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1. Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

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G. Agazie, J. Antoniadis, A. Anumarlapudi, A. M. Archibald, P. Arumugam, S. Arumugam, Z. Arzoumanian, J. Askew, S. Babak, M. Bagchi, M. Bailes, A.-S. Bak Nielsen, P. T. Baker, C. G. Bassa, A. Bathula, B. Bécsy, A. Berthereau, N. D. R. Bhat, L. Blecha, M. Bonetti, E. Bortolas, A. Brazier, P. R. Brook, M. Burgay, S. Burke-Spolaor, R. Burnette, R. N. Caballero, A. Cameron, R. Case, A. Chalumeau, D. J. Champion, S. Chanlaridis, M. Charisi, S. Chatterjee, K. Chatziioannou, B. D. Cheeseboro, S. Chen, Z.-C. Chen, I. Cognard, T. Cohen, W. A. Coles, J. M. Cordes, N. J. Cornish, F. Crawford, H. T. Cromartie, K. Crowter, M. Curyło, C. J. Cutler, S. Dai, S. Dandapat, D. Deb, M. E. DeCesar, D. DeGan, P. B. Demorest, H. Deng, S. Desai, G. Desvignes, L. Dey, N. Dhanda-Batra, V. Di Marco, T. Dolch, B. Drachler, C. Dwivedi, J. A. Ellis, M. Falxa, Y. Feng, R. D. Ferdman, E. C. Ferrara, W. Fiore, E. Fonseca, A. Franchini, G. E. Freedman, J. R. Gair, N. Garver-Daniels, P. A. Gentile, K. A. Gersbach, J. Glaser, D. C. Good, B. Goncharov, A. Gopakumar, E. Graikou, J.-M. Griessmeier, L. Guillemot, K. Gültekin, Y. J. Guo, Y. Gupta, K. Grunthal, J. S. Hazboun, S. Hisano, G. B. Hobbs, S. Hourihane, H. Hu, F. Iraci, K. Islo, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, J. Jang, J. Jawor, G. H. Janssen, R. J. Jennings, A. Jessner, A. D. Johnson, M. L. Jones, B. C. Joshi, A. R. Kaiser, D. L. Kaplan, A. Kapur, F. Kareem, R. Karuppusamy, E. F. Keane, M. J. Keith, L. Z. Kelley, M. Kerr, J. S. Key, D. Kharbanda, T. Kikunaga, T. C. Klein, N. Kolhe, M. Kramer, M. A. Krishnakumar, A. Kulkarni, N. Laal, K. Lackeos, M. T. Lam, W. G. Lamb, B. B. Larsen, T. J. W. Lazio, K. J. Lee, Y. Levin, N. Lewandowska, T. B. Littenberg, K. Liu, T. Liu, Y. Liu, A. Lommen, D. R. Lorimer, M. E. Lower, J. Luo, R. Luo, R. S. Lynch, A. G. Lyne, C.-P. Ma, Y. Maan, D. R. Madison, R. A. Main, R. N. Manchester, R. Mandow, M. A. Mattson, A. McEwen, J. W. McKee, M. A. McLaughlin, N. McMann, B. W. Meyers, P. M. Meyers, M. B. Mickaliger, M. Miles, C. M. F. Mingarelli, A. Mitridate, P. Natarajan, R. S. Nathan, C. Ng, D. J. Nice, I. C. Niţu, K. Nobleson, S. K. Ocker, K. D. Olum, S. Osłowski, A. K. Paladi, A. Parthasarathy, T. T. Pennucci, B. B. P. Perera, D. Perrodin, A. Petiteau, P. Petrov, N. S. Pol, N. K. Porayko, A. Possenti, T. Prabu, H. Quelquejay Leclere, H. A. Radovan, P. Rana, S. M. Ransom, P. S. Ray, D. J. Reardon, A. F. Rogers, J. D. Romano, C. J. Russell, A. Samajdar, S. A. Sanidas, S. C. Sardesai, A. Schmiedekamp, C. Schmiedekamp, K. Schmitz, L. Schult, A. Sesana, G. Shaifullah, R. M. Shannon, B. J. Shapiro-Albert, X. Siemens, J. Simon, J. Singha, M. S. Siwek, L. Speri, R. Spiewak, A. Srivastava, I. H. Stairs, B. W. Stappers, D. R. Stinebring, K. Stovall, J. P. Sun, M. Surnis, S. C. Susarla, A. Susobhanan, J. K. Swiggum, K. Takahashi, P. Tarafdar, J. Taylor, S. R. Taylor, G. Theureau, E. Thrane, N. Thyagarajan, C. Tiburzi, L. Toomey, J. E. Turner, C. Unal, M. Vallisneri, E. van der Wateren, R. van Haasteren, A. Vecchio, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, J. P. W. Verbiest, S. J. Vigeland, H. M. Wahl, S. Wang, Q. Wang, C. A. Witt, J. Wang, L. Wang, K. E. Wayt, Z. Wu, O. Young, L. Zhang, S. Zhang, X.-J. Zhu, A. Zic, and The International Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration

