1. Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, LIGO—California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, LIGO—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL 32611, USA, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA, LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747, USA, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA, LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF2 3YB, UK, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany; Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT 59855, USA, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany; Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF2 3YB, UK, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany; Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, LIGO—California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA, Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402, USA, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany; Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany, Ann Arbor, Allen, B., Woan, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Amin, R., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Araya, M., Armandula, H., Finn, L S, Flanagan, É, Freise, A, Frey, Ray, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V V, Fyffe, M, Ganezer, K S, Giaime, J A, Gillespie, A, Asiri, F, Goda, K, González, G, Goßler, S., Grandclément, P, Grant, A, Gray, C, Gretarsson, A M, Grimmett, D, Grote, H, Grunewald, S, Aufmuth, P, Guenther, M, Gustafson, E, Gustafson, R, Hamilton, W O, Hammond, M, Hanson, J, Hardham, C, Harry, G, Hartunian, A, Heefner, J, Aulbert, C, Hefetz, Y, Heinzel, G, Heng, I S, Hennessy, M, Hepler, N, Heptonstall, A, Heurs, M, Hewitson, M, Hindman, N, Hoang, P, Babak, S, Hough, J, Hrynevych, M, Hua, W, Ingley, R, Ito, M., Itoh, Y, Ivanov, A, Jennrich, O, Johnson, W. W., Johnston, W, Balasubramanian, R, Jones, L., Jungwirth, D, Kalogera, V, Katsavounidis, E., Kawabe, K, Kawamura, S, Kells, W, Kern, J, Khan, A, Killbourn, S, Ballmer, S, Killow, C J, Kim, C., King, C., King, P, Klimenko, S, Kloevekorn, P, Koranda, S, Kötter, K, Kovalik, J, Kozak, D, Barish, B. C., Krishnan, B, Landry, M, Langdale, J, Lantz, B, Lawrence, R., Lazzarini, A, Lei, M, Leonhardt, V, Leonor, I, Libbrecht, K, Barker, D, Lindquist, P, Liu, S., Logan, J, Lormand, M, Lubinski, M, Lück, H, Lyons, T. T., Machenschalk, B, MacInnis, M, Mageswaran, M, Barker-Patton, C, Mailand, K, Majid, W, Malec, M, Mann, F, Marin, A., Márka, S, Maros, E, Mason, J., Mason, K., Matherny, O, Barnes, M, Matone, L, Mavalvala, N, McCarthy, R, McClelland, D E, McHugh, M, McNamara, P, Mendell, G, Meshkov, S, Messenger, C, Mitselmakher, G, Barr, B, Mittleman, R, Miyakawa, O, Miyoki, S, Mohanty, S, Moreno, G, Mossavi, K, Mours, B, Mueller, G, Mukherjee, S, Myers, J., Barton, M A, Nagano, S, Nash, T, Naundorf, H, Nayak, R, Newton, G, Nocera, F, Nutzman, P, Olson, T, O'Reilly, B., Ottaway, D J, Bayer, K, Ottewill, A, Ouimette, D, Overmier, H, Owen, B J, Papa, M A, Parameswariah, C, Parameswariah, V, Pedraza, M, Penn, S, Pitkin, M, Beausoleil, R, Plissi, M, Pratt, M, Quetschke, V, Raab, F, Radkins, H, Rahkola, R, Rakhmanov, M, Rao, S. R., Redding, D, Regehr, M W, Belczynski, K, Regimbau, T, Reilly, K T, Reithmaier, K, Reitze, D H, Richman, S, Riesen, R, Riles, K, Rizzi, A, Robertson, D. I., Robertson, N A, Bennett, R, Robison, L, Roddy, S, Rollins, J, Romano, J D, Romie, J, Rong, H, Rose, D, Rotthoff, E, Rowan, S, Rüdiger, A, Berukoff, S J, Russell, P, Ryan, K., Salzman, I, Sanders, G. H., Sannibale, V, Sathyaprakash, B, Saulson, P R, Savage, R, Sazonov, A, Schilling, R, Betzwieser, J, Schlaufman, K, Schmidt, V, Schofield, R, Schrempel, M, Schutz, B F, Schwinberg, P, Scott, S. M., Searle, A C, Sears, B, Seel, S, Bhawal, B, Sengupta, A S, Shapiro, C A, Shawhan, P, Shoemaker, D H, Shu, Q Z, Sibley, A, Siemens, X, Sievers, L, Sigg, D, Sintes, A