TY - JOUR

T1 - First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with Advanced LIGO

AU - The LIGO Scientific Collaboration

AU - Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific

AU - Collaboration, The Virgo

AU - Abbott, B. P.

AU - Abbott, R.

AU - Abbott, T. D.

AU - Abernathy, M. R.

AU - Acernese, F.

AU - Ackley, K.

AU - Adams, C.

AU - Adams, T.

AU - Addesso, P.

AU - Adhikari, R. X.

AU - Adya, V. B.

AU - Allen, B.

AU - Danilishin, S. L.

AU - Danzmann, K.

AU - Heurs, M.

AU - Lück, H.

AU - Steinke, M.

AU - Steinmeyer, D.

AU - Vahlbruch, H.

AU - Wei, L.-W.

AU - Willke, B.

AU - Wittel, H.

N1 - Funding information: 61Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA 62Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland 63VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands 64University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 65Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France 66Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France 67Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy 68NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA 69RESCEU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan 70University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 71Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 72Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA 73The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA 74The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA 75National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China 76Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia 77University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA 78Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA 79Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea 80University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK 81Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, I-00185 Roma, Italy 82University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium 83Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA 84Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA 85Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA 86Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3—IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 87The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA 88Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA 98007, USA 89Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India 90The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK 91California State University, Los Angeles, 5154 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA 92Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy 93INFN, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy 94Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK 95Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA 96National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan 97Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada 98MTA Eötvös University, “Lendulet” Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary 99School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK 100University and Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007, India 101IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India 102University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary 103Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA 104Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India 105INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, I-80131, Napoli, Italy 106University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA 107Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA 108NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA 109University of Bia?ystok, 15-424 Bia?ystok, Poland 110SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK 111University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK 112University of Washington Bothell, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011, USA 113Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia 114Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea 115Inje University Gimhae, 621-749 South Gyeongsang, Korea 116National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea 117Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea 118NCBJ, 05-400 ?wierk-Otwock, Poland 119Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00656 Warsaw, Poland 120Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia 121Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea 122The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong 123University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA 124ESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France 125University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA 126Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy 127Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA 128The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia 129College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA 130Instituto de Física Teórica, University Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo SP 01140-070, Brazil 131Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA 132Université de Lyon, F-69361 Lyon, France 133Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USA 134Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland 135King?s College London, University of London, London WC2R 2LS, UK 136IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India 137Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad Gujarat 382424, India 138Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104, USA 139Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy 140Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA 141University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA 142Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 79699, USA 143Square Kilometer Array South Africa, The Park, Park Road, Pinelands, Cape Town 7405, South Africa 144Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box 443, Krugersdorp, 1740, South Africa 145Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace, LPC2E, CNRS-Université d’Orléans, F-45071 Orléans, France 146Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, F-18330 Nançay, France 147INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius, Italy 148Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie MPIfR, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany 149CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, Box 76 Epping, NSW, 1710, Australia 150Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 151CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, Box 76 Epping, NSW, 1710, Australia 152International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia 1LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 2Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA 3American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA 4Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy 5INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy 6University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA 7LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA 70754, USA 8Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France 9University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy 10Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 11Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands 12LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 13Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil 14INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L’Aquila, Italy 15INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy 16Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India 17International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India 18University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA 19Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 20Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy 21INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy 22Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia 23California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA 24LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France 25Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India 26Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy 27Universität Hamburg, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany 28INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy 29Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany 30APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France 31West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA 32Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy 33INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy 34European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy 35Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA 36SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 37LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, WA 99352, USA 38Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary 39Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA 40Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA 41Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy 42INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy 43Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716, Warsaw, Poland 44Center for Relativistic Astrophysics and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA 45University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK 46Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy 47INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy 48RRCAT, Indore MP 452013, India 49Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia 50SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK 51Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 52University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia 53Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands 54Artemis, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire Côte d’Azur, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France 55Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France 56Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA 57Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, I-61029 Urbino, Italy 58INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy 59University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA 60Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France'}]

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - We employ gravitational-wave radiometry to map the gravitational waves stochastic background expected from a variety of contributing mechanisms and test the assumption of isotropy using data from Advanced LIGO0 - 1726 Hz frequency band. Finding no evidence of gravitational waves from either point sources or a stochastic background, we set limits at 90 we report upper limits on the gravitational wave energy flux per unit frequency in the range f, 0.1 - 56) 0textasciicircum8textbracerighttextdollar erg cmtextdollartextasciicircum2textbracerighttextdollar stextdollartextasciicircum1textbracerighttextdollar Hztextdollartextasciicircum1textbracerightf/25 Hz)textdollartextasciicircumtextbraceleft1textbracerighttextdollar depending on the sky location textdollarThetatextdollar and the spectral power index textdollaralpha we report upper limits on the fractional gravitational wave energy density required to close the Universe of textdollarf, 0.39-7.6) 0textasciicircum8textbracerighttextdollar srtextdollartextasciicircum1textbracerightf/25 Hz)textdollartextasciicircumalphatextdollar depending on textdollarThetatextdollar and textdollaralphaScorpius X-1, Supernova 1987 A, and the Galactic Center) yield median frequency-dependent limits on strain amplitude of textdollarh textless6.7, 5.5, and 7.0) textdollar0textasciicircum25textbraceright at the most sensitive detector frequencies between 130 - 175 Hz. This represents a mean improvement of a factor of 2 across the band compared to previous searches of this kind for these sky locations, considering the different quantities of strain constrained in each case.

AB - We employ gravitational-wave radiometry to map the gravitational waves stochastic background expected from a variety of contributing mechanisms and test the assumption of isotropy using data from Advanced LIGO0 - 1726 Hz frequency band. Finding no evidence of gravitational waves from either point sources or a stochastic background, we set limits at 90 we report upper limits on the gravitational wave energy flux per unit frequency in the range f, 0.1 - 56) 0textasciicircum8textbracerighttextdollar erg cmtextdollartextasciicircum2textbracerighttextdollar stextdollartextasciicircum1textbracerighttextdollar Hztextdollartextasciicircum1textbracerightf/25 Hz)textdollartextasciicircumtextbraceleft1textbracerighttextdollar depending on the sky location textdollarThetatextdollar and the spectral power index textdollaralpha we report upper limits on the fractional gravitational wave energy density required to close the Universe of textdollarf, 0.39-7.6) 0textasciicircum8textbracerighttextdollar srtextdollartextasciicircum1textbracerightf/25 Hz)textdollartextasciicircumalphatextdollar depending on textdollarThetatextdollar and textdollaralphaScorpius X-1, Supernova 1987 A, and the Galactic Center) yield median frequency-dependent limits on strain amplitude of textdollarh textless6.7, 5.5, and 7.0) textdollar0textasciicircum25textbraceright at the most sensitive detector frequencies between 130 - 175 Hz. This represents a mean improvement of a factor of 2 across the band compared to previous searches of this kind for these sky locations, considering the different quantities of strain constrained in each case.

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U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9aee

DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/aa677f; 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9aee

M3 - Article

VL - 851

JO - The Astrophysical Journal

JF - The Astrophysical Journal

IS - 1

ER -