First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with advanced LIGO

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Abstract

We present the result of searches for gravitational waves from 200 pulsars using data from the first observing run of the Advanced LIGO detectors. We find no significant evidence for a gravitational-wave signal from any of these pulsars, but we are able to set the most constraining upper limits yet on their gravitational-wave amplitudes and ellipticities. For eight of these pulsars, our upper limits give bounds that are improvements over the indirect spin-down limit values. For another 32, we are within a factor of 10 of the spin-down limit, and it is likely that some of these will be reachable in future runs of the advanced detector. Taken as a whole, these new results improve on previous limits by more than a factor of two.

Original languageEnglish
Article number12
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume839
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Apr 2017

Bibliographical note

B. P. Abbott et al 2017 ApJ 839 12

Keywords

  • gravitational waves
  • pulsars: general

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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