First search for gravitational waves from the youngest known neutron star

We present a search for periodic gravitational waves from the neutron star in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The search coherently analyzes data in a 12 day interval taken from the fifth science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. It searches gravitational-wave frequ...

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Main Authors: Barsotti, Lisa (Contributor), Blackburn, Lindy L. (Contributor), Foley, Stephany (Contributor), Harry, Gregory (Contributor), Hughey, Barbara (Contributor), Katsavounidis, Erotokritos (Contributor), Matichard, Fabrice (Contributor), Mavalvala, Nergis (Contributor), Smith, Nicolas de Mateo (Contributor), Stein, Andrew J. (Contributor), Stein, Leo Chaim (Contributor), Waldman, Samuel J. (Contributor), Weiss, Rainer (Contributor), Corbitt, Thomas R (Author), Evans, Matthew J (Author), Fritschel, Peter K (Author), MacInnis, Myron E (Author), Mittleman, Richard K (Author), Shoemaker, David H (Author), Bodiya, Timothy P. (Author), Donovan, Frederick J (Author), Mason, Kenneth R (Author), Shapiro, B. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), LIGO (Observatory : Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Bodiya, Timothy Paul (Contributor), Corbitt, Thomas R. (Contributor), Donovan, Frederick J. (Contributor), Evans, Matthew J. (Contributor), Fritschel, Peter K. (Contributor), MacInnis, Myron E. (Contributor), Mason, Kenneth R. (Contributor), Mittleman, Richard K. (Contributor), Shapiro, Brett Noah (Contributor), Shoemaker, David H. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2013-01-24T21:38:28Z.
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