Constraints on cosmic strings from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detectors
Affiliations
- 1 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
- 2 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
- 3 Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France.
- 4 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy.
- 5 LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA.
- 6 Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
- 7 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 8 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 9 LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 10 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
- 11 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 12 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
- 13 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
- 14 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
- 15 The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
- 16 California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA.
- 17 Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 18 INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 19 University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
- 20 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
- 21 Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
- 22 European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy.
- 23 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
- 24 LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
- 25 SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
- 26 APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.
- 27 Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
- 28 SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
- 29 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
- 30 CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland.
- 31 INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
- 32 The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.
- 33 San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA.
- 34 Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
- 35 Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia.
- 36 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
- 37 LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France.
- 38 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
- 39 University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
- 40 Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France.
- 41 Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France.
- 42 Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France.
- 43 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
- 44 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
- 45 INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy.
- 46 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA.
- 47 Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France.
- 48 Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland.
- 49 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 50 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 51 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
- 52 Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
- 53 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
- 54 Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5 S 3H8, Canada.
- 55 Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
- 56 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
- 57 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
- 58 INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
- 59 National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300.
- 60 Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
- 61 Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
- 62 INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
- 63 Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea.
- 64 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
- 65 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA.
- 66 INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
- 67 INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 68 University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy.
- 69 The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
- 70 University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom.
- 71 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
- 72 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 73 The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
- 74 Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary.
- 75 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India.
- 76 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
- 77 INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 78 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
- 79 INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
- 80 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
- 81 Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA.
- 82 LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
- 83 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
- 84 MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary.
- 85 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan.
- 86 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
- 87 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA.
- 88 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
- 89 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA.
- 90 Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- 91 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada.
- 92 American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
- 93 University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA.
- 94 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
- 95 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
- 96 Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India.
- 97 Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea.
- 98 Białystok University, 15-424 Biał ystok, Poland.
- 99 University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
- 100 IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India.
- 101 European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France.
- 102 Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA.
- 103 Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia.
- 104 Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
- 105 Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea.
- 106 IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland.
- 107 Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India.
- 108 Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA.
- 109 The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
- 110 Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
- 111 University of Brussels, Brussels 1050 Belgium.
- 112 SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom.
- 113 ESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.
- 114 INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
- 115 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy.
- 116 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
- 117 Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA.
- 118 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
- 119 IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India.
- 120 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- 121 National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea.
- 122 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy.
- 123 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
- 124 Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary.
- 125 RRCAT, Indore, MP 452013, India.
- 126 Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India.
- 127 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA.
- 128 SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom.
- 129 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
- 130 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
- 131 CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland.
- 132 Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
- 133 Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India.
- 134 Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104, USA.
- 135 Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA.
- 136 INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
- 137 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
- 138 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 139 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
- 140 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA.
- 141 Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA.
- 142 NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland.
- PMID: 24745400
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131101
Constraints on cosmic strings from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detectors
Authors
Affiliations
- 1 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
- 2 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
- 3 Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France.
- 4 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy.
- 5 LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA.
- 6 Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
- 7 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 8 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 9 LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 10 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
- 11 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 12 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
- 13 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
- 14 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
- 15 The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
- 16 California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA.
- 17 Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 18 INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 19 University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
- 20 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
- 21 Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
- 22 European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy.
- 23 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
- 24 LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
- 25 SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
- 26 APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.
- 27 Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
- 28 SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
- 29 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
- 30 CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland.
- 31 INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
- 32 The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.
- 33 San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA.
- 34 Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
- 35 Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia.
- 36 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
- 37 LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France.
- 38 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
- 39 University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
- 40 Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France.
- 41 Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France.
- 42 Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France.
- 43 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
- 44 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
- 45 INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy.
- 46 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA.
- 47 Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France.
- 48 Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland.
- 49 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 50 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
- 51 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
- 52 Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
- 53 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
- 54 Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5 S 3H8, Canada.
- 55 Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
- 56 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
- 57 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
- 58 INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
- 59 National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300.
- 60 Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
- 61 Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
- 62 INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
- 63 Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea.
- 64 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
- 65 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA.
- 66 INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
- 67 INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy.
- 68 University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy.
- 69 The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
- 70 University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom.
- 71 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
- 72 Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
- 73 The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
- 74 Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary.
- 75 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India.
- 76 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
- 77 INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy.
- 78 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
- 79 INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
- 80 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
- 81 Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA.
- 82 LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
- 83 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
- 84 MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary.
- 85 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan.
- 86 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
- 87 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA.
- 88 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
- 89 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA.
- 90 Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- 91 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada.
- 92 American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
- 93 University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA.
- 94 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
- 95 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
- 96 Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India.
- 97 Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea.
- 98 Białystok University, 15-424 Biał ystok, Poland.
- 99 University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.
- 100 IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India.
- 101 European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France.
- 102 Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA.
- 103 Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia.
- 104 Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
- 105 Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea.
- 106 IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland.
- 107 Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India.
- 108 Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA.
- 109 The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
- 110 Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
- 111 University of Brussels, Brussels 1050 Belgium.
- 112 SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom.
- 113 ESPCI, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.
- 114 INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
- 115 INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy.
- 116 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
- 117 Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA.
- 118 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
- 119 IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India.
- 120 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- 121 National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea.
- 122 INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy.
- 123 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
- 124 Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary.
- 125 RRCAT, Indore, MP 452013, India.
- 126 Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India.
- 127 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA.
- 128 SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom.
- 129 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
- 130 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
- 131 CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland.
- 132 Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
- 133 Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India.
- 134 Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104, USA.
- 135 Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA.
- 136 INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
- 137 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
- 138 Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
- 139 LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
- 140 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA.
- 141 Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA.
- 142 NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland.
- PMID: 24745400
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131101
Abstract
Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors between 2005 and 2010, with over 625 days of live time. We find no evidence of GW signals from cosmic strings. From this result, we derive new constraints on cosmic string parameters, which complement and improve existing limits from previous searches for a stochastic background of GWs from cosmic microwave background measurements and pulsar timing data. In particular, if the size of loops is given by the gravitational backreaction scale, we place upper limits on the string tension Gμ below 10(-8) in some regions of the cosmic string parameter space.
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