Improved limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background and its anisotropies from Advanced LIGO O1 and O2 runs
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Renzini, A
Contaldi, CR
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We integrate the entire, publicly available, Advanced LIGO dataset to obtain maximum-likelihood constraint maps of the stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB). From these, we derive limits on the energy density of the stochastic background
Ω
GW
and its anisotropy. We find 95% confident limits
Ω
GW
<
5.2
×
10
−
8
at 50 Hz for a spectral index
α
=
2
/
3
consistent with a stochastic background due to inspiral events and
Ω
GW
<
3.2
×
10
−
7
for a scale (frequency) invariant spectrum. We also report upper limits on the angular power spectra
C
ℓ
for three broadband integrations of the data. Finally, we present an estimate in which we integrate the data into ten separate spectral bins as a first attempt to carry out a model-independent estimate of the SGWB and its anisotropies.
Ω
GW
and its anisotropy. We find 95% confident limits
Ω
GW
<
5.2
×
10
−
8
at 50 Hz for a spectral index
α
=
2
/
3
consistent with a stochastic background due to inspiral events and
Ω
GW
<
3.2
×
10
−
7
for a scale (frequency) invariant spectrum. We also report upper limits on the angular power spectra
C
ℓ
for three broadband integrations of the data. Finally, we present an estimate in which we integrate the data into ten separate spectral bins as a first attempt to carry out a model-independent estimate of the SGWB and its anisotropies.
Date Issued
2019-09-20
Date Acceptance
2019-09-01
Citation
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2019, 100 (6), pp.063527-1-063527-9
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
063527-1
End Page
063527-9
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
100
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000487732500005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
ST-N000838
ST/N000838/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 063527
Date Publish Online
2019-09-20