Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves Using LIGO S5 Science Data

J Abadie,K Ryan,H Miao,E J Howell,G P Szokoly,A Singer,P Lu,R G Oldenburg,C Buy,R Weiss,S R P Mohapatra,K Mossavi,Y Pan,D J Hosken,J S Kissel,B F Whiting,P Ajith,F Salemi,K Haughian,M G Beker,R Poggiani,E Coccia,S L Danilishin,E L Robinson,J H Romie,L M Goggin,E E Doomes,D Barker,E Hirose,H J Pletsch,L Winkelmann,P Charlton,R M S Schofield,S Koranda,F Travasso,E J Daw,S Saraf,J Betzwieser,A J Stein,J B Kanner,M Frei,S Meshkov,G Pagliaroli,Y Fan,A Bertolini,B J Owen,T Meier,J Li,F Matichard,R Bassiri,V Loriette,C Graef,S Susmithan,B Canuel,S Braccini,A J Weinstein,C Adams,A Rüdiger,M Macinnis,A Freise,M Mehmet,L Palladino,A Dietz,B Sassolas,L Sperandio,R W P Drever,G Billingsley,M Pichot,D A Brown,A Lazzarini,R Dannenberg,C Peralta,L Matone,P Puppo,A Davis,L Bosi,S C Mcguire,N Man,M Landry,F Paoletti,P Shawhan,D B Tanner,B O’Reilly,J Nelson,M Vallisneri,B Moe,S Penn,S Frasca,S Wen,F Kawazoe,S Birindelli,R Schnabel,D S Rabeling,D I Jones,D O Bridges,C Pankow,M Lormand,J Cain,A Brillet,C Michel,I Bartos,P Raffai,H Vahlbruch,G Vedovato,S H Huttner,I Ferrante,T Eberle,K Mason,V Sannibale,G Moreno,A Thüring,N Leroy,P Astone,M Granata,E K Gustafson,F Marion,S Reid,M Parisi,K Hayama,K D Giardina,H Vocca,L Barsotti,K Holt,C Titsler,F Acernese,E Cesarini,I M Pinto,I Fiori,B Willke,C Aulbert,N Zotov,J Marque,J Degallaix,M Britzger,N Fotopoulos,J D E Creighton,T T Fricke,R O’Shaughnessy,G Cagnoli,R Gustafson,J Zweizig,D J Ottaway,V B Braginsky,S Caride,C Wilkinson,S M Scott,S B Anderson,S Strigin,M E Zucker,B Mours,P A Willems,S D’Antonio,G A Prodi,D E Mcclelland,K V Tokmakov,E Black,A Sergeev,L S Finn,G Mendell,P Patel,G Vajente,N A Lockerbie,G Mcivor,G Mcintyre,R Sturani,J C Driggers,C Messenger,L Zhang,R Budzyński,M Brinkmann,B Bouhou,S Caudill,I A Bilenko,A Buonanno,M Sung,L Williams,J O’Dell,F Bondu,R Desalvo,S Husa,Y Aso,G Woan,N A Robertson,M Mohan,J.-P Coulon,E Majorana,H Kim,H Heitmann,S Hild,D Fazi,A C Searle,F Martelli,M Edgar,C Veltkamp,A W Heptonstall,S Márka,E Ochsner,B Hughey,W Kells,E D Harstad,R Frey,J Heefner,M Pickenpack,K Kawabe,D Hoyland,E Maros,N Liguori,D M Coward,B F Schutz,R Stone,X Siemens,C Vorvick,M Lang,F Nocera,F Vetrano,M Punturo,V Predoi,C N Colacino,N Cornish,A Masserot,L Turner,J Colas,J N Marx,P J Sutton,J Hough,D Moraru,P Kwee,M Tonelli,M Drago,S Klimenko,H Overmier,F Frasconi,D Atkinson,G Persichetti,V Mandic,L Merill,T Reed,A A Van Veggel,S Mitra,E Katsavounidis,M Colombini,M Blom,T D Creighton,M A Bizouard,S P Tarabrin,A Khalaidovski,L Sancho De La Jordana,S P Vyachanin,E Thrane,L Di Fiore,A Di Virgilio,G Traylor,D Huet,S Steplewski,C Van Den Broeck,R Wooley,J.