scholarly journals Pulsar timing array observations of gravitational wave source timing parallax

2011 ◽  
Vol 414 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihao Deng ◽  
Lee Samuel Finn
2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. 701-712
Author(s):  
N Yonemaru ◽  
S Kuroyanagi ◽  
G Hobbs ◽  
K Takahashi ◽  
X-J Zhu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Cosmic strings are potential gravitational-wave (GW) sources that can be probed by pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). In this work we develop a detection algorithm for a GW burst from a cusp on a cosmic string, and apply it to Parkes PTA data. We find four events with a false alarm probability less than 1 per cent. However further investigation shows that all of these are likely to be spurious. As there are no convincing detections we place upper limits on the GW amplitude for different event durations. From these bounds we place limits on the cosmic string tension of Gμ ∼ 10−5, and highlight that this bound is independent from those obtained using other techniques. We discuss the physical implications of our results and the prospect of probing cosmic strings in the era of Square Kilometre Array.


2012 ◽  
Vol 425 (2) ◽  
pp. 1597-1597 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. van Haasteren ◽  
Y. Levin ◽  
G. H. Janssen ◽  
K. Lazaridis ◽  
M. Kramer ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 1341008 ◽  
Author(s):  
BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI

In the last decade, the use of an ensemble of radio pulsars to constrain the characteristic strain caused by a stochastic gravitational wave background has advanced the cause of detection of very low frequency gravitational waves (GWs) significantly. This electromagnetic means of GW detection, called Pulsar Timing Array (PTA), is reviewed in this paper. The principle of operation of PTA, the current operating PTAs and their status are presented along with a discussion of the main challenges in the detection of GWs using PTA.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Hobbs ◽  
Shi Dai

Abstract A pulsar timing array (PTA) refers to a program of regular, high-precision timing observations of a widely distributed array of millisecond pulsars. Here we review the status of the three primary PTA projects and the joint International Pulsar Timing Array project. We discuss current results related to ultra-low-frequency gravitational wave searches and highlight opportunities for the near future.


2011 ◽  
Vol 414 (2) ◽  
pp. 1777-1787 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. B. Yardley ◽  
W. A. Coles ◽  
G. B. Hobbs ◽  
J. P. W. Verbiest ◽  
R. N. Manchester ◽  
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