Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the vela pulsar

J. Abadie, H.J. Bulten, D.S. Rabeling, J.F.J. van den Brand, Th. S. Bauer, M.G. Beker, M.R. Blom, T.G.F. Li, S. van der Putten

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Abstract

We present direct upper limits on continuous gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar using data from the Virgo detector's second science run. These upper limits have been obtained using three independent methods that assume the gravitational wave emission follows the radio timing. Two of the methods produce frequentist upper limits for an assumed known orientation of the star's spin axis and value of the wave polarization angle of, respectively, 1.9 × 10
Original languageEnglish
Article number93
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume737
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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