Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar

Simon Chelkowski; Alberto Vecchio; John Veitch; Andreas Freise; Stuart Aston; Stefan Hild; Deepali Lodhia; Antonio Perreca; Keiko Kokeyama

doi:10.1086/591526

Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar

Simon Chelkowski, Alberto Vecchio, John Veitch, Andreas Freise, Stuart Aston, Stefan Hild, Deepali Lodhia, Antonio Perreca, Keiko Kokeyama

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We present direct upper limits on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar using data from the first 9 months of the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). These limits are based on two searches. In the first we assume that the gravitational wave emission follows the observed radio timing, giving an upper limit on gravitational wave emission that beats indirect limits inferred from the spin-down and braking index of the pulsar and the energetics of the nebula. In the second we allow for a small mismatch between the gravitational and radio signal frequencies and interpret our results in the context of two possible gravitational wave emission mechanisms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L45-L49
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal
Volume	683
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/591526
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2008

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