Subjects
Gravitational waves, Pulsars, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

The Australian, Chinese, European, Indian, and North American pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations recently reported, at varying levels, evidence for the presence of a nanohertz gravitational-wave background (GWB). Given that each PTA made different choices in modeling their data, we perform a comparison of the GWB and individual pulsar noise parameters across the results reported from the PTAs that constitute the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA). We show that despite making different modeling choices, there is no significant difference in the GWB parameters that are measured by the different PTAs, agreeing within 1 σ . The pulsar noise parameters are also consistent between different PTAs for the majority of the pulsars included in these analyses. We bridge the differences in modeling choices by adopting a standardized noise model for all pulsars and PTAs, finding that under this model there is a reduction in the tension in the pulsar noise parameters. As part of this reanalysis, we “extended” each PTA’s data set by adding extra pulsars that were not timed by that PTA. Under these extensions, we find better constraints on the GWB amplitude and a higher signal-to-noise ratio for the Hellings–Downs correlations. These extensions serve as a prelude to the benefits offered by a full combination of data across all pulsars in the IPTA, i.e., the IPTA’s Data Release 3, which will involve not just adding in additional pulsars but also including data from all three PTAs where any given pulsar is timed by more than a single PTA.

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2024
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2. The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Polarimetry and Faraday Rotation Measures from Observations of Millisecond Pulsars with the Green Bank Telescope

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H. M. Wahl, M. A. McLaughlin, P. A. Gentile, M. L. Jones, R. Spiewak, Z. Arzoumanian, K. Crowter, P. B. Demorest, M. E. DeCesar, T. Dolch, J. A. Ellis, R. D. Ferdman, E. C. Ferrara, E. Fonseca, N. Garver-Daniels, G. Jones, M. T. Lam, L. Levin, N. Lewandowska, D. R. Lorimer, R. S. Lynch, D. R. Madison, C. Ng, D. J. Nice, T. T. Pennucci, S. M. Ransom, P. Ray, I. H. Stairs, K. Stovall, J. K. Swiggum, and W. W. Zhu

Subjects
Pulsars, Interstellar medium, Astronomical techniques, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

In this work, we present polarization profiles for 23 millisecond pulsars observed at 820 and 1500 MHz with the Green Bank Telescope as part of the NANOGrav pulsar timing array. We calibrate the data using Mueller matrix solutions calculated from observations of PSRs B1929+10 and J1022+1001. We discuss the polarization profiles, which can be used to constrain pulsar emission geometry, and present both the first published radio polarization profiles for nine pulsars and the discovery of very low-intensity average profile components (“microcomponents”) in four pulsars. We obtain the Faraday rotation measures for each pulsar and use them to calculate the Galactic magnetic field parallel to the line of sight for different lines of sight through the interstellar medium. We fit for linear and sinusoidal trends in time in the dispersion measure and Galactic magnetic field and detect magnetic field variations with a period of 1 yr in some pulsars, but overall find that the variations in these parameters are more consistent with a stochastic origin.

