Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Pub Date
2015
Volume
813
Issue
1
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. -statistic. We found no evidence of GW signals. We set 95% confidence upper limits as strong (low) as 4 x 10(-25) on intrinsic strain, 2 x 10(-7) on fiducial ellipticity, and 4 x 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.
Recommended Citation
Aasi, J.; Abbott, B. P.; Abbott, R.; Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.; Romanov, G.; and Zhang, M., Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Nine Young Supernova Remnants (2015). Astrophysical Journal, 813(1).
10.1088/0004-637X/813/1/39
DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/813/1/39
