Upper Limits on a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves

Authors

B. P. Abbott
R. Abbott
Mario C. Diaz, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Soma Mukherjee, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Soumya Mohanty, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Cristina V. Torres, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has performed a third science run with much improved sensitivities of all three interferometers. We present an analysis of approximately 200 hours of data acquired during this run, used to search for a stochastic background of gravitational radiation. We place upper bounds on the energy density stored as gravitational radiation for three different spectral power laws. For the flat spectrum, our limit of Ω0

Comments

©2005 American Physical Society. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.221101

Recommended Citation

Abbott, B., et al. “Upper Limits on a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, no. 22, American Physical Society, Nov. 2005, p. 221101, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.221101.

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.221101