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Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data

  • (LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, and KAGRA Collaboration)
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Universita di Salerno
  • Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo
  • Monash University
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Louisiana State University
  • Australian National University
  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
  • Institute of Technical Chemistry
  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • Birmingham Business School
  • Northwestern University
  • INPE
  • Cardiff Law School
  • Sezione di Pisa
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • Mitaka City
  • University of Turin
  • INFN
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Université Lyon 1
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Research Center for the Early Universe
  • University of Barcelona
  • CNRS Centre National de la Recerche Scientifique
  • Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria
  • Sezione di Trieste
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
  • BP4229
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Sotiria Hospital
  • Infn Sezione di Perugia
  • University of Camerino
  • American University
  • California State University
  • King's College London

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Abstract

Results are presented for a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass x-ray binary Scorpius X-1, using a hidden Markov model (HMM) to allow for spin wandering. This search improves on previous HMM-based searches of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory data by including the orbital period in the search template grid, and by analyzing data from the latest (third) observing run. In the frequency range searched, from 60 to 500 Hz, we find no evidence of gravitational radiation. This is the most sensitive search for Scorpius X-1 using a HMM to date. For the most sensitive subband, starting at 256.06 Hz, we report an upper limit on gravitational wave strain (at 95% confidence) of h095%=6.16×10-26, assuming the orbital inclination angle takes its electromagnetically restricted value ι=44°. The upper limits on gravitational wave strain reported here are on average a factor of ∼3 lower than in the second observing run HMM search. This is the first Scorpius X-1 HMM search with upper limits that reach below the indirect torque-balance limit for certain subbands, assuming ι=44°.

Original languageEnglish
Article number062002
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume106
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 2022

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