A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources

Kevin B. Burdge; Thomas A. Prince; Jim Fuller; David L. Kaplan; Thomas R. Marsh; Pier Emmanuel Tremblay; Zhuyun Zhuang; Eric C. Bellm; Ilaria Caiazzo; Michael W. Coughlin; Vik S. Dhillon; Boris Gaensicke; Pablo Rodríguez-Gil; Matthew J. Graham; J. J. Hermes; Thomas Kupfer; S. P. Littlefair; Przemek Mróz; E. S. Phinney; Jan Van Roestel; Yuhan Yao; Richard G. Dekany; Andrew J. Drake; Dmitry A. Duev; David Hale; Michael Feeney; George Helou; Stephen Kaye; Ashish A. Mahabal; Frank J. Masci; Reed Riddle; Roger Smith; Maayane T. Soumagnac; S. R. Kulkarni

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abc261

A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources

Kevin B. Burdge
, Thomas A. Prince
, Jim Fuller
, David L. Kaplan
, Thomas R. Marsh
, Pier Emmanuel Tremblay
, Zhuyun Zhuang
, Eric C. Bellm
, Ilaria Caiazzo
, Michael W. Coughlin
, Vik S. Dhillon
, Boris Gaensicke
, Pablo Rodríguez-Gil
, Matthew J. Graham
, J. J. Hermes
, Thomas Kupfer
, S. P. Littlefair
, Przemek Mróz
, E. S. Phinney
, Jan Van Roestel

Yuhan Yao, Richard G. Dekany, Andrew J. Drake, Dmitry A. Duev, David Hale, Michael Feeney, George Helou, Stephen Kaye, Ashish A. Mahabal, Frank J. Masci, Reed Riddle, Roger Smith, Maayane T. Soumagnac, S. R. Kulkarni

California Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Warwick
University of Washington
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Sheffield
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
University of La Laguna
Boston University
University of California at Santa Barbara
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

Using photometry collected with the Zwicky Transient Facility, we are conducting an ongoing survey for binary systems with short orbital periods (with the goal of identifying new gravitational-wave sources detectable by the upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). We present a sample of 15 binary systems discovered thus far, with orbital periods ranging from 6.91 to 56.35 minutes. Of the 15 systems, seven are eclipsing systems that do not show signs of significant mass transfer. Additionally, we have discovered two AM Canum Venaticorum systems and six systems exhibiting primarily ellipsoidal variations in their lightcurves. We present follow-up spectroscopy and high-speed photometry confirming the nature of these systems, estimates of their LISA signal-to-noise ratios, and a discussion of their physical characteristics.

Original language	English
Article number	32
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	905
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc261
State	Published - 10 Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

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National Science Foundation	1748958, 1440341, 677706, 340040

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Burdge, K. B., Prince, T. A., Fuller, J., Kaplan, D. L., Marsh, T. R., Tremblay, P. E., Zhuang, Z., Bellm, E. C., Caiazzo, I., Coughlin, M. W., Dhillon, V. S., Gaensicke, B., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Graham, M. J., Hermes, J. J., Kupfer, T., Littlefair, S. P., Mróz, P., Phinney, E. S., ... Kulkarni, S. R. (2020). A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources. Astrophysical Journal, 905(1), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc261

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