2010ApJ...722.1504A


Query : 2010ApJ...722.1504A

2010ApJ...722.1504A - Astrophys. J., 722, 1504-1513 (2010/October-3)

First search for gravitational waves from the youngest known neutron star.

ABADIE J., ABBOTT B.P., ABBOTT R., ABERNATHY M., ADAMS C., ADHIKARI R., AJITH P., ALLEN B., ALLEN G., AMADOR CERON E., AMIN R.S., ANDERSON S.B., ANDERSON W.G., ARAIN M.A., ARAYA M., ARONSSON M., ASO Y., ASTON S., ATKINSON D.E., AUFMUTH P., AULBERT C., BABAK S., BAKER P., BALLMER S., BARKER D., BARNUM S., BARR B., BARRIGA P., BARSOTTI L., BARTON M.A., BARTOS I., BASSIRI R., BASTARRIKA M., BAUCHROWITZ J., BEHNKE B., BENACQUISTA M., BERTOLINI A., BETZWIESER J., BEVERIDGE N., BEYERSDORF P.T., BILENKO I.A., BILLINGSLEY G., BIRCH J., BISWAS R., BLACK E., BLACKBURN J.K., BLACKBURN L., BLAIR D., BLAND B., BOCK O., BODIYA T.P., BONDARESCU R., BORK R., BORN M., BOSE S., BOYLE M., BRADY P.R., BRAGINSKY V.B., BRAU J.E., BREYER J., BRIDGES D.O., BRINKMANN M., BRITZGER M., BROOKS A.F., BROWN D.A., BUONANNO A., BURGUET-CASTELL J., BURMEISTER O., BYER R.L., CADONATI L., CAMP J.B., CAMPSIE P., CANNIZZO J., CANNON K.C., CAO J., CAPANO C., CARIDE S., CAUDILL S., CAVAGLIA M., CEPEDA C., CHALERMSONGSAK T., CHALKLEY E., CHARLTON P., CHELKOWSKI S., CHEN Y., CHRISTENSEN N., CHUA S.S.Y., CHUNG C.T.Y., CLARK D., CLARK J., CLAYTON J.H., CONTE R., COOK D., CORBITT T.R., CORNISH N., COSTA C.A., COWARD D., COYNE D.C., CREIGHTON J.D.E., CREIGHTON T.D., CRUISE A.M., CULTER R.M., CUMMING A., CUNNINGHAM L., DAHL K., DANILISHIN S.L., DANNENBERG R., DANZMANN K., DAS K., DAUDERT B., DAVIES G., DAVIS A., DAW E.J., DAYANGA T., DEBRA D., DEGALLAIX J., DERGACHEV V., DE ROSA R., DESALVO R., DEVANKA P., DHURANDHAR S., DI PALMA I., DIAZ M., DONOVAN F., DOOLEY K.L., DOOMES E.E., DORSHER S., DOUGLAS E.S.D., DREVER R.W.P., DRIGGERS J.C., DUECK J., DUMAS J.-C., EBERLE T., EDGAR M., EDWARDS M., EFFLER A., EHRENS P., ENGEL R., ETZEL T., EVANS M., EVANS T., FAIRHURST S., FAN Y., FARR B.F., FAZI D., FEHRMANN H., FELDBAUM D., FINN L.S., FLANIGAN M., FLASCH K., FOLEY S., FORREST C., FORSI E., FOTOPOULOS N., FREDE M., FREI M., FREI Z., FREISE A., FREY R., FRICKE T.T., FRIEDRICH D., FRITSCHEL P., FROLOV V.V., FULDA P., FYFFE M., GAROFOLI J.A., GHOLAMI I., GHOSH S., GIAIME J.A., GIAMPANIS S., GIARDINA K.D., GILL C., GOETZ E., GOGGIN L.M., GONZALEZ G., GORODETSKY M.L., GOSSLER S., GRAEF C., GRANT A., GRAS S., GRAY C., GREENHALGH R.J.S., GRETARSSON A.M., GROSSO R., GROTE H., GRUNEWALD S., GUSTAFSON E.K., GUSTAFSON R., HAGE B., HALL P., HALLAM J.M., HAMMER D., HAMMOND G., HANKS J., HANNA C., HANSON J., HARMS J., HARRY G.M., HARRY I.W., HARSTAD E.D., HAUGHIAN K., HAYAMA K., HEEFNER J., HENG I.S., HEPTONSTALL A., HEWITSON M., HILD S., HIROSE E., HOAK D., HODGE K.A., HOLT K., HOSKEN D.J., HOUGH J., HOWELL E., HOYLAND D., HUGHEY B., HUSA S., HUTTNER S.H., HUYNH-DINH T., INGRAM