Upper Limits on a Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background Using LIGO and Virgo Interferometers at 600-1000 Hz

Authors

• J. Abadie, California Institute of Technology
• B. P. Abbott, California Institute of Technology
• R. Abbott, California Institute of Technology
• T. D. Abbott, California State University, Fullerton
• M. Abernathy, University of Glasgow
• T. Accadia, Université Savoie Mont Blanc
• F. Acernese, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
• C. Adams, LIGO Livingston
• R. Adhikari, California Institute of Technology
• C. Affeldt, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
• M. Agathos, FOM-Institute of Subatomic Physics - NIKHEF
• K. Agatsuma, National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
• P. Ajith, California Institute of Technology
• B. Allen, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
• E. Amador Ceron, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• D. Amariutei, University of Florida
• S. B. Anderson, California Institute of Technology
• W. G. Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• K. Arai, California Institute of Technology
• M. A. Arain, University of Florida
• M. C. Araya, California Institute of Technology
• S. M. Aston, University of Birmingham
• P. Astone, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - INFN
• D. Atkinson, LIGO Hanford
• P. Aufmuth, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
• C. Aulbert, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
• B. E. Aylott, University of Birmingham
• S. Babak, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
• P. Baker, Montana State University
• G. Ballardin, European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
• S. Ballmer, Syracuse University
• Tiffany Z. Summerscales, Andrews UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-4-2012

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 ΩGW(f) ≥Ω3(f/900Hz)3, of Ω3

Journal Title

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volume

85

Issue

12

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.122001

First Department

Physics

Recommended Citation

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.; and Summerscales, Tiffany Z., "Upper Limits on a Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background Using LIGO and Virgo Interferometers at 600-1000 Hz" (2012). Faculty Publications. 1633.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/1633

Acknowledgements

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