Article
Beating the Spin-down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Crab Pulsar
Astrophysical Journal
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Keywords
- Pulsars: individual (Crab pulsar),
- Subject headings: gravitational waves
Disciplines
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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1086/591526
First Department
Physics
Acknowledgements
Retrieved February 15, 2021 from https://arxiv.org/pdf/0805.4758.pdf
Citation Information
B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, et al.. "Beating the Spin-down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Crab Pulsar" Astrophysical Journal Vol. 684 Iss. 1 PART 2 (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tiffany_summerscales/159/