All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars in the early O3 LIGO data

(LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, and KAGRA Collaboration)

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Abstract

We report on an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in the frequency band 20-2000 Hz and with a frequency time derivative in the range of [-1.0,+0.1]×10-8 Hz/s. Such a signal could be produced by a nearby, spinning and slightly nonaxisymmetric isolated neutron star in our Galaxy. This search uses the LIGO data from the first six months of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observational run, O3. No periodic gravitational wave signals are observed, and 95% confidence-level (C.L.) frequentist upper limits are placed on their strengths. The lowest upper limits on worst-case (linearly polarized) strain amplitude h0 are ∼1.7×10-25 near 200 Hz. For a circularly polarized source (most favorable orientation), the lowest upper limits are ∼6.3×10-26. These strict frequentist upper limits refer to all sky locations and the entire range of frequency derivative values. For a population-averaged ensemble of sky locations and stellar orientations, the lowest 95% C.L. upper limits on the strain amplitude are ∼1.4×10-25. These upper limits improve upon our previously published all-sky results, with the greatest improvement (factor of ∼2) seen at higher frequencies, in part because quantum squeezing has dramatically improved the detector noise level relative to the second observational run, O2. These limits are the most constraining to date over most of the parameter space searched.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberA2
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume104
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Ministry of Education, India
Australian Research Council
ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research
National Research Foundation of Korea
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
National Science Foundation
Conselleria d’Innovació, Universitats, Ciència i Societat Digital de la Generalitat Valenciana
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Scottish Funding Council
NSFs
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
French Lyon Institute of Origins
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen
Leverhulme Trust
Science and Engineering Research Board
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Kavli Foundation
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
KISTI-GSDC
Actions de Recherche Concertes
European Commission
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
U.S. Department of Energy
Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee
Russian Science Foundation
Advanced Technology Center
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Royal Society
Universitat de les Illes Balears
European Regional Development Fund
University of Tokyo
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science18K03630, 17H06133, JP17H06361, JP17H06364, JP17H06358, 18H01224
Academia SinicaAS-CDA-105-M06
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme754510
Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaIncentivo/SAU/LA0001/2013

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