# Search for continuous gravitational waves from Fomalhaut b in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model

@article{Jones2021SearchFC,
title={Search for continuous gravitational waves from Fomalhaut b in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model},
author={Dana Jones and Ling Sun},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2021}
}
• Published 17 July 2020
• Physics
• Physical Review D
Results are presented from a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from a nearby neutron star candidate, Fomalhaut b, using data collected in the second observing run of Advanced LIGO. The search is based on a hidden Markov model scheme, capable of tracking signal frequency evolution from the star's secular spin down and stochastic timing noise simultaneously. The scheme is combined with a frequency domain matched filter ($\mathcal{F}$-statistic), calculated coherently over…
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