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2022
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3. Searching for continuous Gravitational Waves in the second data release of the International Pulsar Timing Array

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Falxa, M, Babak, S, T Baker, P, Bécsy, B, Chalumeau, A, Chen, S, Chen, Z, J Cornish, N, Guillemot, L, S Hazboun, J, F Mingarelli, C, Parthasarathy, A, Petiteau, A, S Pol, N, Sesana, A, B Spolaor, S, R Taylor, S, Theureau, G, Vallisneri, M, J Vigeland, S, A Witt, C, Zhu, X, Antoniadis, J, Arzoumanian, Z, Bailes, M, R Bhat, N, Blecha, L, Brazier, A, R Brook, P, Caballero, N, D Cameron, A, A Casey-Clyde, J, Champion, D, Charisi, M, Chatterjee, S, Cognard, I, M Cordes, J, Crawford, F, T Cromartie, H, Crowter, K, Dai, S, E DeCesar, M, B Demorest, P, Desvignes, G, Dolch, T, Drachler, B, Feng, Y, C Ferrara, E, Fiore, W, Fonseca, E, Garver-Daniels, N, Glaser, J, Goncharov, B, C Good, D, Griessmeier, J, J Guo, Y, Gültekin, K, Hobbs, G, Hu, H, Islo, K, Jang, J, J Jennings, R, D Johnson, A, L Jones, M, Kaczmarek, J, R Kaiser, A, L Kaplan, D, Keith, M, Z Kelley, L, Kerr, M, S Key, J, Laal, N, T Lam, M, G Lamb, W, W Lazio, T, Liu, K, Liu, T, Luo, J, S Lynch, R, R Madison, D, Main, R, Manchester, R, Mcewen, A, Mckee, J, A McLaughlin, M, Ng, C, J Nice, D, Ocker, S, D Olum, K, Osłowski, S, T Pennucci, T, P Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Quelquejay-Leclere, H, M Ransom, S, S Ray, P, J Reardon, D, J Russell, C, Samajdar, A, Sarkissian, J, Schult, L, Shaifullah, G, M Shannon, R, J Shapiro-Albert, B, Siemens, X, J Simon, J, Siwek, M, L Smith, T, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, H Stairs, I, Stappers, B, R Stinebring, D, K Swiggum, J, Tiburzi, C, Turner, J, Vecchio, A, W Verbiest, J, Wahl, H, Q Wang, S, Wang, J, Wu, Z, Zhang, L, Zhang, S, Collaboration, I, M Falxa, S Babak, P T Baker, B Bécsy, A Chalumeau, S Chen, Z Chen, N J Cornish, L Guillemot, J S Hazboun, C M F Mingarelli, A Parthasarathy, A Petiteau, N S Pol, A Sesana, S B Spolaor, S R Taylor, G Theureau, M Vallisneri, S J Vigeland, C A Witt, X Zhu, J Antoniadis, Z Arzoumanian, M Bailes, N D R Bhat, L Blecha, A Brazier, P R Brook, N Caballero, A D Cameron, J A Casey-Clyde, D Champion, M Charisi, S Chatterjee, I Cognard, J M Cordes, F Crawford, H T Cromartie, K Crowter, S Dai, M E DeCesar, P B Demorest, G Desvignes, T Dolch, B Drachler, Y Feng, E C Ferrara, W Fiore, E Fonseca, N Garver-Daniels, J Glaser, B Goncharov, D C Good, J Griessmeier, Y J Guo, K Gültekin, G Hobbs, H Hu, K Islo, J Jang, R J Jennings, A D Johnson, M L Jones, J Kaczmarek, A R Kaiser, D L Kaplan, M Keith, L Z Kelley, M Kerr, J S Key, N Laal, M T Lam, W G Lamb, T J W Lazio, K Liu, T Liu, J Luo, R S Lynch, D R Madison, R Main, R Manchester, A McEwen, J McKee, M A McLaughlin, C Ng, D J Nice, S Ocker, K D Olum, S Osłowski, T T Pennucci, B B P Perera, D Perrodin, N Porayko, A Possenti, H Quelquejay-Leclere, S M Ransom, P S Ray, D J Reardon, C J Russell, A Samajdar, J Sarkissian, L Schult, G Shaifullah, R M Shannon, B J Shapiro-Albert, X Siemens, J J Simon, M Siwek, T L Smith, L Speri, R Spiewak, I H Stairs, B Stappers, D R