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Searches for continuous gravitational waves with the LIGO and Virgo detector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Keith Riles
Keith Riles*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Univ. Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040, U.S.A. email: kriles@umich.edu
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Abstract

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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration have carried out joint searches in LIGO and Virgo data for periodic continuous gravitational waves. These analyses range from targeted searches for gravitational-wave signals from known pulsars, for which precise ephemerides from radio or X-ray observations are used in matched filters, to all-sky searches for unknown neutron stars, including stars in binary systems. Between these extremes lie directed searches for known stars of unknown spin frequency or for new unknown sources at specific locations, such as near the galactic center or in globular clusters. Recent and ongoing searches of each type will be summarized, along with prospects for future searches using data from the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors.

Keywords

Gravitational wavesRelativityInstrumentation: interferometersStars: neutronPulsars
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years , August 2012 , pp. 477 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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