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Searching for Gravitational Waves from Cosmological Phase Transitions with the NANOGrav 12.5-Year Dataset.
Arzoumanian, Zaven; Baker, Paul T; Blumer, Harsha; Bécsy, Bence; Brazier, Adam; Brook, Paul R; Burke-Spolaor, Sarah; Charisi, Maria; Chatterjee, Shami; Chen, Siyuan; Cordes, James M; Cornish, Neil J; Crawford, Fronefield; Cromartie, H Thankful; DeCesar, Megan E; Demorest, Paul B; Dolch, Timothy; Ellis, Justin A; Ferrara, Elizabeth C; Fiore, William; Fonseca, Emmanuel; Garver-Daniels, Nathan; Gentile, Peter A; Good, Deborah C; Hazboun, Jeffrey S; Holgado, A Miguel; Islo, Kristina; Jennings, Ross J; Jones, Megan L; Kaiser, Andrew R; Kaplan, David L; Kelley, Luke Zoltan; Key, Joey Shapiro; Laal, Nima; Lam, Michael T; Lazio, T Joseph W; Lee, Vincent S H; Lorimer, Duncan R; Luo, Jing; Lynch, Ryan S; Madison, Dustin R; McLaughlin, Maura A; Mingarelli, Chiara M F; Mitridate, Andrea; Ng, Cherry; Nice, David J; Pennucci, Timothy T; Pol, Nihan S; Ransom, Scott M; Ray, Paul S.
Affiliation
  • Arzoumanian Z; X-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 662, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
  • Baker PT; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Widener University, One University Place, Chester, Pennsylvania 19013, USA.
  • Blumer H; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Bécsy B; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Brazier A; Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
  • Brook PR; Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
  • Burke-Spolaor S; Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
  • Charisi M; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Chatterjee S; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Chen S; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Cordes JM; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Cornish NJ; CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, CIFAR, Toronto, Canada.
  • Crawford F; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.
  • Cromartie HT; Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
  • DeCesar ME; Station de Radioastronomie de Nancay, Observatoire de Paris, Universite PSL, CNRS, Universite d'Orleans, 18330 Nancay, France.
  • Demorest PB; FEMTO-ST Institut de recherche, Department of Time and Frequency, UBFC and CNRS, ENSMM, 25030 Besancon, France.
  • Dolch T; Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environment et de l'Espace, LPC2E UMR7328, Universite d'Orleans, CNRS, 45071 Orleans, France.
  • Ellis JA; Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
  • Ferrara EC; Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
  • Fiore W; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604, USA.
  • Fonseca E; Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
  • Garver-Daniels N; Department of Physics, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA.
  • Gentile PA; George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA.
  • Good DC; National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA.
  • Hazboun JS; Department of Physics, Hillsdale College, 33 E. College Street, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242, USA.
  • Holgado AM; Eureka Scientific, Inc. 2452 Delmer Street, Suite 100, Oakland, California 94602-3017.
  • Islo K; Infinia ML, 202 Rigsbee Avenue, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA.
  • Jennings RJ; Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
  • Jones ML; Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
  • Kaiser AR; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
  • Kaplan DL; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Kelley LZ; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Key JS; Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada.
  • Laal N; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Lam MT; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Lazio TJW; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Lee VSH; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Lorimer DR; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
  • Luo J; University of Washington Bothell, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, Washington 98011, USA.
  • Lynch RS; Department of Astronomy and National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
  • Madison DR; McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
  • McLaughlin MA; Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
  • Mingarelli CMF; Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
  • Mitridate A; Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
  • Ng C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  • Nice DJ; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
  • Pennucci TT; Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
  • Pol NS; Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
  • Ransom SM; University of Washington Bothell, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, Washington 98011, USA.
  • Ray PS; Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.
Phys Rev Lett ; 127(25): 251302, 2021 Dec 17.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35029450
ABSTRACT
We search for a first-order phase transition gravitational wave signal in 45 pulsars from the NANOGrav 12.5-year dataset. We find that the data can be modeled in terms of a strong first order phase transition taking place at temperatures below the electroweak scale. However, we do not observe any strong preference for a phase-transition interpretation of the signal over the standard astrophysical interpretation in terms of supermassive black hole mergers; but we expect to gain additional discriminating power with future datasets, improving the signal to noise ratio and extending the sensitivity window to lower frequencies. An interesting open question is how well gravitational wave observatories could separate such signals.
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