First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform

B. Abbott; R. Abbott; R. Adhikari; A. Ageev; J. Agresti; B. Allen; J. Allen; R. Amin; S. B. Anderson; W. G. Anderson; M. Araya; H. Armandula; M. Ashley; F. Asiri; P. Aufmuth; C. Aulbert; S. Babak; R. Balasubramanian; S. Ballmer; B. C. Barish; C. Barker; D. Barker; M. Barnes; B. Barr; M. A. Barton; K. Bayer; R. Beausoleil; K. Belczynski; R. Bennett; S. J. Berukoff; J. Betzwieser; B. Bhawal; I. A. Bilenko; G. Billingsley; E. Black; K. Blackburn; L. Blackburn; B. Bland; B. Bochner; L. Bogue; R. Bork; S. Bose; P. R. Brady; V. B. Braginsky; J. E. Brau; D. A. Brown; A. Bullington; A. Bunkowski; A. Buonanno; R. Burgess

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First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform

B. Abbott^*, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, J. Agresti, B. Allen, J. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Araya, H. Armandula, M. Ashley, F. Asiri, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, R. Balasubramanian, S. Ballmer, B. C. BarishC. Barker, D. Barker, M. Barnes, B. Barr, M. A. Barton, K. Bayer, R. Beausoleil, K. Belczynski, R. Bennett, S. J. Berukoff, J. Betzwieser, B. Bhawal, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, E. Black, K. Blackburn, L. Blackburn, B. Bland, B. Bochner, L. Bogue, R. Bork, S. Bose, P. R. Brady, V. B. Braginsky, J. E. Brau, D. A. Brown, A. Bullington, A. Bunkowski, A. Buonanno, R. Burgess

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We perform a wide parameter-space search for continuous gravitational waves over the whole sky and over a large range of values of the frequency and the first spin-down parameter. Our search method is based on the Hough transform, which is a semicoherent, computationally efficient, and robust pattern recognition technique. We apply this technique to data from the second science run of the LIGO detectors and our final results are all-sky upper limits on the strength of gravitational waves emitted by unknown isolated spinning neutron stars on a set of narrow frequency bands in the range 200-400 Hz. The best upper limit on the gravitational-wave strain amplitude that we obtain in this frequency range is 4.43×10-23.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	102004
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	72
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.102004
State	Published - Nov 15 2005

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Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, J., Allen, B., Allen, J., Amin, R., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Araya, M., Armandula, H., Ashley, M., Asiri, F., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., Ballmer, S., ... Burgess, R. (2005). First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 72(10), [102004]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.102004

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