Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants

Authors

R. Abbott
T. Abbott
K. Ackley
F. Acernese
Teviet Creighton, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mario C. Diaz, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
F. Llamas, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Soma Mukherjee, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Volker Quetschke, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Wenhui Wang, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-28-2022

Abstract

We present directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from the neutron stars in the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) and Vela Jr. supernova remnants. We carry out the searches in the LIGO detector data from the first six months of the third Advanced LIGO and Virgo observing run using the weave semicoherent method, which sums matched-filter detection-statistic values over many time segments spanning the observation period. No gravitational wave signal is detected in the search band of 20–976 Hz for assumed source ages greater than 300 years for Cas A and greater than 700 years for Vela Jr. Estimates from simulated continuous wave signals indicate we achieve the most sensitive results to date across the explored parameter space volume, probing to strain magnitudes as low as ∼6.3×10−26 for Cas A and ∼5.6×10−26 for Vela Jr. at frequencies near 166 Hz at 95% efficiency.

Comments

© 2022 American Physical Society. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.082005

Recommended Citation

Abbott, R., et al. "Search of the early O3 LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves from the Cassiopeia A and Vela Jr. supernova remnants." Physical Review D 105.8 (2022): 082005. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.082005

Publication Title

Physical Review D

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.105.082005