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First Search for Nontensorial Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars

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posted on 2024-08-06, 11:36 authored by B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Afrough, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, G. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnaud, K. G. Arun, S. Ascenzi, G. Ashton, M. Ast, S. M. Aston, P. Astone, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, K. Aultoneal, A. Avila-Alvarez, S. Babak, P. Bacon, M. K.M. Bader, S. Bae, P. T. Baker, F. Baldaccini, G. Ballardin, S. W. Ballmer, S. Banagiri, J. C. Barayoga, S. E. Barclay, B. C. Barish, D. Barker, F. Barone, B. Barr, L. Barsotti, M. Barsuglia, D. Barta, J. Bartlett, I. Bartos, R. Bassiri, A. Basti, J. C. Batch, C. Baune, M. Bawaj, M. Bazzan, B. Bécsy, C. Beer, M. Bejger, I. Belahcene, A. S. Bell, B. K. Berger, G. Bergmann, C. P.L. Berry, D. Bersanetti, A. 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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.

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The Kavli Foundation

Dutch Research Council

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Swiss National Science Foundation

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Science and Technology Facilities Council

United States Department of Energy

São Paulo Research Foundation

Ministry of Education

Hungarian Scientific Research Fund

Max Planck Society

Department of Science and Technology

Royal Society

Scottish Funding Council

Science and Engineering Research Board

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

French National Centre for Scientific Research

Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness

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Directorate for STEM Education

National Science Foundation

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

National Science Center

Australian Research Council

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

National Research Foundation of Korea

National Institute for Nuclear Physics

Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Ministry of Science and ICT

Leverhulme Trust

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

European Commission

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ISSN

1079-7114

Journal title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

120

Issue

3

Article number

article no. 031104

Pagination

031104-

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American Physical Society

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Copyright © 2018 American Physical Society. The published version is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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