Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar
Anno: 2011
Autori: Abadie J., Abbott B. P., Abbott R., Abernathy M., Accadia T., Acernese F., Adams C., Adhikari R., Affeldt C., Allen B., Allen G. S., Amador Ceron E., Amariutei D., Amin R. S., Anderson S. B., Anderson W. G., Antonucci F., Arai K., Arain M. A., Araya M. C., Aston S. M., Astone P., Atkinson D., Aufmuth P., Aulbert C., Aylott B. E., Babak S., Baker P., Ballardin G., Ballmer S., Barker D., Barnum S., Barone F., Barr B., Barriga P., Barsotti L., Barsuglia M., Barton M. A., Bartos I., Bassiri R., Bastarrika M., Basti A., Bauchrowitz J., Bauer Th. S., Behnke B., Bejger M., Beker M. G., Bell A. S., Belletoile A., Belopolski I., Benacquista M., Bertolini A., Betzwieser J., Beveridge N., Beyersdorf P. T., Bilenko I. A., Billingsley G., Birch J., Birindelli S., Biswas R., Bitossi M., Bizouard M. A., Black E. , Blackburn J. K., Blackburn L., Blair D., Bland B., Blom M., Bock O., Bodiya T. 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Abstract: We present direct upper limits on continuous gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar using data from the Virgo detector’s second science run. These upper limits have been obtained using three independent methods that assume the gravitational wave emission follows the radio timing. Two of the methods produce frequentist upper limits for an assumed known orientation of the star’s spin axis and value of the wave polarization angle of, respectively, 1.9 x 10(-24) and 2.2 x 10(-24), with 95% confidence. The third method, under the same hypothesis, produces a Bayesian upper limit of 2.1 x 10(-24), with 95% degree of belief. These limits are below the indirect spin-down limit of 3.3 x 10(-24) for the Vela pulsar, defined by the energy loss rate inferred from observed decrease in Vela’s spin frequency, and correspond to a limit on the star ellipticity of similar to 10(-3). Slightly less stringent results, but still well below the spin-down limit, are obtained assuming the star’s spin axis inclination and the wave polarization angles are unknown.
Giornale/Rivista: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume: 737 (2) Da Pagina: 93 A: 93
Maggiori informazioni: The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society, the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, the Conselleria d\’Economia Hisenda i Innovacio of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Parole chiavi: gravitational waves; pulsars: individual (PSR J0835-4510); stars: neutron; neutron-stars; timing packageDOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/93Citazioni: 84dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-04-14Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui