Full Band All-sky Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the O1 LIGO Data

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We report on a new all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency band 475-2000 Hz and with a frequency time derivative in the range of [-1.0e-8, +1e-9] Hz/s.

• Potential signals could be produced by a nearby spinning and slightly non-axisymmetric isolated neutron star in our galaxy.
• This search uses the data from Advanced LIGO's first observational run O1.
• No gravitational wave signals were observed, and upper limits were placed on their strengths.