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

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American Physical Society, Physical Review D, 10(72)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.72.102004

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  abstract = {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 semi-coherent, 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 $4.43\times 10^{-23}$. ; Comment: 22 pages, 21 figures, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. D},
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S. and Am, Gretarsson and Shapiro, C. A. and Shawhan, P. and Shoemaker, D. H. and Is, Heng and Shu, Q. Z. and Sibley, A. and Siemens, X. and Di, Jones and Sievers, L. and Sigg, D. and Cj, Killow and Sintes, A. M. and Smith, J. R. and Smith, M. and Smith, M. R. and Kotter, K. and Sneddon, P. H. and Spero, R. and Spjeld, O. and De, McClelland and Stapfer, G. and Steussy, D. and Jwc, McNabb and Strain, K. A. and Strom, D. and Stuver, A. and Js, Noel and Summerscales, T. and Sumner, M. C. and Kötter, K. and Sung, M. and Sutton, P. J. and Sylvestre, J. and Dj, Ottaway and Takamori, A. and Tanner, D. B. and Tariq, H. and Bj, Owen and Taylor, I. and Taylor, R. and Kt, Reilly and Thorne, K. A. and Thorne, K. S. and Tibbits, M. and Dh, Reitze and Tilav, S. and Tinto, M. and Tokmakov, K. 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  doi = {10.1103/physrevd.72.102004},
  journal = {Physical Review D},
  month = {jan},
  title = {First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform},
  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0508065},
  volume = {72},
  year = {2005}
}

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

Journal article published in 2005 by G. Müller, Anderson Sb, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, Berukoff Sj, Juri Agresti, J. Allen, Bruce Allen, R. Amin, Brady Pr, Sb B. Anderson, Wg G. Anderson, Braginsky Vb and other authors. G. Müller, Anderson Sb, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, A. Ageev, Berukoff Sj, Juri Agresti, J. Allen, Bruce Allen, R. Amin, Brady Pr, Sb B. Anderson, Wg G. Anderson, Braginsky Vb, M. Araya, Butler We, H. Armandula, M. Ashley, F. Asiri, Byer Rl, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, Creighton Td, R. Balasubramanian, S. Ballmer, B. C. Barish, Drever Rwp, C. Barker, D. Barker, Dupuis Rj, M. Barnes, B. Barr, M. A. Barton, A. Rüdiger, K. Bayer, R. Beausoleil, K. Belczynski, Frolov Vv, R. Bennett, S. J. Berukoff, Hamilton Wo, J. Betzwieser, B. Bhawal, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, M. Putten, E. Black, K. Blackburn, L. Blackburn, Johnson Ww, B. Bland, B. Bochner, L. Bogue, Johnston Wr, R. Bork, S. Bose, P. R. Brady, Lyons Tt, V. B. Braginsky, J. E. Brau, D. A. Brown

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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 semi-coherent, 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 $4.43\times 10^{-23}$. ; Comment: 22 pages, 21 figures, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. D

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