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Phys Rev Lett. 2019 Oct 18;123(16):161102. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161102.

Search for Subsolar Mass Ultracompact Binaries in Advanced LIGO's Second Observing Run.

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Affiliations

  1. LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
  2. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
  3. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India.
  4. Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy.
  5. INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
  6. OzGrav, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
  7. LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA.
  8. OzGrav, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
  9. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
  10. Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
  11. Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
  12. University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom.
  13. University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
  14. LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
  15. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil.
  16. Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
  17. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy.
  18. International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560089, India.
  19. NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
  20. Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  21. INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  22. Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain.
  23. Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), CNRS/IN2P3, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.
  24. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
  25. SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom.
  26. APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France.
  27. California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA.
  28. LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91898 Orsay, France.
  29. European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy.
  30. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
  31. Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 603103, India.
  32. INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
  33. INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
  34. Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy, France.
  35. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA.
  36. Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA.
  37. Nikhef, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  38. Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141, Korea.
  39. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
  40. Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
  41. INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
  42. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
  43. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
  44. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
  45. INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
  46. SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
  47. LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
  48. Caltech CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
  49. Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria "Scuola Medica Salernitana," Università di Salerno, I-84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
  50. Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary.
  51. Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  52. Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy.
  53. Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  54. INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  55. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
  56. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland.
  57. OzGrav, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
  58. Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
  59. INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
  60. RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India.
  61. Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
  62. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
  63. Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo," I-61029 Urbino, Italy.
  64. INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
  65. Artemis, Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France.
  66. OzGrav, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
  67. Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  68. Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello," Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy.
  69. INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Gruppo Collegato di Salerno, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
  70. Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
  71. Université Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON-UMR6082, F-3500 Rennes, France.
  72. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA.
  73. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France.
  74. Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland.
  75. VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  76. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
  77. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
  78. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
  79. Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.
  80. Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
  81. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
  82. RESCEU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
  83. Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
  84. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA.
  85. Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy.
  86. The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
  87. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, USA.
  88. Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi," I-00184 Roma, Italy.
  89. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
  90. National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013 Taiwan, Republic of China.
  91. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia.
  92. Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada.
  93. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
  94. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  95. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale (DIIN), Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy.
  96. Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
  97. Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
  98. Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA.
  99. INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, I-35122 Padova, Italy.
  100. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
  101. OzGrav, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
  102. Universitat de les Illes Balears, IAC3-IEEC, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
  103. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
  104. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA.
  105. Departamento de Matemáticas, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain.
  106. Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
  107. Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
  108. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, USA.
  109. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.
  110. Bellevue College, Bellevue, Washington 98007, USA.
  111. MTA-ELTE Astrophysics Research Group, Institute of Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
  112. Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India.
  113. The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
  114. IGFAE, Campus Sur, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain.
  115. Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università di Parma, I-43124 Parma, Italy.
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  126. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan.
  127. Observatori Astronòmic, Universitat de València, E-46980 Paterna, València, Spain.
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  130. Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar 382426, India.
  131. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
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  193. Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands.
  194. Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

PMID: 31702344 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161102

Abstract

We present a search for subsolar mass ultracompact objects in data obtained during Advanced LIGO's second observing run. In contrast to a previous search of Advanced LIGO data from the first observing run, this search includes the effects of component spin on the gravitational waveform. We identify no viable gravitational-wave candidates consistent with subsolar mass ultracompact binaries with at least one component between 0.2  M_{⊙}-1.0  M_{⊙}. We use the null result to constrain the binary merger rate of (0.2  M_{⊙}, 0.2  M_{⊙}) binaries to be less than 3.7×10^{5}  Gpc^{-3} yr^{-1} and the binary merger rate of (1.0  M_{⊙}, 1.0  M_{⊙}) binaries to be less than 5.2×10^{3}  Gpc^{-3} yr^{-1}. Subsolar mass ultracompact objects are not expected to form via known stellar evolution channels, though it has been suggested that primordial density fluctuations or particle dark matter with cooling mechanisms and/or nuclear interactions could form black holes with subsolar masses. Assuming a particular primordial black hole (PBH) formation model, we constrain a population of merging 0.2  M_{⊙} black holes to account for less than 16% of the dark matter density and a population of merging 1.0  M_{⊙} black holes to account for less than 2% of the dark matter density. We discuss how constraints on the merger rate and dark matter fraction may be extended to arbitrary black hole population models that predict subsolar mass binaries.

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