@article{8488cf35220c4cb78d34674cfd31355f,
title = "Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the third advanced LIGO-Virgo observing run",
abstract = "We search for gravitational-wave signals produced by cosmic strings in the Advanced LIGO and Virgo full O3 dataset. Search results are presented for gravitational waves produced by cosmic string loop features such as cusps, kinks, and, for the first time, kink-kink collisions. A template-based search for short-duration transient signals does not yield a detection. We also use the stochastic gravitational-wave background energy density upper limits derived from the O3 data to constrain the cosmic string tension Gμ as a function of the number of kinks, or the number of cusps, for two cosmic string loop distribution models. Additionally, we develop and test a third model that interpolates between these two models. Our results improve upon the previous LIGO-Virgo constraints on Gμ by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude depending on the model that is tested. In particular, for the one-loop distribution model, we set the most competitive constraints to date: Gμ≲4×10-15. In the case of cosmic strings formed at the end of inflation in the context of grand unified theories, these results challenge simple inflationary models. ",
author = "{(LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, and KAGRA Collaboration)} and R. Abbott and Abbott, {T. D.} and S. Abraham and F. Acernese and K. Ackley and A. Adams and C. Adams and Adhikari, {R. X.} and Adya, {V. B.} and C. Affeldt and D. Agarwal and M. Agathos and K. Agatsuma and N. Aggarwal and Aguiar, {O. D.} and L. Aiello and A. Ain and P. Ajith and T. Akutsu and Aleman, {K. M.} and G. Allen and A. Allocca and Altin, {P. A.} and A. Amato and S. Anand and A. Ananyeva and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and M. Ando and Angelova, {S. V.} and S. Ansoldi and Antelis, {J. M.} and S. Antier and S. Appert and Koya Arai and Koji Arai and Y. Arai and S. Araki and A. Araya and Araya, {M. C.} and Areeda, {J. S.} and M. Ar{\`e}ne and N. Aritomi and N. Arnaud and Aronson, {S. M.} and H. Asada and Y. Asali and G. Ashton and Y. Aso and Aston, {S. M.} and P. Astone and F. Aubin and P. Auclair and P. Aufmuth and K. Aultoneal and C. Austin and S. Babak and F. Badaracco and Bader, {M. K.M.} and S. Bae and Y. Bae and Baer, {A. M.} and S. Bagnasco and Y. Bai and L. Baiotti and J. Baird and R. Bajpai and M. Ball and G. Ballardin and Ballmer, {S. W.} and M. Bals and A. Balsamo and G. Baltus and S. Banagiri and D. Bankar and Bankar, {R. S.} and Barayoga, {J. C.} and C. Barbieri and Barish, {B. C.} and D. Barker and P. Barneo and S. Barnum and F. Barone and B. Barr and L. Barsotti and M. Barsuglia and D. Barta and J. Bartlett and Barton, {M. A.} and I. Bartos and R. Bassiri and A. Basti and M. Bawaj and Bayley, {J. C.} and Baylor, {A. C.} and M. Bazzan and B. B{\'e}csy and Bedakihale, {V. M.} and M. Bejger and I. Belahcene and V. Benedetto and D. Beniwal and Benjamin, {M. G.} and Bennett, {T. F.} and Bentley, {J. D.} and M. Benyaala and F. Bergamin and Berger, {B. K.} and S. Bernuzzi and D. Bersanetti and A. Bertolini and J. Betzwieser and R. Bhandare and Bhandari, {A. V.} and D. Bhattacharjee and S. Bhaumik and J. Bidler and Bilenko, {I. A.} and G. Billingsley and R. Birney and O. Birnholtz and S. Biscans and M. Bischi and S. Biscoveanu and A. Bisht and B. Biswas and M. Bitossi and Bizouard, {M. A.} and Blackburn, {J. K.} and J. Blackman and Blair, {C. D.} and Blair, {D. G.} and Blair, {R. M.} and F. Bobba and N. Bode and M. Boer and G. Bogaert and M. Boldrini and F. Bondu and E. Bonilla and R. Bonnand and P. Booker and Boom, {B. A.} and R. Bork and V. Boschi and N. Bose and S. Bose and V. Bossilkov and V. Boudart and Y. Bouffanais and A. Bozzi and C. Bradaschia and Brady, {P. R.} and A. Bramley and A. Branch and M. Branchesi and M. Breschi and T. Briant and Briggs, {J. H.} and A. Brillet and M. Brinkmann and P. Brockill and Brooks, {A. F.} and J. Brooks and Brown, {D. D.} and S. Brunett and G. Bruno and R. Bruntz and J. Bryant and A. Buikema and T. Bulik and Bulten, {H. J.} and A. Buonanno and R. Buscicchio and D. Buskulic and L. Cadonati and M. Caesar and G. Cagnoli and C. Cahillane and Cain, {H. W.} and {Calder{\'o}n Bustillo}, J. and Callaghan, {J. D.} and Callister, {T. A.} and E. Calloni and Camp, {J. B.} and M. Canepa and M. Cannavacciuolo and Cannon, {K. C.} and H. Cao and J. Cao and Z. Cao and E. Capocasa and E. Capote and G. Carapella and F. Carbognani and Carlin, {J. B.} and Carney, {M. F.} and M. Carpinelli and G. Carullo and Carver, {T. L.} and {Casanueva Diaz}, J. and C. Casentini and G. Castaldi and S. Caudill and M. Cavagli{\`a} and F. Cavalier and R. Cavalieri and G. Cella and P. Cerd{\'a}-Dur{\'a}n and E. Cesarini and W. Chaibi and K. Chakravarti and B. Champion and Chan, {C. H.} and Chan, {C. L.} and Chan, {C. L.} and M. Chan and K. Chandra and P. Chanial and S. Chao and P. Charlton and Chase, {E. A.} and E. Chassande-Mottin and D. Chatterjee and M. Chaturvedi and K. Chatziioannou and A. Chen and C. Chen and Chen, {H. Y.} and J. Chen and K. Chen and X. Chen and Chen, {Y. B.} and Chen, {Y. R.} and Z. Chen and H. Cheng and Cheong, {C. K.} and Cheung, {H. Y.} and Chia, {H. Y.} and F. Chiadini and Chiang, {C. Y.} and R. Chierici and A. Chincarini and Chiofalo, {M. L.} and A. Chiummo and G. Cho and Cho, {H. S.} and S. Choate and Choudhary, {R. K.} and M. Thomas",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 us. American Physical Society.",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.241102",
language = "English",
volume = "126",
pages = "1--19",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "24",
}