First Search for Nontensorial Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars

dc.contributor.authorAbott, Benjamin P.
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Robert
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Thomas D.
dc.contributor.authorAcernese, Fausto
dc.contributor.authorAckley, K.
dc.contributor.authorAdams, T.
dc.contributor.authorAddesso, P.
dc.contributor.authorAdhikari, Rana X.
dc.contributor.authorAdya, V.
dc.contributor.authorAffeldt, C.
dc.contributor.authorAltin, Paul
dc.contributor.authorChow, Jong
dc.contributor.authorForsyth, Perry
dc.contributor.authorMansell, Georgia
dc.contributor.authorMcClelland, David
dc.contributor.authorMcManus, David
dc.contributor.authorMcRae, Terry
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Thanh
dc.contributor.authorRabeling, David
dc.contributor.authorScott, Susan M.
dc.contributor.authorShaddock, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSlagmolen, Bram
dc.contributor.authorWard, Robert
dc.contributor.authorYap, Min Jet
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T04:38:55Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T04:38:55Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2022-08-21T08:17:22Z
dc.description.abstractWe present results from the first directed search for nontensorial gravitational waves. While general relativity allows for tensorial (plus and cross) modes only, a generic metric theory may, in principle, predict waves with up to six different polarizations. This analysis is sensitive to continuous signals of scalar, vector, or tensor polarizations, and does not rely on any specific theory of gravity. After searching data from the first observation run of the advanced LIGO detectors for signals at twice the rotational frequency of 200 known pulsars, we find no evidence of gravitational waves of any polarization. We report the first upper limits for scalar and vector strains, finding values comparable in magnitude to previously published limits for tensor strain. Our results may be translated into constraints on specific alternative theories of gravity.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory and Advanced LIGO as well as the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom, the MaxPlanck-Society (MPS), and the State of Niedersachsen, Germany for support of the construction of Advanced LIGO and construction and operation of the GEO600 detector. Additional support for Advanced LIGO was provided by the Australian Research Council.en_AU
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dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/205546
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dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.rights© 2018 American Physical Society
dc.sourcePhysical Review Letters
dc.titleFirst Search for Nontensorial Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage031104-13en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage031104-1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAbott, Benjamin P, California Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAbbott, Robert, LIGO - California Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAbbott, Thomas D, Louisiana State Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAcernese, Fausto, Universita di Salernoen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAckley, K, University of Floridaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAdams, T, Université Savoie Mont Blancen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAddesso, P, University of Sannio at Beneventoen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAdhikari, Rana X, California Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAdya, V, Max-Planck-Institut für, Gravitationsphysiken_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAffeldt, C, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysiken_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAltin, Paul, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationChow, Jong , College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationForsyth, Perry, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMansell, Georgia, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMcClelland, David, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMcManus, David, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMcRae, Terry, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationNguyen, Thanh, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationRabeling, David, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationScott, Susan M, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationShaddock, Daniel, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSlagmolen, Bram, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWard, Robert, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationYap, Min Jet, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4103634@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidAltin, Paul, u4103634en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidChow, Jong , u3937721en_AU
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local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor020105 - General Relativity and Gravitational Wavesen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciencesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5786633xPUB274en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume120en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.031104en_AU
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local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000423317300007
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5786633en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.aps.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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