D.R., INTA R., ISOGAI T., IVANOV A., JOHNSON W.W., JONES D.I., JONES G., JONES R., JU L., KALMUS P., KALOGERA V., KANDHASAMY S., KANNER J., KATSAVOUNIDIS E., KAWABE K., KAWAMURA S., KAWAZOE F., KELLS W., KEPPEL D.G., KHALAIDOVSKI A., KHALILI F.Y., KHAZANOV E.A., KIM H., KING P.J., KINZEL D.L., KISSEL J.S., KLIMENKO S., KONDRASHOV V., KOPPARAPU R., KORANDA S., KOZAK D., KRAUSE T., KRINGEL V., KRISHNAMURTHY S., KRISHNAN B., KUEHN G., KULLMAN J., KUMAR R., KWEE P., LANDRY M., LANG M., LANTZ B., LASTZKA N., LAZZARINI A., LEACI P., LEONG J., LEONOR I., LI J., LIN H., LINDQUIST P.E., LOCKERBIE N.A., LODHIA D., LORMAND M., LU P., LUAN J., LUBINSKI M., LUCIANETTI A., LUCK H., LUNDGREN A., MACHENSCHALK B., MACINNIS M., MAGESWARAN M., MAILAND K., MAK C., MANDEL I., MANDIC V., MARKA S., MARKA Z., MAROS E., MARTIN I.W., MARTIN R.M., MARX J.N., MASON K., MATICHARD F., MATONE L., MATZNER R.A., MAVALVALA N., McCARTHY R., McCLELLAND D.E., McGUIRE S.C., McINTYRE G., McIVOR G., McKECHAN D.J.A., MEADORS G., MEHMET M., MEIER T., MELATOS A., MELISSINOS A.C., MENDELL G., MENENDEZ D.F., MERCER R.A., MERILL L., MESHKOV S., MESSENGER C., MEYER M.S., MIAO H., MILLER J., MINO Y., MITRA S., MITROFANOV V.P., MITSELMAKHER G., MITTLEMAN R., MOE B., MOHANTY S.D., MOHAPATRA S.R.P., MORARU D., MORENO G., MORIOKA T., MORS K., MOSSAVI K., MOWLOWRY C., MUELLER G., MUKHERJEE S., MULLAVEY A., MUELLER-EBHARDT H., MUNCH J., MURRAY P.G., NASH T., NAWRODT R., NELSON J., NEWTON G., NISHIZAWA A., NOLTING D., OCHSNER E., O'DELL J., OGIN G.H., OLDENBURG R.G., O'REILLY B., O'SHAUGHNESSY R., OSTHELDER C., OTTAWAY D.J., OTTENS R.S., OVERMIER H., OWEN B.J., PAGE A., PAN Y., PANKOW C., PAPA M.A., PAREJA M., PATEL P., PEDRAZA M., PEKOWSKY L., PENN S., PERALTA C., PERRECA A., PICKENPACK M., PINTO I.M., PITKIN M., PLETSCH H.J., PLISSI M.V., POSTIGLIONE F., PREDOI V., PRICE L.R., PRIJATELJ M., PRINCIPE M., PRIX R., PROKHOROV L., PUNCKEN O., QUETSCHKE V., RAAB F.J., RADKE T., RADKINS H., RAFFAI P., RAKHMANOV M., RANKINS B., RAYMOND V., REED C.M., REED T., REID S., REITZE D.H., RIESEN R., RILES K., ROBERTS P., ROBERTSON N.A., ROBINSON C., ROBINSON E.L., RODDY S., ROVER C., ROLLINS J., ROMANO J.D., ROMIE J.H., ROWAN S., RUDIGER A., RYAN K., SAKATA S., SAKOSKY M., SALEMI F., SAMMUT L., SANCHO DE LA JORDANA L., SANDBERG V., SANNIBALE V., SANTAMARIA L., SANTOSTASI G., SARAF S., SATHYAPRAKASH B.S., SATO S., SATTERTHWAITE M., SAULSON P.R., SAVAGE R., SCHILLING R., SCHNABEL R., SCHOFIELD R., SCHULZ B., SCHUTZ B.F., SCHWINBERG P., SCOTT J., SCOTT S.M., SEARLE A.C., SEIFERT F., SELLERS D., SENGUPTA A.S., SERGEEV A., SHADDOCK D., SHAPIRO B., SHAWHAN P., SHOEMAKER D.H., SIBLEY A., SIEMENS X., SIGG D., SINGER A., SINTES A.M., SKELTON G., SLAGMOLEN B.J.J., SLUTSKY J., SMITH J.R., SMITH M.R., SMITH N.D., SOMIYA K., SORAZU B., SPEIRITS F.C., STEIN A.J., STEIN L.C., STEINLECHNER