M, Billingsley, G, Skeldon, K, Smith, J. R., Smith, M, Smith, M. R., Sneddon, P, Spero, R, Stapfer, G, Strain, K A, Strom, D., Stuver, A, Black, E, Summerscales, T, Sumner, M C, Sutton, P. J., Sylvestre, J, Takamori, A, Tanner, D. B., Tariq, H, Taylor, I, Taylor, R., Thorne, K. S., Blackburn, K, Tibbits, M, Tilav, S, Tinto, M, Torres, C, Torrie, C, Traeger, S, Traylor, G, Tyler, W, Ugolini, D, Vallisneri, M, Bland-Weaver, B, Putten, M van, Vass, S, Vecchio, A, Vorvick, C, Wallace, L, Walther, H, Ward, H, Ware, B, Watts, K, Webber, D, Bochner, B, Weidner, A, Weiland, U, Weinstein, A., Weiss, R., Welling, H, Wen, L, Wen, S, Whelan, J T, Whitcomb, S E, Whiting, B F, Bogue, L, Willems, P. A., Williams, P. R., Williams, R., Willke, B, Wilson, A., Winjum, B J, Winkler, W, Wise, S, Wiseman, A G, Woan, G, Bork, R, Wooley, R, Worden, J, Yakushin, I, Yamamoto, H, Yoshida, S, Zawischa, I, Zhang, L, Zotov, N, Zucker, M, Zweizig, J, Bose, S, Brady, P R, Brau, J E, Brown, D A, Brozek, S, Bullington, A, Buonanno, A, Burgess, R, Busby, D, Butler, W E, Byer, R L, Cadonati, L, Cagnoli, G, Camp, J B, Cantley, C A, Cardenas, L, Carter, K, Casey, M M, Castiglione, J, Chandler, A, Chapsky, J, Charlton, P, Chatterji, S, Chen, Y, Chickarmane, V, Chin, D, Christensen, N, Churches, D, Colacino, C N, Coldwell, R, Coles, M, Cook, D, Corbitt, T, Coyne, D, Creighton, J D E, Creighton, T D, Crooks, D R M, Csatorday, P, Cusack, B J, Cutler, C, D'Ambrosio, E, Danzmann, K, Davies, R, Daw, E, DeBra, D, Delker, T, DeSalvo, R, Dhurandar, S, Díaz, M, Ding, H, Drever, R W P, Dupuis, R J, Ebeling, C, Edlund, J, Ehrens, P, Elliffe, E J, Etzel, T, Evans, M, Evans, T, Fallnich, C, Farnham, D, Fejer, M M, Fine, M, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, LIGO—California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, LIGO—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL 32611, USA, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA, LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747, USA, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA, LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF2 3YB, UK, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany; Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT 59855, USA, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK; Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany; Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF2 3YB, UK, Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany; Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, LIGO—California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA, Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402, USA, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany; Albert Einstein Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30157 Hannover, Germany; Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany, Ann Arbor, Allen, B., Woan, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Amin, R., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Araya, M., Armandula, H., Finn, L S, Flanagan, É, Freise, A, Frey, Ray, Fritschel, P, Frolov, V V, Fyffe, M, Ganezer, K S, Giaime, J A, Gillespie, A, Asiri, F, Goda, K, González, G, Goßler, S., Grandclément, P, Grant, A, Gray, C, Gretarsson, A M, Grimmett, D, Grote, H, Grunewald, S, Aufmuth, P, Guenther, M, Gustafson, E, Gustafson, R, Hamilton, W O, Hammond, M, Hanson, J, Hardham, C, Harry, G, Hartunian, A, Heefner, J, Aulbert, C, Hefetz, Y, Heinzel, G, Heng, I S, Hennessy, M, Hepler, N, Heptonstall, A, Heurs, M, Hewitson, M, Hindman, N, Hoang, P, Babak, S, Hough, J, Hrynevych, M, Hua, W, Ingley, R, Ito, M., Itoh, Y, Ivanov, A, Jennrich, O, Johnson, W. W., Johnston, W, Balasubramanian, R, Jones, L., Jungwirth, D, Kalogera, V, Katsavounidis, E., Kawabe, K, Kawamura, S, Kells, W, Kern, J, Khan, A, Killbourn, S, Ballmer, S, Killow, C