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First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings

B. P. Abbott17, R. Abbott17, R. Adhikari17, P. Ajith2, B. Allen2,60, G. Allen35, R. S. Amin21, S. B. Anderson17, W. G. Anderson60 et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

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  • 1Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
  • 2Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
  • 3Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104 USA
  • 4Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
  • 5California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 6Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 7Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
  • 8Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
  • 9Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
  • 10Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
  • 11Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301 USA
  • 12Eötvös University, ELTE 1053 Budapest, Hungary
  • 13Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
  • 14Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia
  • 15Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune-411007, India
  • 16Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
  • 17LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 18LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
  • 19LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
  • 20LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 21Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
  • 22Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
  • 23Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
  • 24Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
  • 25Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
  • 26NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
  • 27National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
  • 28Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
  • 29Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
  • 30Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom
  • 31San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
  • 32Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
  • 33Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
  • 34Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
  • 35Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 36Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
  • 37The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  • 38The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
  • 39The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
  • 40The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom, USA
  • 41The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
  • 42The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
  • 43Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
  • 44Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • 45University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
  • 46University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
  • 47University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
  • 48University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
  • 49University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
  • 50University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
  • 51University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
  • 52University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
  • 53University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
  • 54University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
  • 55University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
  • 56University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
  • 57University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
  • 58University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
  • 59University of Western Australia, Crawley, Washington 6009, Australia, USA
  • 60University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
  • 61Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
  • 62Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire, Univ Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France

  • *http://www.ligo.org
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Phys. Rev. D 80, 062002 – Published 23 September, 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.062002

Abstract

We report on a matched-filter search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic string cusps using LIGO data from the fourth science run (S4) which took place in February and March 2005. No gravitational waves were detected in 14.9 days of data from times when all three LIGO detectors were operating. We interpret the result in terms of a frequentist upper limit on the rate of gravitational wave bursts and use the limits on the rate to constrain the parameter space (string tension, reconnection probability, and loop sizes) of cosmic string models. Many grand unified theory-scale models (with string tension Gμ/c2≈10−6) can be ruled out at 90% confidence for reconnection probabilities p≤10−3 if loop sizes are set by gravitational back reaction.

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