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First Cross-correlation Analysis of Interferometric and Resonant-bar Gravitational-wave Data for Stochastic Backgrounds
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
  • B. Abbott, California Institute of Technology
  • R. Abbott, California Institute of Technology
  • R. Adhikari, California Institute of Technology
  • J. Agresti, California Institute of Technology
  • P. Ajith, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • B. Allen, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • R. Amin, Louisiana State University
  • S. B. Anderson, California Institute of Technology
  • W. G. Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • M. Arain, University of Florida
  • M. Araya, California Institute of Technology
  • H. Armandula, California Institute of Technology
  • M. Ashley, The Australian National University
  • S. Aston, University of Birmingham
  • P. Aufmuth, Universitat de les Illes Balears
  • C. Aulbert, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • S. Babak, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • S. Ballmer, California Institute of Technology
  • H. Bantilan, Carleton College, USA
  • B. C. Barish, California Institute of Technology
  • C. Barker, LIGO Livingston
  • D. Barker, LIGO Livingston
  • B. Barr, University of Glasgow
  • P. Barriga, The University of Western Australia
  • M. A. Barton, University of Glasgow
  • K. Bayer, LIGO Hanford
  • K. Belczynski, Northwestern University
  • J. Betzwieser, LIGO Hanford
  • P. T. Beyersdorf, San Jose State University
  • B. Bhawal, California Institute of Technology
  • I. A. Bilenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Tiffany Z. Summerscales, Andrews University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-9-2007
Abstract

Data from the LIGO Livingston interferometer and the ALLEGRO resonant-bar detector, taken during LIGO's fourth science run, were examined for cross correlations indicative of a stochastic gravitational-wave background in the frequency range 850-950 Hz, with most of the sensitivity arising between 905 and 925 Hz. ALLEGRO was operated in three different orientations during the experiment to modulate the relative sign of gravitational-wave and environmental correlations. No statistically significant correlations were seen in any of the orientations, and the results were used to set a Bayesian 90% confidence level upper limit of Ωgw(f)≤1.02, which corresponds to a gravitational-wave strain at 915 Hz of 1.5×10-23Hz-1/2. In the traditional units of h1002Ωgw(f), this is a limit of 0.53, 2 orders of magnitude better than the previous direct limit at these frequencies. The method was also validated with successful extraction of simulated signals injected in hardware and software. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.022001
First Department
Physics
Acknowledgements
Retrieved March 5, 2021 from https://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0703068.pdf
Citation Information
B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, et al.. "First Cross-correlation Analysis of Interferometric and Resonant-bar Gravitational-wave Data for Stochastic Backgrounds" Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology Vol. 76 Iss. 2 (2007)
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