Teviet D. Creighton | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Frequency & Radiative Analysis of Random Yagi-UHF/VHF Phased Array

This paper investigates a phased array ground station capable of tracking multiple sources, multi-beamforming, electronic steering, easy scaling, and low cost. The project will develop a 20-pair dual-polarized yagi-UHF/VHF phased array with a pseudo-random layout, comparing parameters of random and uniform distributions. We will present several analyses: general analysis for side lobes across both elevation and azimuth, analysis of scaling with number of elements ("element sweep"), electronic beam steering analysis, mechanical beam steering analysis, electro-mechanical beam steering analysis, array density analysis, and reception/transmission spectra analysis.

physics.ins-det↗

arXiv2016

Hierarchical follow-up of sub-threshold candidates of an all-sky Einstein@Home search for continuous gravitational waves on LIGO sixth science run data

We report results of an all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves with frequency between 50 and 510 Hz from isolated compact objects, i.e. neutron stars. A new hierarchical multi-stage approach is taken, supported by the computing power of the Einstein@Home project, allowing to probe more deeply than ever before. 16 million sub-threshold candidates from the initial search [LVC,arXiv:1606.09619] are followed up in three stages. None of those candidates is consistent with an isolated gravitational wave emitter, and 90% confidence level upper limits are placed on the amplitudes of continuous waves from the target population. Between 170.5 and 171 Hz we set the most constraining 90% confidence upper limit on the strain amplitude h0 at 4.3x10-25 , while at the high end of our frequency range we achieve an upper limit of 7.6x10-25. These are the most constraining all-sky upper limits to date and constrain the ellipticity of rotating compact objects emitting at 300 Hz at a distance D to less than 6x10-7 [d/100pc].

astro-ph.IM↗