Published March 24, 2017
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Journal article
Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run
Creators
- Abbott, B.P.
- Adams, T.
- Bonnand, R.
- Buskulic, D.
- Ducrot, M.
- Germain, V.
- Gouaty, R.
- Letendre, N.
- Marion, F.
- Masserot, A.
- Mours, B.
- Rolland, L.
- Verkindt, D.
- Was, M.
- Yvert, M.
- Bondu, François
- Boër, M.
- Bogaert, G.
- Brillet, A.
- Cleva, F.
- Coulon, J.-P.
- Fournier, J.-D.
- Heitmann, H.
- Kéfélian, F.
- Man, N.
- Martinelli, L.
- Meacher, D.
- Merzougui, M.
- Pichot, M.
- Regimbau, T.
- Turconi, M.
- Vinet, J.-Y.
- Wei, L.-W.
Contributors
Others:
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP) ; Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR) ; Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) ; Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux (ARTEMIS) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Science and Engineering Research Board
- Royal Society
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Australian Research Council
- Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- National Science Foundation
- Leverhulme Trust
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
- Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d'Educació
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears
- Lyon Institute of Origins
- Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation
- Ministry of Human Resource Development
- Kavli Foundation
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- Research Corporation for Science Advancement
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
- Scottish Funding Council
- European Commission
- VIRGO
- LIGO
Description
A wide variety of astrophysical and cosmological sources are expected to contribute to a stochastic gravitational-wave background. Following the observations of GW150914 and GW151226, the rate and mass of coalescing binary black holes appear to be greater than many previous expectations. As a result, the stochastic background from unresolved compact binary coalescences is expected to be particularly loud. We perform a search for the isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background using data from Advanced LIGO's first observing run. The data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. We constrain the dimensionless energy density of gravitational waves to be $\Omega_0<1.7\times 10^{-7}$ with 95% confidence, assuming a flat energy density spectrum in the most sensitive part of the LIGO band (20-86 Hz). This is a factor of ~33 times more sensitive than previous measurements. We also constrain arbitrary power-law spectra. Finally, we investigate the implications of this search for the background of binary black holes using an astrophysical model for the background.
Abstract
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Identifiers
- URL
- https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01412187
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:in2p3-01412187v1
Origin repository
- Origin repository
- UNICA