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 …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

The gravitational-wave background null hypothesis: Characterizing noise in millisecond pulsar arrival times with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array

DJ Reardon, A Zic, RM Shannon… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The noise in millisecond pulsar (MSP) timing data can include contributions from observing
instruments, the interstellar medium, the solar wind, solar system ephemeris errors, and the …

The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background

J Antoniadis, Z Arzoumanian, S Babak… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We searched for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background in the second data
release of the International Pulsar Timing Array, a global collaboration synthesizing decadal …

The NANOGrav 15 yr data set: Detector characterization and noise budget

G Agazie, A Anumarlapudi, AM Archibald… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are galactic-scale gravitational wave (GW) detectors. Each
individual arm, composed of a millisecond pulsar, a radio telescope, and a kiloparsecs-long …

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 …

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-II. Customised pulsar noise models for spatially correlated gravitational waves

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. The nanohertz gravitational wave background (GWB) is expected to be an aggregate
signal of an ensemble of gravitational waves emitted predominantly by a large population of …

The NANOGrav 11-year data set: high-precision timing of 45 millisecond pulsars

Z Arzoumanian, A Brazier… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-precision timing data over time spans of up to 11 years for 45 millisecond
pulsars observed as part of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational …

The international pulsar timing array: second data release

BBP Perera, ME DeCesar, PB Demorest… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we describe the International Pulsar Timing Array second data release, which
includes recent pulsar timing data obtained by three regional consortia: the European Pulsar …

Constraining cosmological phase transitions with the Parkes pulsar timing array

X Xue, L Bian, J Shu, Q Yuan, X Zhu, NDR Bhat… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
A cosmological first-order phase transition is expected to produce a stochastic gravitational
wave background. If the phase transition temperature is on the MeV scale, the power …