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Antoniadis, J; Arzoumanian, Z; Babak, S; Bailes, M; Bak Nielsen, A-S; Baker, P T; Bassa, C G; Bécsy, B; Berthereau, A; Bonetti, M; et al(
, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
ABSTRACT We searched for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background in the second data release of the International Pulsar Timing Array, a global collaboration synthesizing decadal-length pulsar-timing campaigns in North America, Europe, and Australia. In our reference search for a power-law strain spectrum of the form $h_c = A(f/1\, \mathrm{yr}^{-1})^{\alpha }$, we found strong evidence for a spectrally similar low-frequency stochastic process of amplitude $A = 3.8^{+6.3}_{-2.5}\times 10^{-15}$ and spectral index α = −0.5 ± 0.5, where the uncertainties represent 95 per cent credible regions, using information from the auto- and cross-correlation terms between the pulsars in the array. For a spectral index of α =more »−2/3, as expected from a population of inspiralling supermassive black hole binaries, the recovered amplitude is $A = 2.8^{+1.2}_{-0.8}\times 10^{-15}$. None the less, no significant evidence of the Hellings–Downs correlations that would indicate a gravitational-wave origin was found. We also analysed the constituent data from the individual pulsar timing arrays in a consistent way, and clearly demonstrate that the combined international data set is more sensitive. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this combined data set produces comparable constraints to recent single-array data sets which have more data than the constituent parts of the combination. Future international data releases will deliver increased sensitivity to gravitational wave radiation, and significantly increase the detection probability.« less
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Hazboun, J. S.; Simon, J.; Taylor, S. R.; Lam, M. T.; Vigeland, S. J.; Islo, K.; Key, J. S.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Baker, P. T.; Brazier, A.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Vallisneri, M.; Taylor, S. R.; Simon, J.; Folkner, W. M.; Park, R. S.; Cutler, C.; Ellis, J. A.; Lazio, T. J.; Vigeland, S. J.; Aggarwal, K.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Aggarwal, K.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Baker, P. T.; Brazier, A.; Brook, P. R.; Burke-Spolaor, S.; Chatterjee, S.; Cordes, J. M.; Cornish, N. J.; Crawford, F.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Aggarwal, K.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Baker, P. T.; Brazier, A.; Brinson, M. R.; Brook, P. R.; Burke-Spolaor, S.; Chatterjee, S.; Cordes, J. M.; Cornish, N. J.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Abbott, R; Abe, H; Acernese, F; Ackley, K; Adhikari, N; Adhikari, R X; Adkins, V K; Adya, V B; Affeldt, C; Agarwal, D; et al(
, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics)
Abstract We report the results of the first joint observation of the KAGRA detector with GEO 600. KAGRA is a cryogenic and underground gravitational-wave detector consisting of a laser interferometer with 3 km arms, located in Kamioka, Gifu, Japan. GEO 600 is a British–German laser interferometer with 600 m arms, located near Hannover, Germany. GEO 600 and KAGRA performed a joint observing run from April 7 to 20, 2020. We present the results of the joint analysis of the GEO–KAGRA data for transient gravitational-wave signals, including the coalescence of neutron-star binaries and generic unmodeled transients. We also perform dedicated searches for binary coalescence signals and generic transientsmore »associated with gamma-ray burst events observed during the joint run. No gravitational-wave events were identified. We evaluate the minimum detectable amplitude for various types of transient signals and the spacetime volume for which the network is sensitive to binary neutron-star coalescences. We also place lower limits on the distances to the gamma-ray bursts analyzed based on the non-detection of an associated gravitational-wave signal for several signal models, including binary coalescences. These analyses demonstrate the feasibility and utility of KAGRA as a member of the global gravitational-wave detector network.« less
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Arzoumanian, Z.; Baker, P. T.; Brazier, A.; Burke-Spolaor, S.; Chamberlin, S. J.; Chatterjee, S.; Christy, B.; Cordes, J. M.; Cornish, N. J.; Crawford, F.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
