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Constraints on cosmic strings from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detectors.

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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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Year:  2014        PMID: 24745400     DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131101

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Phys Rev Lett        ISSN: 0031-9007            Impact factor:   9.161


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Review 1.  Gravitational waves: search results, data analysis and parameter estimation: Amaldi 10 Parallel session C2.

Authors:  Pia Astone; Alan Weinstein; Michalis Agathos; Michał Bejger; Nelson Christensen; Thomas Dent; Philip Graff; Sergey Klimenko; Giulio Mazzolo; Atsushi Nishizawa; Florent Robinet; Patricia Schmidt; Rory Smith; John Veitch; Madeline Wade; Sofiane Aoudia; Sukanta Bose; Juan Calderon Bustillo; Priscilla Canizares; Colin Capano; James Clark; Alberto Colla; Elena Cuoco; Carlos Da Silva Costa; Tito Dal Canton; Edgar Evangelista; Evan Goetz; Anuradha Gupta; Mark Hannam; David Keitel; Benjamin Lackey; Joshua Logue; Satyanarayan Mohapatra; Francesco Piergiovanni; Stephen Privitera; Reinhard Prix; Michael Pürrer; Virginia Re; Roberto Serafinelli; Leslie Wade; Linqing Wen; Karl Wette; John Whelan; C Palomba; G Prodi
Journal:  Gen Relativ Gravit       Date:  2015-01-22       Impact factor: 2.513

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