S., STEPLEWSKI S., STOCHINO A., STONE R., STRAIN K.A., STRIGIN S., STROEER A., STUVER A.L., SUMMERSCALES T.Z., SUNG M., SUSMITHAN S., SUTTON P.J., TALUKDER D., TANNER D.B., TARABRIN S.P., TAYLOR J.R., TAYLOR R., THOMAS P., THORNE K.A., THORNE K.S., THRANE E., THURING A., TITSLER C., TOKMAKOV K.V., TORRES C., TORRIE C.I., TRAYLOR G., TRIAS M., TSENG K., UGOLINI D., URBANEK K., VAHLBRUCH H., VAISHNAV B., VALLISNERI M., VAN DEN BROECK C., VAN DER SLUYS M.V., VAN VEGGEL A.A., VASS S., VAULIN R., VECCHIO A., VEITCH J., VEITCH P.J., VELTKAMP C., VILLAR A., VORVICK C., VYACHANIN S.P., WALDMAN S.J., WALLACE L., WANNER A., WARD R.L., WEI P., WEINERT M., WEINSTEIN A.J., WEISS R., WEN L., WEN S., WESSELS P., WEST M., WESTPHAL T., WETTE K., WHELAN J.T., WHITCOMB S.E., WHITE D.J., WHITING B.F., WILKINSON C., WILLEMS P.A., WILLIAMS L., WILLKE B., WINKELMANN L., WINKLER W., WIPF C.C., WISEMAN A.G., WOAN G., WOOLEY R., WORDEN J., YAKUSHIN I., YAMAMOTO H., YAMAMOTO K., YEATON-MASSEY D., YOSHIDA S., YU P.P., ZANOLIN M., ZHANG L., ZHANG Z., ZHAO C., ZOTOV N., ZUCKER M.E., ZWEIZIG J. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a search for periodic gravitational waves from the neutron star in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The search coherently analyzes data in a 12 day interval taken from the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. It searches gravitational-wave frequencies from 100 to 300 Hz and covers a wide range of first and second frequency derivatives appropriate for the age of the remnant and for different spin-down mechanisms. No gravitational-wave signal was detected. Within the range of search frequencies, we set 95% confidence upper limits of (0.7-1.2)x10–24 on the intrinsic gravitational-wave strain, (0.4-4)x10–4 on the equatorial ellipticity of the neutron star, and 0.005-0.14 on the amplitude of r-mode oscillations of the neutron star. These direct upper limits beat indirect limits derived from energy conservation and enter the range of theoretical predictions involving crystalline exotic matter or runaway r-modes. This paper is also the first gravitational-wave search to present upper limits on the r-mode amplitude.

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Journal keyword(s): gravitational waves - stars: neutron - supernovae: individual: Cassiopeia A

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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1 M 1 SNR 05 34 31.8 +22 01 03           ~ 6516 1
2 V* CM Tau Psr 05 34 31.9474694616 +22 00 52.153698024           ~ 5476 0
3 NAME Vela Pulsar Psr 08 35 20.65525 -45 10 35.1545     15.10     ~ 2446 1
4 V* V818 Sco LXB 16 19 55.0692669024 -15 38 25.017666540 11.60 12.40 11.1     Oev 1730 0
5 NAME Cas A SNR 23 23 26.0 +58 48 41     14.30     ~ 3033 1

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