Stinebring, J K Swiggum, C Tiburzi, J Turner, A Vecchio, J P W Verbiest, H Wahl, S Q Wang, J Wang, Z Wu, L Zhang, S Zhang, IPTA Collaboration, Falxa, M, Babak, S, T Baker, P, Bécsy, B, Chalumeau, A, Chen, S, Chen, Z, J Cornish, N, Guillemot, L, S Hazboun, J, F Mingarelli, C, Parthasarathy, A, Petiteau, A, S Pol, N, Sesana, A, B Spolaor, S, R Taylor, S, Theureau, G, Vallisneri, M, J Vigeland, S, A Witt, C, Zhu, X, Antoniadis, J, Arzoumanian, Z, Bailes, M, R Bhat, N, Blecha, L, Brazier, A, R Brook, P, Caballero, N, D Cameron, A, A Casey-Clyde, J, Champion, D, Charisi, M, Chatterjee, S, Cognard, I, M Cordes, J, Crawford, F, T Cromartie, H, Crowter, K, Dai, S, E DeCesar, M, B Demorest, P, Desvignes, G, Dolch, T, Drachler, B, Feng, Y, C Ferrara, E, Fiore, W, Fonseca, E, Garver-Daniels, N, Glaser, J, Goncharov, B, C Good, D, Griessmeier, J, J Guo, Y, Gültekin, K, Hobbs, G, Hu, H, Islo, K, Jang, J, J Jennings, R, D Johnson, A, L Jones, M, Kaczmarek, J, R Kaiser, A, L Kaplan, D, Keith, M, Z Kelley, L, Kerr, M, S Key, J, Laal, N, T Lam, M, G Lamb, W, W Lazio, T, Liu, K, Liu, T, Luo, J, S Lynch, R, R Madison, D, Main, R, Manchester, R, Mcewen, A, Mckee, J, A McLaughlin, M, Ng, C, J Nice, D, Ocker, S, D Olum, K, Osłowski, S, T Pennucci, T, P Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Quelquejay-Leclere, H, M Ransom, S, S Ray, P, J Reardon, D, J Russell, C, Samajdar, A, Sarkissian, J, Schult, L, Shaifullah, G, M Shannon, R, J Shapiro-Albert, B, Siemens, X, J Simon, J, Siwek, M, L Smith, T, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, H Stairs, I, Stappers, B, R Stinebring, D, K Swiggum, J, Tiburzi, C, Turner, J, Vecchio, A, W Verbiest, J, Wahl, H, Q Wang, S, Wang, J, Wu, Z, Zhang, L, Zhang, S, Collaboration, I, M Falxa, S Babak, P T Baker, B Bécsy, A Chalumeau, S Chen, Z Chen, N J Cornish, L Guillemot, J S Hazboun, C M F Mingarelli, A Parthasarathy, A Petiteau, N S Pol, A Sesana, S B Spolaor, S R Taylor, G Theureau, M Vallisneri, S J Vigeland, C A Witt, X Zhu, J Antoniadis, Z Arzoumanian, M Bailes, N D R Bhat, L Blecha, A Brazier, P R Brook, N Caballero, A D Cameron, J A Casey-Clyde, D Champion, M Charisi, S Chatterjee, I Cognard, J M Cordes, F Crawford, H T Cromartie, K Crowter, S Dai, M E DeCesar, P B Demorest, G Desvignes, T Dolch, B Drachler, Y Feng, E C Ferrara, W Fiore, E Fonseca, N Garver-Daniels, J Glaser, B Goncharov, D C Good, J Griessmeier, Y J Guo, K Gültekin, G Hobbs, H Hu, K Islo, J Jang, R J Jennings, A D Johnson, M L Jones, J Kaczmarek, A R Kaiser, D L Kaplan, M Keith, L Z Kelley, M Kerr, J S Key, N Laal, M T Lam, W G Lamb, T J W Lazio, K Liu, T Liu, J Luo, R S Lynch, D R Madison, R Main, R Manchester, A McEwen, J McKee, M A McLaughlin, C Ng, D J Nice, S Ocker, K D Olum, S Osłowski, T T Pennucci, B B P Perera, D Perrodin, N Porayko, A Possenti, H Quelquejay-Leclere, S M Ransom, P S Ray, D J Reardon, C J Russell, A Samajdar, J Sarkissian, L Schult, G Shaifullah, R M Shannon, B J Shapiro-Albert, X Siemens, J J Simon, M Siwek, T L Smith, L Speri, R Spiewak, I H Stairs, B Stappers, D R Stinebring, J K Swiggum, C Tiburzi, J Turner, A Vecchio, J P W Verbiest, H Wahl, S Q Wang, J Wang, Z Wu, L Zhang, S Zhang, and IPTA Collaboration

