Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

B. P. Abbott; R. Abbott; T. D. Abbott; M.R. Abernathy; F. Acernese; K. Ackley; C. Adams; T. Adams; P. Addesso; R.X. Adhikari; V.B. Adya; C. Affeldt; M. Agathos; K. Agatsuma; N. Aggarwal; O.D. Aguiar; L. Aiello; A. Ain; P. Ajith; B. Allen; A. Allocca; P.A. Altin; A. Ananyeva; S. B. Anderson; W. G. Anderson; 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; A. Avila-Alvarez; S. Babak; P. Bacon; M. K. M. Bader; P.T. Baker; F. Baldaccini; G. Ballardin; S.W. Ballmer; 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; V. Bavigadda; M. Bazzan; C. Beer; M. Bejger; I. Belahcene; M. Belgin; A. S. Bell; B.K. Berger; G. Bergmann; C. P. L. Berry; D. Bersanetti; A. Bertolini; J. Betzwieser; S. Bhagwat; R. Bhandare; I. A. Bilenko; G. Billingsley; C. R. Billman; J. Birch; R. Birney; O. Birnholtz; S. Biscans; A. S. Biscoveanu; A. Bisht; M. Bitossi; C. Biwer; M.A. Bizouard; J.K. Blackburn; J. Blackman; C. D. Blair; D. G. Blair; R.M. Blair; S. Bloemen; O. Bock; M. Boer; G. Bogaert; A. Bohe; F. Bondu; R. Bonnand; B. A. Boom; R. Bork; V. Boschi; S. Bose; Y. Bouffanais; A. Bozzi; C. Bradaschia; P. R. Brady; V. B. Braginsky; M. Branchesi; J. E. Brau; T. Briant; A. Brillet; M. Brinkmann; V. Brisson; P. Brockill; J. E. Broida; A. F. Brooks; D. D. Brown; N. M. Brown; S. Brunett; C. C. Buchanan; A. Buikema; T. Bulik; H. J. Bulten; A. Buonanno; D. Buskulic; C. Buy; R. L. Byer; M. Cabero; L. Cadonati; G. Cagnoli; C. Cahillane; J. Calderon Bustillo; T. A. Callister; E. Calloni; J. B. Camp; W. Campbell; M. Canepa; K. C. Cannon; H. Cao; J. Cao; C. D. Capano; E. Capocasa; F. Carbognani; S. Caride; J. Casanueva Diaz; C. Casentini; S. Caudill; M. Cavaglia; F. Cavalier; R. Cavalieri; G. Cella; C. B. Cepeda; L. Cerboni Baiardi; G. Cerretani; E. Cesarini; S.J. Chamberlin; M. Chan; S. Chao; P. Charlton; E. Chassande-Mottin; B. D. Cheeseboro; H. Y. Chen; Y. Chen; H. -P. Cheng; A. Chincarini; A. Chiummo; T. Chmiel; H. S. Cho; M. Cho; J.H. Chow; N. Christensen; Q. Chu; A. J. K. Chua; S. Chua; S. Chung; G. Ciani; F. Clara; J. A. Clark; F. Cleva; C. Cocchieri; E. Coccia; P. F. Cohadon; A. Colla; C. G. Collette; L. Cominsky; M. Constancio; L. Conti; S. J. Cooper; T.R. Corbitt; N. Cornish; A. Corsi; S. Cortese; C. A. Costa; E. Coughlin; M. W. Coughlin; S. B. Coughlin; J. P. Coulon; S.T. Countryman; P. Couvares; P. B. Covas; E. E. Cowan; D. M. Coward; M.J. Cowart; D.C. Coyne; R. Coyne; J. D E Creighton; T. D. Creighton; J. Cripe; S. G. Crowder; T. J. Cullen; A. Cumming; L. Cunningham; E. Cuoco; T. Dal Canton; S. L. Danilishin; S. D'Antonio; K. Danzmann; A. Dasgupta; C. F. Da Silva Costa; V. Dattilo; I. Dave; M. Davier; G. S. Davies; D. Davis; E.J. Daw; B. Day; R. Day; S. S.  S. Ramalingam; D. Debra; G. Debreczeni; J. Degallaix; M. De Laurentis; E. J. Howell; D. I. Jones; L. Ju; T. Kaur; L. Kuo; J. Liu; J. Miller; C. J. Moore; D. J. Ottaway; J. Qin; Y. Wang; A. J. Weinstein; L. Wen; C. Zhao; X. J. Zhu; LIGO Scientific Collaboration; Virgo Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101

Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M.R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R.X. Adhikari, V.B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O.D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. AllenA. Allocca, P.A. Altin, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, 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, A. Avila-Alvarez, S. Babak, P. Bacon, M. K. M. Bader, P.T. Baker, F. Baldaccini, G. Ballardin, S.W. Ballmer, 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, V. Bavigadda, M. Bazzan, C. Beer, M. Bejger, I. Belahcene, M. Belgin, A. S. Bell, B.K. Berger, G. Bergmann, C. P. L. Berry, D. Bersanetti, A. Bertolini, J. Betzwieser, S. Bhagwat, R. Bhandare, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, C. R. Billman, J. Birch, R. Birney, O. Birnholtz, S. Biscans, A. S. Biscoveanu, A. Bisht, M. Bitossi, C. Biwer, M.A. Bizouard, J.K. Blackburn, J. Blackman, C. D. Blair, D. G. Blair, R.M. Blair, S. Bloemen, O. Bock, M. Boer, G. Bogaert, A. Bohe, F. Bondu, R. Bonnand, B. A. Boom, R. Bork, V. Boschi, S. Bose, Y. Bouffanais, A. Bozzi, C. Bradaschia, P. R. Brady, V. B. Braginsky, M. Branchesi, J. E. Brau, T. Briant, A. Brillet, M. Brinkmann, V. Brisson, P. Brockill, J. E. Broida, A. F. Brooks, D. D. Brown, N. M. Brown, S. Brunett, C. C. Buchanan, A. Buikema, T. Bulik, H. J. Bulten, A. Buonanno, D. Buskulic, C. Buy, R. L. Byer, M. Cabero, L. Cadonati, G. Cagnoli, C. Cahillane, J. Calderon Bustillo, T. A. Callister, E. Calloni, J. B. Camp, W. Campbell, M. Canepa, K. C. Cannon, H. Cao, J. Cao, C. D. Capano, E. Capocasa, F. Carbognani, S. Caride, J. Casanueva Diaz, C. Casentini, S. Caudill, M. Cavaglia, F. Cavalier, R. Cavalieri, G. Cella, C. B. Cepeda, L. Cerboni Baiardi, G. Cerretani, E. Cesarini, S.J. Chamberlin, M. Chan, S. Chao, P. Charlton, E. Chassande-Mottin, B. D. Cheeseboro, H. Y. Chen, Y. Chen, H. -P. Cheng, A. Chincarini, A. Chiummo, T. Chmiel, H. S. Cho, M. Cho, J.H. Chow, N. Christensen, Q. Chu, A. J. K. Chua, S. Chua, S. Chung, G. Ciani, F. Clara, J. A. Clark, F. Cleva, C. Cocchieri, E. Coccia, P. F. Cohadon, A. Colla, C. G. Collette, L. Cominsky, M. Constancio, L. Conti, S. J. Cooper, T.R. Corbitt, N. Cornish, A. Corsi, S. Cortese, C. A. Costa, E. Coughlin, M. W. Coughlin, S. B. Coughlin, J. P. Coulon, S.T. Countryman, P. Couvares, P. B. Covas, E. E. Cowan, D. M. Coward, M.J. Cowart, D.C. Coyne, R. Coyne, J. D E Creighton, T. D. Creighton, J. Cripe, S. G. Crowder, T. J. Cullen, A. Cumming, L. Cunningham, E. Cuoco, T. Dal Canton, S. L. Danilishin, S. D'Antonio, K. Danzmann, A. Dasgupta, C. F. Da Silva Costa, V. Dattilo, I. Dave, M. Davier, G. S. Davies, D. Davis, E.J. Daw, B. Day, R. Day, S. S. S. Ramalingam, D. Debra, G. Debreczeni, J. Degallaix, M. De Laurentis, E. J. Howell, D. I. Jones, L. Ju, T. Kaur, L. Kuo, J. Liu, J. Miller, C. J. Moore, D. J. Ottaway, J. Qin, Y. Wang, A. J. Weinstein, L. Wen, C. Zhao, X. J. Zhu, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

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A wide variety of astrophysical and cosmological sources are expected to contribute to a stochastic gravitational-wave background. Following the observations of GW150914 and GW151226, the rate and mass of coalescing binary black holes appear to be greater than many previous expectations. As a result, the stochastic background from unresolved compact binary coalescences is expected to be particularly loud. We perform a search for the isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background using data from Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory's (aLIGO) first observing run. The data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. We constrain the dimensionless energy density of gravitational waves to be Omega(0)

Original language	English
Article number	121101
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101
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Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abernathy, M. R., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., ... Virgo Collaboration (2017). Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run. Physical Review Letters, 118(12), Article 121101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101

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AU - Abbott, R.

