The international pulsar timing array project: Using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector
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posted on 2024-08-06, 09:32 authored by G Hobbs, A Archibald, Z Arzoumanian, D Backer, Matthew BailesMatthew Bailes, N D R Bhat, M Burgay, S Burke-Spolaor, D Champion, I Cognard, W Coles, J Cordes, P Demorest, G Desvignes, R D Ferdman, L Finn, P Freire, M Gonzalez, J Hessels, A Hotan, G Janssen, F Jenet, A Jessner, C Jordan, V Kaspi, M Kramer, V Kondratiev, J Lazio, K Lazaridis, K J Lee, Y Levin, A Lommen, D Lorimer, R Lynch, A Lyne, R Manchester, M McLaughlin, D Nice, Stefan Oslowski, M Pilia, A Possenti, M Purver, S Ransom, J Reynolds, S Sanidas, J Sarkissian, A Sesana, Ryan ShannonRyan Shannon, X Siemens, I Stairs, B Stappers, D Stinebring, G Theureau, R van Haasteren, Willem van Straten, J P W Verbiest, D R B Yardley, X P YouThe International Pulsar Timing Array project combines observations of pulsars from both northern and southern hemisphere observatories with the main aim of detecting ultra-low frequency (~10^-9 -10^-8 Hz) gravitational waves. Here we introduce the project, review the methods used to search for gravitational waves emitted from coalescing supermassive binary black-hole systems in the centres of merging galaxies and discuss the status of the project.
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Classical and Quantum GravityVolume
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