Results of an all-sky high-frequency Einstein @ Home search for continuous gravitational waves in LIGO's fifth science run

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Singh, Avneet [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Papa, Maria Alessandra [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Eggenstein, Heinz-Bernd [2 ,3 ]
Zhu, Sylvia [1 ,2 ]
Pletsch, Holger [2 ,3 ]
Allen, Bruce [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Bock, Oliver [2 ,3 ]
Maschenchalk, Bernd [2 ,3 ]
Prix, Reinhard [2 ,3 ]
Siemens, Xavier [4 ]
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[1] Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Muhlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
[2] Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Callinstr 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
[3] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
[4] Univ Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevD.94.064061
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P1 [天文学];
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We present results of a high-frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated compact objects in LIGO's fifth science run (S5) data, using the computing power of the Einstein @ Home volunteer computing project. This is the only dedicated continuous gravitational wave search that probes this high-frequency range on S5 data. We find no significant candidate signal, so we set 90% confidence level upper limits on continuous gravitational wave strain amplitudes. At the lower end of the search frequency range, around 1250 Hz, the most constraining upper limit is 5.0 x 10(-24), while at the higher end, around 1500 Hz, it is 6.2 x 10(-24). Based on these upper limits, and assuming a fiducial value of the principal moment of inertia of 1038 kg m(2), we can exclude objects with ellipticities higher than roughly 2.8 x 10(-7) within 100 pc of Earth with rotation periods between 1.3 and 1.6 milliseconds.
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