AU - Abbott, T. D.

AU - Abernathy, M.R.

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 - Agathos, M.

AU - Agatsuma, K.

AU - Aggarwal, N.

AU - Aguiar, O.D.

AU - Aiello, L.

AU - Ain, A.

AU - Ajith, P.

AU - Allen, B.

AU - Allocca, A.

AU - Altin, P.A.

AU - Ananyeva, A.

AU - Anderson, S. B.

AU - Anderson, W. G.

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 - Avila-Alvarez, A.

AU - Babak, S.

AU - Bacon, P.

AU - Bader, M. K. M.

AU - Baker, P.T.

AU - Baldaccini, F.

AU - Ballardin, G.

AU - Ballmer, S.W.

AU - Barayoga, J.C.

AU - Barclay, S.E.

AU - Barish, B.C.

AU - Barker, D.

AU - Barone, F.

AU - Barr, B.

AU - Barsotti, L.

AU - Barsuglia, M.

AU - Barta, D.

AU - Bartlett, J.

AU - Bartos, I.

AU - Bassiri, R.

AU - Basti, A.

AU - Batch, J.C.

AU - Baune, C.

AU - Bavigadda, V.

AU - Bazzan, M.

AU - Beer, C.

AU - Bejger, M.

AU - Belahcene, I.

AU - Belgin, M.

AU - Bell, A. S.

AU - Berger, B.K.

AU - Bergmann, G.

AU - Berry, C. P. L.

AU - Bersanetti, D.

AU - Bertolini, A.

AU - Betzwieser, J.

AU - Bhagwat, S.

AU - Bhandare, R.

AU - Bilenko, I. A.

AU - Billingsley, G.

AU - Billman, C. R.

AU - Birch, J.

AU - Birney, R.

AU - Birnholtz, O.

AU - Biscans, S.

AU - Biscoveanu, A. S.

AU - Bisht, A.

AU - Bitossi, M.

AU - Biwer, C.

AU - Bizouard, M.A.

AU - Blackburn, J.K.

AU - Blackman, J.

AU - Blair, C. D.

AU - Blair, D. G.

AU - Blair, R.M.

AU - Bloemen, S.

AU - Bock, O.

AU - Boer, M.

AU - Bogaert, G.

AU - Bohe, A.

AU - Bondu, F.

AU - Bonnand, R.

AU - Boom, B. A.

AU - Bork, R.

AU - Boschi, V.

AU - Bose, S.

AU - Bouffanais, Y.

AU - Bozzi, A.

AU - Bradaschia, C.

AU - Brady, P. R.

AU - Braginsky, V. B.

AU - Branchesi, M.

AU - Brau, J. E.

AU - Briant, T.

AU - Brillet, A.

AU - Brinkmann, M.

AU - Brisson, V.

AU - Brockill, P.

AU - Broida, J. E.

AU - Brooks, A. F.

AU - Brown, D. D.

AU - Brown, N. M.

AU - Brunett, S.

AU - Buchanan, C. C.

AU - Buikema, A.

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AU - Zhu, X. J.

AU - LIGO Scientific Collaboration

AU - Virgo Collaboration

PY - 2017/3/24

Y1 - 2017/3/24

N2 - A wide variety of astrophysical and cosmological sources are expected to contribute to a stochastic gravitational-wave background. Following the observations of GW150914 and GW151226, the rate and mass of coalescing binary black holes appear to be greater than many previous expectations. As a result, the stochastic background from unresolved compact binary coalescences is expected to be particularly loud. We perform a search for the isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background using data from Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory's (aLIGO) first observing run. The data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. We constrain the dimensionless energy density of gravitational waves to be Omega(0)

AB - A wide variety of astrophysical and cosmological sources are expected to contribute to a stochastic gravitational-wave background. Following the observations of GW150914 and GW151226, the rate and mass of coalescing binary black holes appear to be greater than many previous expectations. As a result, the stochastic background from unresolved compact binary coalescences is expected to be particularly loud. We perform a search for the isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background using data from Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory's (aLIGO) first observing run. The data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. We constrain the dimensionless energy density of gravitational waves to be Omega(0)

KW - COMPACT BINARY COALESCENCES

KW - PHASE-TRANSITIONS

KW - STRING COSMOLOGY

KW - PLANCK 2015

KW - INFLATION

KW - RADIATION

KW - POPULATION

KW - RATES

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.121101

M3 - Article

C2 - 28388180

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 118

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

IS - 12

M1 - 121101

ER -

Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

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