Cosmological backgrounds of gravitational waves

C Caprini, DG Figueroa - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravitational waves (GWs) have a great potential to probe cosmology. We review early
universe sources that can lead to cosmological backgrounds of GWs. We begin by …

Axion cosmology

DJE Marsh - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Axions comprise a broad class of particles that can play a major role in explaining the
unknown aspects of cosmology. They are also well-motivated within high energy physics …

[HTML][HTML] The NANOGrav 15 yr data set: Evidence for a gravitational-wave background

G Agazie, A Anumarlapudi, AM Archibald… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report multiple lines of evidence for a stochastic signal that is correlated among 67
pulsars from the 15 yr pulsar timing data set collected by the North American Nanohertz …

Common-red-signal analysis with 24-yr high-precision timing of the European Pulsar Timing Array: inferences in the stochastic gravitational-wave background search

S Chen, RN Caballero, YJ Guo… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present results from the search for a stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB) as
predicted by the theory of General Relativity using six radio millisecond pulsars from the …

On the evidence for a common-spectrum process in the search for the nanohertz gravitational-wave background with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array

B Goncharov, RM Shannon, DJ Reardon… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A nanohertz-frequency stochastic gravitational-wave background can potentially be
detected through the precise timing of an array of millisecond pulsars. This background …

Stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds: Current detection efforts and future prospects

AI Renzini, B Goncharov, AC Jenkins, PM Meyers - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The collection of individually resolvable gravitational wave (GW) events makes up a tiny
fraction of all GW signals that reach our detectors, while most lie below the confusion limit …

European pulsar timing array limits on an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background

L Lentati, SR Taylor, CMF Mingarelli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present new limits on an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB)
using a six pulsar data set spanning 18 yr of observations from the 2015 European Pulsar …

Gravitational-wave sensitivity curves

CJ Moore, RH Cole, CPL Berry - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
There are several common conventions in use by the gravitational-wave community to
describe the amplitude of sources and the sensitivity of detectors. These are frequently …

Five-year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe* observations: cosmological interpretation

E Komatsu, J Dunkley, MR Nolta… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 5-year data provide
stringent limits on deviations from the minimal, six-parameter Λ cold dark matter model. We …

[HTML][HTML] Review of particle physics

K Nakamura - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and …, 2010 - bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar
This biennial Review summarizes much of particle physics. Using data from previous
editions, plus 2158 new measurements from 551 papers, we list, evaluate, and average …