Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo …