V. P.Mitselmakher, G.Mittleman, R.Moe, B.Moggi, A.Mohan, M.Mohanty, S. D.Mohapatra, S. R. P.Moore, B.Moraru, D.Moreno, G.Morriss, S. R.Mossavi, K.Mours, B.Mow-Lowry, C. M.Mueller, C. L.Mueller, G.Mukherjee, S.Mullavey, A.Munch, J.Murphy, D.Murray, P. G.Mytidis, A.Nagy, M. F.Nardecchia, I.Nash, T.Naticchioni, L.Nayak, R. K.Necula, V.Nedkova, K.Nelemans, G.Neri, I.Neri, M.Newton, G.Nguyen, T.Nielsen, A. B.Nissanke, S.Nitz, A. H.Nocera, F.Nolting, D.Normandin, M. E. N.Nuttall, L. K.Ochsner, E.O'Dell, J.Oelker, E.Ogin, G. H.Oh, J. J.Oh, S. H.Ohme, F.Oppermann, P.Oram, R.O'Reilly, B.Ortega, W.O'Shaughnessy, R.Osthelder, C.Ott, C. D.Ottaway, D. J.Ottens, R. S.Overmier, H.Owen, B. J.Padilla, C.Pai, A.Pai, S.Palashov, O.Palomba, C.Pal-Singh, A.Pan, H.Pankow, C.Pannarale, F.Pant, B. C.Paoletti, F.Papa, M. A.Paris, H.Pasqualetti, A.Passaquieti, R.Passuello, D.Patrick, Z.Pedraza, M.Pekowsky, L.Pele, A.Penn, S.Perreca, A.Phelps, M.Pichot, M.Piergiovanni, F.Pierro, V.Pillant, G.Pinard, L.Pinto, I. M.Pitkin, M.Poeld, J.Poggiani, R.Post, A.Poteomkin, A.Powell, J.Prasad, J.Predoi, V.Premachandra, S.Prestegard, T.Price, L. R.Prijatelj, M.Principe, M.Privitera, S.Prix, R.Prodi, G. A.Prokhorov, L.Puncken, O.Punturo, M.Puppo, P.Pürrer, M.Qin, J.Quetschke, V.Quintero, E.Quiroga, G.Quitzow-James, R.Raab, F. J.Rabeling, D. S.Rácz, I.Radkins, H.Raffai, P.Raja, S.Rajalakshmi, G.Rakhmanov, M.Ramirez, K.Rapagnani, P.Raymond, V.Razzano, M.Re, V.Reed, C. M.Regimbau, T.Rei, L.Reid, S.Reitze, D. H.Reula, O.Ricci, F.Riles, K.Robertson, N. A.Robie, R.Robinet, F.Rocchi, A.Rolland, L.Rollins, J. G.Roma, V.Romano, R.Romanov, G.Romie, J. H.Rosińska, D.Rowan, S.Rüdiger, A.Ruggi, P.Ryan, K.Sachdev, S.Sadecki, T.Sadeghian, L.Saleem, M.Salemi, F.Sammut, L.Sandberg, V.Sanders, J. R.Sannibale, V.Santiago-Prieto, I.Sassolas, B.Sathyaprakash, B. S.Saulson, P. R.Savage, R.Sawadsky, A.Scheuer, J.Schilling, R.Schmidt, P.Schnabel, R.Schofield, R. M. S.Schreiber, E.Schuette, D.Schutz, B. F.Scott, J.Scott, S. M.Sellers, D.Sengupta, A. S.Sentenac, D.Sequino, V.Sergeev, A.Serna, G.Sevigny, A.Shaddock, D. A.Shah, S.Shahriar, M. S.Shaltev, M.Shao, Z.Shapiro, B.Shawhan, P.Shoemaker, D. H.Sidery, T. L.Siellez, K.Siemens, X.Sigg, D.Silva, A. D.Simakov, D.Singer, A.Singer, L.Singh, R.Sintes, A. M.Slagmolen, B. J. J.Smith, J. R.Smith, M. R.Smith, R. J. E.Smith-Lefebvre, N. D.Son, E. J.Sorazu, B.Souradeep, T.Staley, A.Stebbins, J.Steinke, M.Steinlechner, J.Steinlechner, S.Steinmeyer, D.Stephens, B. C.Steplewski, S.Stevenson, S.Stone, R.Strain, K. 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L.Warner, J.Was, M.Weaver, B.Wei, L. -W.Weinert, M.Weinstein, A. J.Weiss, R.Welborn, T.Wen, L.Wessels, P.Westphal, T.Wette, K.Whelan, J. T.White, D. J.Whiting, B. F.Wilkinson, C.Williams, L.Williams, R.Williamson, A. R.Willis, J. L.Willke, B.Wimmer, M.Winkler, W.Wipf, C. C.Wittel, H.Woan, G.Worden, J.Xie, S.Yablon, J.Yakushin, I.Yam, W.Yamamoto, H.Yancey, C. C.Yang, Q.Yvert, M.Zadrożny, A.Zanolin, M.Zendri, J. -P.Zhang, FanZhang, L.Zhang, M.Zhang, Y.Zhao, C.Zhou, M.Zhu, X. J.Zucker, M. E.Zuraw, S.Zweizig, J.
Source
Astrophysical Journal 813, 39 (2015)
Subject
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Language
Abstract
We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves in data from the sixth 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 ten. 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 credible gravitational-wave signals. We set 95% confidence upper limits as strong (low) as $4\times10^{-25}$ on intrinsic strain, $2\times10^{-7}$ on fiducial ellipticity, and $3\times10^{-6}$ 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.
Comment: Updated following erratum. Science summary available at http://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-S6DirectedSNR/index.php