• 저자B. P. Abbott et al.*,C. Adams,,F. Acernese,,K. Ackley,,R. Abbott,,T. Adams,,T. D. Abbott,,김환선,손재주,오상훈,오정근
• 학술지Physical Review D (2470-0010), 97, 102002-1 ~ 102002-20
• 등재유형SCI
• 게재일자 20180508

Cosmic strings are topological defects which can be formed in grand unified theory scale phase transitions in the early universe. They are also predicted to form in the context of string theory. The main mechanism for a network of Nambu-Goto cosmic strings to lose energy is through the production of loops and the subsequent emission of gravitational waves, thus offering an experimental signature for the existence of cosmic strings. Here we report on 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).