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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
physics and astronomy
Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Volume 83, No. 4, Article 042001, Year 2011
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The physical mechanisms responsible for pulsar timing glitches are thought to excite quasinormal mode oscillations in their parent neutron star that couple to gravitational-wave emission. In August 2006, a timing glitch was observed in the radio emission of PSR B0833-45, the Vela pulsar. At the time of the glitch, the two colocated Hanford gravitational-wave detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO) were operational and taking data as part of the fifth LIGO science run (S5). We present the first direct search for the gravitational-wave emission associated with oscillations of the fundamental quadrupole mode excited by a pulsar timing glitch. No gravitational-wave detection candidate was found. We place Bayesian 90% confidence upper limits of 6.3×10-21 to 1.4×10 -20 on the peak intrinsic strain amplitude of gravitational-wave ring-down signals, depending on which spherical harmonic mode is excited. The corresponding range of energy upper limits is 5.0×1044 to 1.3×1045erg. © 2011 American Physical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Allen, Bruce
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
United States, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-milwaukee
Aulbert, Carsten
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Babak, Stanislav V.
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Bennett, Mark F.
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Biswas, Rahul
United States, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-milwaukee
Blackburn, Lindy L.
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Blair, David Gerald
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Bock, Oliver
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Brady, Patrick R.
United States, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-milwaukee
Brown, Duncan A.
United States, Syracuse
Syracuse University
Buonanno, Alessandra
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Camp, Jordan B.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Chen, Yanbei
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Christensen, Nelson L.
United States, Northfield
Carleton College, Usa
Coward, David M.
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
DeBra, Daniel B.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
DeSalvo, Riccardo
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Dumas, Jean Charles
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Edgar, Matthew P.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Evans, Matthew J.
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mikal-Evans, Thomas Michael
United States, Livingston
Ligo Livingston
Fairhurst, Stephen
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Fehrmann, Henning
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Finn, Lee Samuel
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Ghosh, Shaon
United States, Pullman
Washington State University Pullman
Gustafson, Richard H.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hanna, Chad R.
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Howell, Eric J.
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Husa, Sascha
Spain, Palma
Universitat de Les Illes Balears
Katsavounidis, Erotokritos
United States, Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Khan, Rubab M.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Khazanov, Efim A.
Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod
Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kopparapu, Ravi Kumar
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Littenberg, Tyson B.
United States, Bozeman
Montana State University
MacHenschalk, Bernd
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Mandel, Ilya
United States, Evanston
Northwestern University
Matzner, Richard A.
United States, Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
McClelland, David E.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Melissinos, Adrian C.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester
Meyer, Manuel S.
United States, Livingston
Ligo Livingston
Miller, John A.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Mitra, Sanjit
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Mitselmakher, Guenakh V.
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Mueller, Guido
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Nelson, John R.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Pan, Yi
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Papa, Maria Alessandra
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
United States, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-milwaukee
Patel, Pinkesh M.
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Pathak, Dhruv
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Peralta, Carlos
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Pletsch, Holger J.
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Röver, Christian
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Scott, Susan M.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Seifert, Frank
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Sengupta, Anand S.
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Shawhan, Peter S.
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Siemens, Xavier
United States, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-milwaukee
Sigg, Daniel
Unknown Affiliation
Szokoly, Gyula P.
Hungary, Budapest
Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Thorne, Kip S.
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
van den Broeck, Christian
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Cardiff University
Vaulin, Ruslan
United States, Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-milwaukee
Veitch, John D.
United Kingdom, Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Weinstein, Alan J.R.
United States, Cambridge
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Yamamoto, Kazuhiro
Germany, Potsdam
Max-planck-institut Für Gravitationsphysik Albert-einstein-institut
Buchner, Sarah J.
South Africa, Krugersdorp
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Statistics
Citations: 55
Authors: 66
Affiliations: 58
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.042001
ISSN:
15507998
Research Areas
Environmental