First upper limit analysis and results from LIGO science data: stochastic background

Cusack, B JScott, Susan MSearle, AntonyMcClelland, David2015-12-132015-12-130264-9381http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80867I describe analysis of correlations in the outputs of the three LIGO interferometers from LIGO's first science run, held over 17 days in August and September of 2002, and the resulting upper limit set on a stochastic background of gravitational waves. ByFirst upper limit analysis and results from LIGO science data: stochastic background200410.1088/0264-9381/21/5/0442015-12-11