J, Kim, C., King, C., King, P, Klimenko, S, Kloevekorn, P, Koranda, S, Kötter, K, Kovalik, J, Kozak, D, Barish, B. C., Krishnan, B, Landry, M, Langdale, J, Lantz, B, Lawrence, R., Lazzarini, A, Lei, M, Leonhardt, V, Leonor, I, Libbrecht, K, Barker, D, Lindquist, P, Liu, S., Logan, J, Lormand, M, Lubinski, M, Lück, H, Lyons, T. T., Machenschalk, B, MacInnis, M, Mageswaran, M, Barker-Patton, C, Mailand, K, Majid, W, Malec, M, Mann, F, Marin, A., Márka, S, Maros, E, Mason, J., Mason, K., Matherny, O, Barnes, M, Matone, L, Mavalvala, N, McCarthy, R, McClelland, D E, McHugh, M, McNamara, P, Mendell, G, Meshkov, S, Messenger, C, Mitselmakher, G, Barr, B, Mittleman, R, Miyakawa, O, Miyoki, S, Mohanty, S, Moreno, G, Mossavi, K, Mours, B, Mueller, G, Mukherjee, S, Myers, J., Barton, M A, Nagano, S, Nash, T, Naundorf, H, Nayak, R, Newton, G, Nocera, F, Nutzman, P, Olson, T, O'Reilly, B., Ottaway, D J, Bayer, K, Ottewill, A, Ouimette, D, Overmier, H, Owen, B J, Papa, M A, Parameswariah, C, Parameswariah, V, Pedraza, M, Penn, S, Pitkin, M, Beausoleil, R, Plissi, M, Pratt, M, Quetschke, V, Raab, F, Radkins, H, Rahkola, R, Rakhmanov, M, Rao, S. R., Redding, D, Regehr, M W, Belczynski, K, Regimbau, T, Reilly, K T, Reithmaier, K, Reitze, D H, Richman, S, Riesen, R, Riles, K, Rizzi, A, Robertson, D. I., Robertson, N A, Bennett, R, Robison, L, Roddy, S, Rollins, J, Romano, J D, Romie, J, Rong, H, Rose, D, Rotthoff, E, Rowan, S, Rüdiger, A, Berukoff, S J, Russell, P, Ryan, K., Salzman, I, Sanders, G. H., Sannibale, V, Sathyaprakash, B, Saulson, P R, Savage, R, Sazonov, A, Schilling, R, Betzwieser, J, Schlaufman, K, Schmidt, V, Schofield, R, Schrempel, M, Schutz, B F, Schwinberg, P, Scott, S. M., Searle, A C, Sears, B, Seel, S, Bhawal, B, Sengupta, A S, Shapiro, C A, Shawhan, P, Shoemaker, D H, Shu, Q Z, Sibley, A, Siemens, X, Sievers, L, Sigg, D, Sintes, A M, Billingsley, G, Skeldon, K, Smith, J. R., Smith, M, Smith, M. R., Sneddon, P, Spero, R, Stapfer, G, Strain, K A, Strom, D., Stuver, A, Black, E, Summerscales, T, Sumner, M C, Sutton, P. J., Sylvestre, J, Takamori, A, Tanner, D. B., Tariq, H, Taylor, I, Taylor, R., Thorne, K. S., Blackburn, K, Tibbits, M, Tilav, S, Tinto, M, Torres, C, Torrie, C, Traeger, S, Traylor, G, Tyler, W, Ugolini, D, Vallisneri, M, Bland-Weaver, B, Putten, M van, Vass, S, Vecchio, A, Vorvick, C, Wallace, L, Walther, H, Ward, H, Ware, B, Watts, K, Webber, D, Bochner, B, Weidner, A, Weiland, U, Weinstein, A., Weiss, R., Welling, H, Wen, L, Wen, S, Whelan, J T, Whitcomb, S E, Whiting, B F, Bogue, L, Willems, P. A., Williams, P. R., Williams, R., Willke, B, Wilson, A., Winjum, B J, Winkler, W, Wise, S, Wiseman, A G, Woan, G, Bork, R, Wooley, R, Worden, J, Yakushin, I, Yamamoto, H, Yoshida, S, Zawischa, I, Zhang, L, Zotov, N, Zucker, M, Zweizig, J, Bose, S, Brady, P R, Brau, J E, Brown, D A, Brozek, S, Bullington, A, Buonanno, A, Burgess, R, Busby, D, Butler, W E, Byer, R L, Cadonati, L, Cagnoli, G, Camp, J B, Cantley, C A, Cardenas, L, Carter, K, Casey, M M, Castiglione, J, Chandler, A, Chapsky, J, Charlton, P, Chatterji, S, Chen, Y, Chickarmane, V, Chin, D, Christensen, N, Churches, D, Colacino, C N, Coldwell, R, Coles, M, Cook, D, Corbitt, T, Coyne, D, Creighton, J D E, Creighton, T D, Crooks, D R M, Csatorday, P, Cusack, B J, Cutler, C, D'Ambrosio, E, Danzmann, K, Davies, R, Daw, E, DeBra, D, Delker, T, DeSalvo, R, Dhurandar, S, Díaz, M, Ding, H, Drever, R W P, Dupuis, R J, Ebeling, C, Edlund, J, Ehrens, P, Elliffe, E J, Etzel, T, Evans, M, Evans, T, Fallnich, C, Farnham, D, Fejer, M M, and Fine, M
- Abstract
The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we present new direct upper limits on the strength of waves from the pulsar PSR J1939+2134 using two independent analysis methods, one in the frequency domain using frequentist statistics and one in the time domain using Bayesian inference. Both methods show that the strain amplitude at Earth from this pulsar is less than a few times 10−22.
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- 2006