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Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO

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Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO. / LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration.
In: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 875, No. 2, 122, 23.04.2019.

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration 2019, 'Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 875, no. 2, 122. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab113b

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration (2019). Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO. The Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab113b

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO. The Astrophysical Journal. 2019 Apr 23;875(2):122. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab113b

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. / Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO. In: The Astrophysical Journal. 2019 ; Vol. 875, No. 2.

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title = "Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut B with Advanced LIGO",
abstract = "We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves (GWs) from 16 well-localized candidate neutron stars, assuming none of the stars has a binary companion. The searches were directed toward 15 supernova remnants and Fomalhaut b, a directly imaged extrasolar planet candidate that has been suggested to be a nearby old neutron star. Each search covered a broad band of frequencies and first and second time derivatives. After coherently integrating spans of data from the first Advanced LIGO observing run of 3.5–53.7 days per search, applying data-based vetoes, and discounting known instrumental artifacts, we found no astrophysical signals. We set upper limits on intrinsic GW strain as strict as 1 × 10−25, fiducial neutron star ellipticity as strict as 2 × 10−9, and fiducial r-mode amplitude as strict as 3 × 10−8.",
keywords = "gravitational waves, ISM: supernova remnants, stars: neutron, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology",
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