LIGO

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LIGOsFigure of Merit for Pulsars

• Giovanni Santostasi,
• BRCC

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FOM 1 Effective Strain hEC for pulsars
Crab Pulsar
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FOM 2 Time needed to reach Energy conservation
limit
Used S3 LHO h strain sensitivity curve
Crab Pulsar t149 days
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FOM 3 Sensitivity h(2 frot) converted to
ellipticity
Lower limit on epsilon4.17e-7
Used S3 LHO h strain sensitivity curve
Crab Pulsar e4.7e-4