PHENIICS Fest 2018

LIGO/VIrgo : Run O1, Cosmic string search and upper limits on the cosmic string parameters.

May 29, 2018, 7:15 PM

20m

200/0-Auditorium - Auditorium P. Lehmann (IJCLab)

Talk Astrophysics & Cosmology

Speaker

Mrs Imene Belahcene (LAL)

Description

Cosmic strings are topological defects which can be formed in GUT-scale phase transitions in
the early universe. They are also predicted to form in the context of string theory. I will present the analysis conducted to specifically search for gravitational-wave bursts from cosmic string loops in the data of Advanced LIGO 2015-2016 observing run (O1).

Presentation materials

Presentation_Belahcene_Pheniics.pdf