Published March 24, 2017
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Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run
- Creators
- Abbott, B. P.
- Abbott, R.
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Adhikari, R. X.
- Ananyeva, A.
- Anderson, S. B.
- Appert, S.
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Arai, K.
- Araya, M. C.
- Barayoga, J. C.
- Barish, B. C.
- Berger, B. K.
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Billingsley, G.
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Biscans, S
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Blackburn, J. K.
- Bork, R.
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Brooks, A. F.
- Brunett, S.
- Cahillane, C.
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Callister, T. A.
- Cepeda, C. B.
- Couvares, P.
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Coyne, D. C.
- Drever, R. W. P.
- Ehrens, P.
- Eichholz, J.
- Etzel, T.
- Fries, E. M.
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Gossan, S. E.
- Gushwa, K. E.
- Gustafson, E. K.
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Hall, E. D.
- Heptonstall, A. W.
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Isi, M.
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Kanner, J. B.
- Kondrashov, V.
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Korth, W. Z.
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Kozak, D. B.
- Lazzarini, A.
- Maros, E.
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Massinger, T. J.
- Matichard, F.
- McIntyre, G.
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McIver, J.
- Meshkov, S.
- Pedraza, M.
- Perreca, A.
- Quintero, E. A.
- Reitze, D. H.
- Robertson, N. A.
- Rocchi, A.
- Rollins, J. G.
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Sachdev, S.
- Sanchez, E. J.
- Schmidt, P.
- Singer, A.
- Smith, R. J. E.
- Taylor, R.
- Torrie, C. I.
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Tso, R.
- Urban, A. L.
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Vajente, G.
- Vass, S.
- Venugopalan, G.
- Wade, A. R.
- Wallace, L.
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Weinstein, A. J.
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Williams, R. D.
- Wipf, C. C.
- Yamamoto, H.
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Zhang, L.
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Zucker, M. E.
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Zweizig, J.
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Blackman, J.
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Chen, Y.
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Ma, Y.
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Varma, V.
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- Virgo Collaboration
Abstract
A wide variety of astrophysical and cosmological sources are expected to contribute to a stochastic gravitational-wave background. Following the observations of GW150914 and GW151226, the rate and mass of coalescing binary black holes appear to be greater than many previous expectations. As a result, the stochastic background from unresolved compact binary coalescences is expected to be particularly loud. We perform a search for the isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background using data from Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory's (a LIGO) first observing run. The data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. We constrain the dimensionless energy density of gravitational waves to be Ω_0 < 1.7×10^(−7) with 95% confidence, assuming a flat energy density spectrum in the most sensitive part of the LIGO band (20–86 Hz). This is a factor of ∼33 times more sensitive than previous measurements. We also constrain arbitrary power-law spectra. Finally, we investigate the implications of this search for the background of binary black holes using an astrophysical model for the background.
Additional Information
© 2017 American Physical Society. Received 7 December 2016; revised manuscript received 30 January 2017; published 24 March 2017. The 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 Max-Planck-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. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector and the creation and support of the EGO consortium. The authors also gratefully acknowledge research support from these agencies as well as by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, Department of Science and Technology, India, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, the Spanish Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad, the Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d'Educació, Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the National Science Centre of Poland, the European Commission, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), the Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO), the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Leverhulme Trust, the Research Corporation, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan and the Kavli Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF, STFC, MPS, INFN, CNRS and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for provision of computational resources. This article has been assigned the document number LIGO-P1600258-v18.Attached Files
Published - PhysRevLett.118.121101.pdf
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- NSF
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Max-Planck-Society (MPS)
- State of Niedersachsen/Germany
- Australian Research Council
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)
- Department of Science and Technology (India)
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
- Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
- Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Conselleria d'Economia i Competitivitat and Conselleria d'Educació
- Cultura i Universitats of the Govern de les Illes Balears
- National Science Centre (Poland)
- European Commission
- Royal Society
- Scottish Funding Council
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
- Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO)
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Industry Canada
- Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
- Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação e Comunicação
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- Leverhulme Trust
- Research Corporation
- Ministry of Science and Technology (Taipei)
- Kavli Foundation
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- LIGO, Astronomy Department
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- LIGO Document
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- LIGO-P1600258-v18