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- Title
- The International Pulsar Timing Array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector
- Author(s)
- Hobbs, G.; Archibald, A.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Backer, D.; Bailes, M.; Bhat, N. D. R.; Burgay, M.; Burke-Spolaor, S.; Champion, D.; Cognard, I.; Coles, W.; Cordes, J.; Demorest, P.; Desvignes, G.; Ferdman, R. D.; Finn, L.; Freire, P.; Gonzalez, M.; Hessels, J.; Hotan, A.; Janssen, G.; Jenet, F.; Jessner, A.; Jordan, C.; Kaspi, V.; Kramer, M.; Kondratiev, V.; Lazio, J.; Lazaridis, K.; Lee, K. J.; Levin, Y.; Lommen, A.; Lorimer, D.; Lynch, R.; Lyne, A.; Manchester, R.; McLaughlin, M.; Nice, D.; Oslowski, S.; Pilia, M.; Possenti, A.; Purver, M.; Ransom, S.; Reynolds, J.; Sanidas, S.; Sarkissian, J.; Sesana, A.; Shannon, R.; Siemens, X.; Stairs, I.; Stappers, B.; Stinebring, D.; Theureau, G.; van Haasteren, R.; van Straten, W.; Verbiest, J. P. W.; Yardley, D. R. B.; You, X. P.
- Abstract
- The 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.
- Publication Type
- Journal article
- Research Centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 27, no. 8 (Apr 2010), article no. 084013
- Publication Year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 0105 Mathematical Physics; 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics; 0206 Quantum Physics
- Keyword(s)
- Black holes; Gravitation; Gravitational waves; International Pulsar Timing Array project; Pulsars
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084013
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd. The accepted manuscript of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
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