-D Fournier,K Mailand,S Yoshida,L Blackburn,B S Sathyaprakash,L Sammut,V Kalogera,R Prix,S Dorsher,R Passaquieti,I W Harry,C Gill,A Vecchio,G Hammond,S E Whitcomb,D Lodhia,H Yamamoto,D Ugolini,G Mueller,I S Heng,V Dattilo,P Hello,C M Mow–Lowry,H J Bulten,I Gholami,E Cuoco,H Grote,J Birch,B Behnke,G H Ogin,F Fidecaro,M V Plissi,C Forrest,J A Giaime,K Dahl,E Calloni,M Benacquista,O Puncken,J.-Y Vinet,S Babak,M R Smith,A Melatos,N Lastzka,S Chelkowski,D Nolting,G Kuehn,P Kalmus,M Was,T Krause,M Barsuglia,B J J Slagmolen,Y Chen,R Biswas,J Breyer,R S Ottens,F Y Khalili,C Torres,R Engel,G M Guidi,C Gray,P Thomas,D Feldbaum,T Hayler,G Gemme,C A Costa,A S Sengupta,N Mavalvala,K Tseng,D Sellers,D Sigg,M Weinert,L Cadonati,L Cunningham,S Fairhurst,D G Keppel,T Dayanga,B Shapiro,J Kullman,P Aufmuth,J Bauchrowitz,M Davier,J K Blackburn,C Hanna,F Donovan,A Morgia,D Debra,D Sentenac,A M Sintes,F Ricci,B Krishnan,P Campsie,R Jones,R Bonnand,S Sato,K Riles,R Inta,P Jaranowski,A Nishizawa,V Kondrashov,A Sibley,A M Cruise,R M Culter,D Clark,P Leaci,G M Harry,F Postiglione,N Beveridge,N D Smith,M Principe,M A Papa,P Fulda,P Schwinberg,M Lorenzini,P Ehrens,I Neri,M Galimberti,V Fafone,A Rocchi,C Osthelder,D A Shaddock,G Newton,B Allen,D H Shoemaker,O Burmeister,M Di Paolo Emilio,T Isogai,L Wen,C Zhao,K A Thorne,L Bonelli,D Cook,D Talukder,R Flaminio,N Christensen,M Born,E Tournefier,M Bastarrika,R M Martin,A Corsi,R Grosso,F Piergiovanni,P Devanka,T Accadia,R De Rosa,W Winkler,F Seifert,V Dergachev,F Marchesoni,A Perreca,A Di Lieto,L Prokhorov,M Fyffe,N Morgado,R Mittleman,B Vaishnav,S M Aston,T R Corbitt,F Cavalier,M West,K Mors,J.-F Hayau,E Goetz,M Evans,M A Barton,P Rapagnani,A Gennai,D Rosińska,J R Smith,K Somiya,Z Frei,M Mantovani,I W Martin,Z Márka,I Leonor,F Antonucci,J R Taylor,A Viceré,S Sakata,Y Mino,S Dhurandhar,M Trias,M Hewitson,T Bulik,M Prijatelj,J Dueck,R Abbott,M Zanolin,D L Kinzel,G Skelton,N Letendre,M Bitossi,S Roddy,G Cella,T Etzel,K A Strain,M Mageswaran,J H Clayton,A L Stuver,R Bork,C Cepeda,C I Torrie,P R Saulson,I Maksimovic,A Toncelli,R Conte,R L Ward,S Mosca,F Cleva,R Mccarthy,D Hoak,A Grant,L Pinard,F Carbognani,R Vaulin,Y Minenkov,M Aronsson,Z Zhang,F J Raab,D H Reitze,V Kringel,R Schilling,H Radkins,V Quetschke,T Z Summerscales,A Mullavey,S Bose,W G Anderson,V Raymond,J T Whelan,R Gouaty,S J Waldman,J Scott,C C Wipf,S Bigotta,R Cavalieri,B Schulz,A Cumming,B Rankins,T Morioka,B Machenschalk,A Wanner,A Chincarini,R A Mercer,S Foley,L R Price,D Pathak,J Hanks,L Pekowsky,M Pitkin,V Re,K Danzmann,M Del Prete,M Yvert,P Yu,S Goßler,A M Gretarsson,I Yakushin,A Królak,B Hage,L Rolland,R Kopparapu,M Frede,M Pedraza,F Garufi,S D Mohanty,V Moscatelli,M L Gorodetsky,A Effler,D R Ingram,J M Hallam,A Ivanov,K A Hodge,B Daudert,M Vavoulidis,I Di Palma,V Brisson,V P Mitrofanov,G Losurdo,L Gammaitoni,E Chalkley,C Greverie,E Forsi,L Milano,M A Arain,C M Reed,P G Murray,A F Brooks,P Fritschel,L Wallace,P R Brady,M Satterthwaite,C Bradaschia,K Wette,P Barriga,T Regimbau,G Mitselmakher,M