Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600-1000 Hz
Year: 2012
Authors: Abadie J., Abbott B. P., Abbott R., Abbott T. D., Abernathy M., Accadia T., Acernese F., Adams C., Adhikari R., Affeldt C., Agathos M., Agatsuma K., Ajith P., Allen B., Amador Ceron E., Amariutei D., Anderson S. B., Anderson W. G., Arai K., Arain M.A., Araya M. C., Aston S. M., Astone P., Atkinson D., Aufmuth P., Aulbert C., Aylott B. E., Babak S., Baker P., Ballardin G., Ballmer S., Barayoga J. C. B., Barker D., Barone F., Barr B., Barsotti L., Barsuglia M., Barton M. A., Bartos I., Bassiri R., Bastarrika M., Basti A., Batch J., Bauchrowitz J., Bauer Th. S., Bebronne M., Beck D., Behnke B., Bejger M., M. G. Beker, Bell A. S., Belletoile A., Belopolski I., Benacquista M., Berliner J. M., Bertolini A., Betzwieser J., Beveridge N., Beyersdorf P. T., Bilenko I. A., Billingsley G., Birch J., Biswas R., Bitossi M., Bizouard M. A., Black E., Blackburn J. K., Blackburn L., Blair D., Bland B., Blom M., Bock O., Bodiya T. P., Bogan C., Bondarescu R., Bondu F., Bonelli L., Bonnand R., Bork R., M. Born, Boschi V., Bose S., Bosi L., Bouhou B., Braccini S., Bradaschia C., Brady P. R., Braginsky V. B., Branchesi M., Brau J. E., Breyer J., Briant T., Bridges D. O., Brillet A., Brinkmann M., Brisson V., Britzger M., Brooks A. F., Brown D. A., Bulik T., Bulten H. J., Buonanno A., Burguet-Castell J., Buskulic D., Buy C., Byer R. L., Cadonati L., Cagnoli G., Calloni E., Camp J. B., Campsie P., Cannizzo J., Cannon K., Canuel B., Cao J., Capano C. D., Carbognani F., Carbone L., Caride S., Caudill S., Cavaglia` M., Cavalier F., Cavalieri R., Cella G., Cepeda C., Cesarini E., Chaibi O., Chalermsongsak T., Charlton P., Chassande-Mottin E., Chelkowski S., Chen W., Chen X., Chen Y., Chincarini A., Chiummo A., Cho H. S., Chow J., Christensen N., Chua S. S.Y., Chung C. T.Y., Chung S., Ciani G., Clara F., Clark D. E., Clark J. A., Clayton J. H., Cleva F., Coccia E., Cohadon P.-F., Colacino C. 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Abstract: A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of many incoherent sources of gravitational waves, of either cosmological or astrophysical origin. This background is a target for the current generation of ground-based detectors. In this article we present the first joint search for a stochastic background using data from the LIGO and Virgo interferometers. In a frequency band of 600-1000 Hz, we obtained a 95% upper limit on the amplitude of Omega(GW)(f) = Omega(3)(f/900 Hz)(3), of Omega(3) < 0.32, assuming a value of the Hubble parameter of h(100) = 0.71. These new limits are a factor of seven better than the previous best in this frequency band. Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume: 85 (12) Pages from: 122001 to: 122001
More Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society, and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for support of the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector, and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the research by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, the Conselleria d\’Economia Hisenda i Innovacio of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the FOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish Science, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This is LIGO document LIGO-P1000128.KeyWords: Gravitational waves; Virgo; LIGO; radiation; BBNDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.122001Citations: 46data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-10-27References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here