TY - JOUR
T1 - First Search for Nontensorial Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars
AU - Abbott, B.P.
AU - Abbott, R.
AU - Abbott, T.D.
AU - Acernese, F.
AU - Ackley, K.
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Adams, T.
AU - Addesso, P.
AU - Adhikari, R.X.
AU - Adya, V.B.
AU - Affeldt, C.
AU - Afrough, M.
AU - Agarwal, B.
AU - Agathos, M.
AU - Agatsuma, K.
AU - Aggarwal, N.
AU - Aguiar, O.D.
AU - Aiello, L.
AU - Ain, A.
AU - Ajith, P.
AU - Allen, G.
AU - Allocca, A.
AU - Altin, P.A.
AU - Amato, A.
AU - Ananyeva, A.
AU - Anderson, S.B.
AU - Anderson, W.G.
AU - Antier, S.
AU - Appert, S.
AU - Arai, K.
AU - Araya, M.C.
AU - Areeda, J.S.
AU - Arnaud, N.
AU - Arun, K.G.
AU - Ascenzi, S.
AU - Ashton, G.
AU - Ast, M.
AU - Aston, S.M.
AU - Astone, P.
AU - Aufmuth, P.
AU - Aulbert, C.
AU - AultONeal, K.
AU - Avila-Alvarez, A.
AU - Babak, S.
AU - Danilishin, S.L.
AU - Hennig, J.
AU - Hild, S.
AU - Steinlechner, J.
AU - Steinlechner, S.
AU - van den Brand, J.F.J.
AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - Virgo Collaboration
PY - 2018/1/19
Y1 - 2018/1/19
N2 - We present results from the first directed search for nontensorial gravitational waves. While general relativity allows for tensorial (plus and cross) modes only, a generic metric theory may, in principle, predict waves with up to six different polarizations. This analysis is sensitive to continuous signals of scalar, vector, or tensor polarizations, and does not rely on any specific theory of gravity. After searching data from the first observation run of the advanced LIGO detectors for signals at twice the rotational frequency of 200 known pulsars, we find no evidence of gravitational waves of any polarization. We report the first upper limits for scalar and vector strains, finding values comparable in magnitude to previously published limits for tensor strain. Our results may be translated into constraints on specific alternative theories of gravity.
AB - We present results from the first directed search for nontensorial gravitational waves. While general relativity allows for tensorial (plus and cross) modes only, a generic metric theory may, in principle, predict waves with up to six different polarizations. This analysis is sensitive to continuous signals of scalar, vector, or tensor polarizations, and does not rely on any specific theory of gravity. After searching data from the first observation run of the advanced LIGO detectors for signals at twice the rotational frequency of 200 known pulsars, we find no evidence of gravitational waves of any polarization. We report the first upper limits for scalar and vector strains, finding values comparable in magnitude to previously published limits for tensor strain. Our results may be translated into constraints on specific alternative theories of gravity.
KW - TOOL
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.031104
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.031104
M3 - Article
C2 - 29400511
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 120
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 3
M1 - 031104
ER -