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All-sky incoherent search for periodic signals with Explorer 2005 data

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

The data collected during 2005 by the resonant bar Explorer are divided into segments and incoherently summed in order to perform an all-sky search for periodic gravitational wave signals. The parameter space of the search spanned about 40 Hz in frequency, over 23927 positions in the sky. Neither source orbital corrections nor spindown parameters have been included, with the result that the search was sensible to isolated neutron stars with a frequency drift less than 6 X 10^{-11} Hz/s. No gravitational wave candidates have been found by means of the present analysis, which led to a best upper limit of 3.1 X 10^{-23} for the dimensionless strain amplitude.

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@article{arxiv.0708.4367,
  title  = {All-sky incoherent search for periodic signals with Explorer 2005 data},
  author = {P. Astone and D. Babusci and M. Bassan and P. Carelli and G. Cavallari and A. Chincarini and E. Coccia and S. D'Antonio and M. Di Paolo Emilio and V. Fafone and S. Foffa and G. Gemme and G. Giordano and M. Maggiore and A. Marini and Y. Minenkov and I. Modena and G. Modestino and A. Moleti and G. P. Murtas and G. V. Pallottino and R. Parodi and G. Piano Mortari and G. Pizzella and L. Quintieri and A. Rocchi and F. Ronga and F. Saint Just and R. Sturani and R. Terenzi and G. Torrioli and R. Vaccarone and G. Vandoni and M. Visco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.4367},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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