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Search for continuous gravitational waves from Fomalhaut b in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model

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Results are presented from a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from a nearby neutron star candidate, Fomalhaut b, using data collected in the second observing run of Advanced LIGO.… Click to show full abstract

Results are presented from a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from a nearby neutron star candidate, Fomalhaut b, using data collected in the second observing run of Advanced LIGO. The search is based on a hidden Markov model scheme, capable of tracking signal frequency evolution from the star's secular spin down and stochastic timing noise simultaneously. The scheme is combined with a frequency domain matched filter ($\mathcal{F}$-statistic), calculated coherently over five-day time stretches. The frequency band 100-1000 Hz is searched. After passing the above-threshold candidates through a hierarchy of vetoes, one candidate slightly above the 1% false alarm probability threshold remains for further scrutiny. No strong evidence of continuous waves is found. We present the frequentist strain upper limits at 95% confidence.

Keywords: search continuous; continuous gravitational; observing run; gravitational waves; advanced ligo; search

Journal Title: Physical Review D
Year Published: 2021

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