Search for Gravitational Waves from a Long-lived Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

verfasst von: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , Virgo Collaboration , 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, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, M. A. Aloy, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, J. S. Areeda, M. Arène, N. Arnaud, S. Ascenzi, G. Ashton, M. Ast, S. L. Danilishin, K. Danzmann, M. Heurs, A. Hreibi, H. Lück, D. Steinmeyer, H. Vahlbruch, L.-w. Wei, D. Wilken, B. Willke, H. Wittel, Maximilian Bensch, Sukanta Bose, D. D. Brown, Y. B. Chen, Manuela Hanke, J. Hennig, R. N. Lang, H. K. Lee, H. M. Lee, H. W. Lee, X. Li, T. Nguyen, J. R. Sanders, Patricia Schmidt, L. Sun, Y. F. Wang, D. S. Wu, L. Zhang, X. J. Zhu, Minchuan Zhou, Gerald Bergmann, Aparna Bisht, Nina Bode, P. Booker, Marc Brinkmann, M. Cabero, Timo Denker, O. de Varona, S. Hochheim, T. Dent, S. Doravari, J. Junker, W. Kastaun, Stefan Kaufer, R. Kirchhoff, Patrick Koch, N. Koper, Kai S. Karvinen, S. Khan, N. Koper, S. M. Köhlenbeck, Volker Kringel, G. Kuehn, S. Leavey, J. Lehmann, M. Leonardi, James Lough, Moritz Mehmet, Arunava Mukherjee, D. Mendoza-Gandara, M. Nery, F. Ohme, P. Oppermann, Emil Schreiber, B. W. Schulte, Dirk Schütte, Ajeet Singh Singh, Fabian Thies, Thomas Theeg, B. Steltner, M. Steinke, Y. Setyawati, Michael Weinert, F. Wellmann, Peter Weßels, Maximilian H. Wimmer, W. Winkler, J. Woehler, S. J. Zhu
Abstract: One unanswered question about the binary neutron star coalescence GW170817 is the nature of its post-merger remnant. A previous search for post-merger gravitational waves targeted high-frequency signals from a possible neutron star remnant with a maximum signal duration of 500 s. Here, we revisit the neutron star remnant scenario and focus on longer signal durations, up until the end of the second Advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run, which was 8.5 days after the coalescence of GW170817. The main physical scenario for this emission is the power-law spindown of a massive magnetar-like remnant. We use four independent search algorithms with varying degrees of restrictiveness on the signal waveform and different ways of dealing with noise artefacts. In agreement with theoretical estimates, we find no significant signal candidates. Through simulated signals, we quantify that with the current detector sensitivity, nowhere in the studied parameter space are we sensitive to a signal from more than 1 Mpc away, compared to the actual distance of 40 Mpc. However, this study serves as a prototype for post-merger analyses in future observing runs with expected higher sensitivity.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Gravitationsphysik
QUEST Leibniz Forschungsschule
QuantumFrontiers
Externe Organisation(en): Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)
Washington State University Pullman
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
University of Adelaide
LIGO Laboratory
Inje University
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Radboud Universität Nijmegen (RU)
University of Melbourne
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Monash University
Northwestern University
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Astrophysical Journal
Band: 875
Anzahl der Seiten: 19
ISSN: 0004-637X
Publikationsdatum: 25.04.2019
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Astronomie und Astrophysik, Astronomie und Planetologie
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1810.02581 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab0f3d (Zugang: Geschlossen)

BibTeX

@article{6d219b1c441f4a8488b3ed267d592a85,
title = "Search for Gravitational Waves from a Long-lived Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817",
abstract = "One unanswered question about the binary neutron star coalescence GW170817 is the nature of its post-merger remnant. A previous search for post-merger gravitational waves targeted high-frequency signals from a possible neutron star remnant with a maximum signal duration of 500 s. Here, we revisit the neutron star remnant scenario and focus on longer signal durations, up until the end of the second Advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run, which was 8.5 days after the coalescence of GW170817. The main physical scenario for this emission is the power-law spindown of a massive magnetar-like remnant. We use four independent search algorithms with varying degrees of restrictiveness on the signal waveform and different ways of dealing with noise artefacts. In agreement with theoretical estimates, we find no significant signal candidates. Through simulated signals, we quantify that with the current detector sensitivity, nowhere in the studied parameter space are we sensitive to a signal from more than 1 Mpc away, compared to the actual distance of 40 Mpc. However, this study serves as a prototype for post-merger analyses in future observing runs with expected higher sensitivity.",
keywords = "gravitational waves, methods: data analysis, stars: neutron",
author = "{The LIGO Scientific Collaboration} and {The Virgo Collaboration} and Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and Abbott, {T. D.} and F. Acernese and K. Ackley and C. Adams and T. Adams and P. Addesso and Adhikari, {R. X.} and Adya, {V. B.} and C. Affeldt and B. Agarwal and M. Agathos and K. Agatsuma and N. Aggarwal and Aguiar, {O. D.} and L. Aiello and A. Ain and P. Ajith and B. Allen and G. Allen and A. Allocca and Aloy, {M. A.} and Altin, {P. A.} and A. Amato and A. Ananyeva and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and Angelova, {S. V.} and S. Antier and S. Appert and K. Arai and Araya, {M. C.} and Areeda, {J. S.} and M. Ar{\`e}ne and N. Arnaud and S. Ascenzi and G. Ashton and M. Ast and Danilishin, {S. L.} and K. Danzmann and M. Heurs and A. Hreibi and H. L{\"u}ck and D. Steinmeyer and H. Vahlbruch and L.-w. Wei and D. Wilken and B. Willke and H. Wittel and Maximilian Bensch and Sukanta Bose and Brown, {D. D.} and Chen, {Y. B.} and Manuela Hanke and J. Hennig and Lang, {R. N.} and Lee, {H. K.} and Lee, {H. M.} and Lee, {H. W.} and X. Li and T. Nguyen and Sanders, {J. R.} and Patricia Schmidt and L. Sun and Wang, {Y. F.} and Wu, {D. S.} and L. Zhang and Zhu, {X. J.} and Minchuan Zhou and Gerald Bergmann and Aparna Bisht and Nina Bode and P. Booker and Marc Brinkmann and M. Cabero and Timo Denker and {de Varona}, O. and S. Hochheim and T. Dent and S. Doravari and J. Junker and W. Kastaun and Stefan Kaufer and R. Kirchhoff and Patrick Koch and N. Koper and Karvinen, {Kai S.} and S. Khan and N. Koper and K{\"o}hlenbeck, {S. M.} and Volker Kringel and G. Kuehn and S. Leavey and J. Lehmann and M. Leonardi and James Lough and Moritz Mehmet and Arunava Mukherjee and D. Mendoza-Gandara and M. Nery and F. Ohme and P. Oppermann and Emil Schreiber and Schulte, {B. W.} and Dirk Sch{\"u}tte and Singh, {Ajeet Singh} and Fabian Thies and Thomas Theeg and B. Steltner and M. Steinke and Y. Setyawati and Michael Weinert and F. Wellmann and Peter We{\ss}els and Wimmer, {Maximilian H.} and W. Winkler and J. Woehler and Zhu, {S. J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB720500) and NSFC (Grant No. 61320106009).",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "25",
doi = "10.48550/arXiv.1810.02581",
language = "English",
volume = "875",
journal = "Astrophysical Journal",
issn = "0004-637X",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "2",
}