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在Parkes脉冲星定时阵列数据集中对连续引力波的全天搜索

An all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array data set

X. -J. Zhu, G. Hobbs, L. Wen, W. A. Coles, J. -B. Wang, R. M. Shannon, R. N. Manchester, M. Bailes, N. D. R. Bhat, S. Burke-Spolaor, S. Dai, M. J. Keith, M. Ker… 展开作者

X. -J. Zhu, G. Hobbs, L. Wen, W. A. Coles, J. -B. Wang, R. M. Shannon, R. N. Manchester, M. Bailes, N. D. R. Bhat, S. Burke-Spolaor, S. Dai, M. J. Keith, M. Kerr, Y. Levin, D. R. Madison, S. Osłowski, V. Ravi, L. Toomey, W. van Straten

摘要:

我们提出了一个全天空的搜索结果的帕克斯脉冲星定时阵列(PPTA)数据发布1数据集的连续引力波(GW)的频率范围从$5\times 10^{-9}$到$2\times 10^{-7}$赫兹。这种信号可能是由个别超大质量双黑洞系统在合并的早期阶段产生的。我们相位的脉冲星定时阵列数据集形成,为天空上的每个位置,两个数据流,对应于两个GW极化,然后进行最佳的搜索GW信号对这些数据流。由于没有检测到统计学上显著的GW,我们对GW频率范围内的固有GW应变幅度$h_0$设置上限。例如,在$10^{-8}$ Hz下,我们的分析以$95\%$置信度排除了$h_0\geqslant 1.7\times 10^{-14}$信号的存在。我们的新限值比Yardley等人(2010)基于早期PPTA数据集的限值严格约4倍,比最近Arzoumanian等人(2014)论文中报告的限值好2倍。我们还提出PPTA方向灵敏度曲线,并发现,对于天空中最敏感的区域,目前的数据集是敏感的GWs从圆形超大质量的二元黑洞与啁啾质量的$10^{9} M_{\odot}$了约100 Mpc的光度距离。最后,我们设置了一个上限的$4 \times 10^{-3} {\rm{Mpc}}^{-3} {\rm{Gyr}}^{-1}$在$95\%$的置信度附近($z \lesssim 0.1$)超大质量的双黑洞在圆轨道与啁啾质量$10^{10}M_{\odot}$的合并率。

英文摘要:

We present results of an all-sky search in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) Data Release 1 data set for continuous gravitational waves (GWs) in the frequency range from $5\times 10^{-9}$ to $2\times 10^{-7}$ Hz. Such signals could be produced by individual supermassive binary black hole systems in the early stage of coalescence. We phase up the pulsar timing array data set to form, for each position on the sky, two data streams that correspond to the two GW polarizations and then carry out an optimal search for GW signals on these data streams. Since no statistically significant GWs were detected, we place upper limits on the intrinsic GW strain amplitude $h_0$ for a range of GW frequencies. For example, at $10^{-8}$ Hz our analysis has excluded with $95\%$ confidence the presence of signals with $h_0\geqslant 1.7\times 10^{-14}$. Our new limits are about a factor of four more stringent than those of Yardley et al. (2010) based on an earlier PPTA data set and a factor of two better than those reported in the recent Arzoumanian et al. (2014) paper. We also present PPTA directional sensitivity curves and find that for the most sensitive region on the sky, the current data set is sensitive to GWs from circular supermassive binary black holes with chirp masses of $10^{9} M_{\odot}$ out to a luminosity distance of about 100 Mpc. Finally, we set an upper limit of $4 \times 10^{-3} {\rm{Mpc}}^{-3} {\rm{Gyr}}^{-1}$ at $95\%$ confidence on the coalescence rate of nearby ($z \lesssim 0.1$) supermassive binary black holes in circular orbits with chirp masses of $10^{10}M_{\odot}$.

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