Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the crab pulsar

Authors

B. P. Abbott
R. AbbottFollow
R. Adhikari
Mario C. Diaz, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Roberto Grosso, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Kazuhiro Hayama, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Soumya Mohanty, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Soma Mukherjee, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Joseph D. Romano, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Robert Stone, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Abstract

We present direct upper limits on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar using data from the first 9 months of the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). These limits are based on two searches. In the first we assume that the gravitational wave emission follows the observed radio timing, giving an upper limit on gravitational wave emission that beats indirect limits inferred from the spin-down and braking index of the pulsar and the energetics of the nebula. In the second we allow for a small mismatch between the gravitational and radio signal frequencies and interpret our results in the context of two possible gravitational wave emission mechanisms.

Comments

© Astrophysical Journal. Original version available at: http://doi.org/10.1086/592108

Recommended Citation

Abbott, B., Robert Abbott, Rana Adhikari, P. Ajith, Bruce Allen, Gabrielle Allen, R. Amin et al. "Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar." The Astrophysical Journal 683, no. 1 (2008): L45. http://doi.org/10.1086/592108

First Page

L45

Last Page

L49

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal

DOI

10.1086/592108