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Pulsar Timing Arrays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin*
Affiliation:
West Virginia University email: maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu
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Abstract

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I describe the concept of a pulsar timing array and give broad overview of the construction of a pulsar timing array, methods for high-precision timing and noise characterization, and algorithms for gravitational wave detection and source characterization. I then provide an overview of worldwide pulsar timing programs and the scale and sensitivity of the pulsar timing array efforts, with particular attention to the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA). I discuss the most recent results from pulsar timing arrays, emphasizing the gravitational wave detection efforts in particular. Finally, I describe the anticipated future growth in participants, telescopes, pulsars, and sensitivity of the IPTA, highlighting the transformational advances that it will enable over the next decade.

Keywords

pulsarspulsar timingmillisecond pulsarsgravitational waves
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 321 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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