Cavaglià,D Yeaton-Massey,R Derosa,A Stochino,S Rowan,B Sorazu,S Kandhasamy,M Sakosky,P Roberts,F Barone,L Santamaría,B Lantz,B P Abbott,J Trummer,C Palomba,T Chalermsongsak,E Amador Ceron,S Krishnamurthy,K Das,D Buskulic,T P Bodiya,D Verkindt,S Gras,P T Beyersdorf,D C Coyne,H Lück,R J S Greenhalgh,S Ghosh,M C Araya,P Ruggi,R Day,J Franc,S Vass,G Ballardin,W W Johnson,F Robinet,T Westphal,J B Camp,M Pareja,S Giampanis,J Harms,B Bland,V Sandberg,J Hanson,T Nash,J Worden,S Van Der Putten,R Romano,J Slutsky,H Fehrmann,B Barr,K L Dooley,G Santostasi,D J A Mckechan,S Pardi,D Passuello,J Veitch,P J Veitch,A Pasqualetti,S Steinlechner,E Campagna,O Torre,A Colla,K G Arun,S Barnum,R Nawrodt,M Rakhmanov,A Giazotto,D F Menéndez,I Kowalska,Fiona C Speirits ,J K Cannizzo ,J Brau ,A Bellétoile ,H L Lin ,Rolf Riesen ,S Grünewald ,É Genin ,P Weßels ,Leo C Stein ,M Łubiński ,Adrian C Melissinos ,D D White ,J G Rollins ,Robert L Byer ,Meghan E Flanigan ,Rahul Kumar ,G D Meadors ,A Stroeer ,G Allen ,K C Cannon ,O Böck ,J A Clark ,Ewan S Douglas ,Peter King ,Richard A Matzner ,Peng Wei ,M C Edwards ,Thomas Radke ,B L Swinkels ,T M Evans ,R L Savage ,P Lindquist ,T Huynh─Dinh ,Michael Boyle ,C R Robinson ,Junwei Cao ,Ilya Mandel ,D A Hammer ,Kohei Yamamoto ,Th Bauer ,Cheuk Ming Mak ,D B Kozak ,Gareth Jones ,T G F Li ,A Lundgren ,E Chassande‐Mottin ,Amanda J Page ,Joseph D Romano ,В В Фролов ,John M Miller ,S W Ballmer ,Ju Li ,R Amin ,J Van Den Brand ,Soma Mukherjee ,C D Capano ,R X Adhikari ,H Müller‐Ebhardt ,David Blair ,P T Baker ,J Garofoli ,Julien Moreau ,Monique Van Sluys ,A Villar ,S Chua ,C T.y Chung ,Gabriela González ,Daniel Friedrich ,M R Abernathy ,Kurt Flasch ,J R Leong ,Ruxandra Bondarescu ,Mirko Prato ,M C Díaz ,Antonio Lucianetti ,Christian Röver ,J Burguet–Castell ,G S Davies ,M Piȩtka ,J Münch ,Robert W Taylor ,Е А Хазанов ,Jing Luan ,Peter Hall ,Alan Wiseman ,M Meyer ,B Farr ,Claude Boccara ,Seiji Kawamura ,J C Dumas ,Karel Urbánek

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.107.271102

Abstract

The gravitational-wave (GW) sky may include nearby pointlike sources as well as stochastic backgrounds. We perform two directional searches for persistent GWs using data from the LIGO S5 science run: one optimized for pointlike sources and one for arbitrary extended sources. Finding no evidence to support the detection of GWs, we present 90% confidence level (C.L.) upper-limit maps of GW strain power with typical values between 2-20×10(-50) strain(2) Hz(-1) and 5-35×10(-49) strain(2) Hz(-1) sr(-1) for pointlike and extended sources, respectively. The latter result is the first of its kind. We also set 90% C.L. limits on the narrow-band root-mean-square GW strain from interesting targets including Sco X-1, SN 1987A and the Galactic center as low as ≈7×10(-25) in the most sensitive frequency range near 160 Hz.

Full Text