Abstract

The International Pulsar Timing Array 2nd data release is the combination of data sets from worldwide collaborations. In this study, we search for continuous waves: gravitational wave signals produced by individual supermassive black hole binaries in the local universe. We consider binaries on circular orbits and neglect the evolution of orbital frequency over the observational span. We find no evidence for such signals and set sky averaged 95 per cent upper limits on their amplitude h95. The most sensitive frequency is 10 nHz with h95 = 9.1 × 10-15. We achieved the best upper limit to date at low and high frequencies of the PTA band thanks to improved effective cadence of observations. In our analysis, we have taken into account the recently discovered common red noise process, which has an impact at low frequencies. We also find that the peculiar noise features present in some pulsars data must be taken into account to reduce the false alarm. We show that using custom noise models is essential in searching for continuous gravitational wave signals and setting the upper limit.

Published
2023

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

Author

J Antoniadis, Z Arzoumanian, S Babak, M Bailes, A-S Bak Nielsen, P T Baker, C G Bassa, B Bécsy, A Berthereau, M Bonetti, A Brazier, P R Brook, M Burgay, S Burke-Spolaor, R N Caballero, J A Casey-Clyde, A Chalumeau, D J Champion, M Charisi, S Chatterjee, S Chen, I Cognard, J M Cordes, N J Cornish, F Crawford, H T Cromartie, K Crowter, S Dai, M E DeCesar, P B Demorest, G Desvignes, T Dolch, B Drachler, M Falxa, E C Ferrara, W Fiore, E Fonseca, J R Gair, N Garver-Daniels, B Goncharov, D C Good, E Graikou, L Guillemot, Y J Guo, J S Hazboun, G Hobbs, H Hu, K Islo, G H Janssen, R J Jennings, A D Johnson, M L Jones, A R Kaiser, D L Kaplan, R Karuppusamy, M J Keith, L Z Kelley, M Kerr, J S Key, M Kramer, M T Lam, W G Lamb, T J W Lazio, K J Lee, L Lentati, K Liu, J Luo, R S Lynch, A G Lyne, D R Madison, R A Main, R N Manchester, A McEwen, J W McKee, M A McLaughlin, M B Mickaliger, C M F Mingarelli, C Ng, D J Nice, S Osłowski, A Parthasarathy, T T Pennucci, B B P Perera, D Perrodin, A Petiteau, N S Pol, N K Porayko, A Possenti, S M Ransom, P S Ray, D J Reardon, C J Russell, A Samajdar, L M Sampson, S Sanidas, J M Sarkissian, K Schmitz, L Schult, A Sesana, G Shaifullah, R M Shannon, B J Shapiro-Albert, X Siemens, J Simon, T L Smith, L Speri, R Spiewak, I H Stairs, B W Stappers, D R Stinebring, J K Swiggum, S R Taylor, G Theureau, C Tiburzi, M Vallisneri, E van der Wateren, A Vecchio, J P W Verbiest, S J Vigeland, H Wahl, J B Wang, J Wang, L Wang, C A Witt, S Zhang, X J Zhu, Antoniadis, J, Arzoumanian, Z, Babak, S, Bailes, M, Bak Nielsen, A, Baker, P, Bassa, C, Becsy, B, Berthereau, A, Bonetti, M, Brazier, A, Brook, P, Burgay, M, Burke-Spolaor, S, Caballero, R, Casey-Clyde, J, Chalumeau, A, Champion, D, Charisi, M, Chatterjee, S, Chen, S, Cognard, I, Cordes, J, Cornish, N, Crawford, F, Cromartie, H, Crowter, K, Dai, S, Decesar, M, Demorest, P, Desvignes, G, Dolch, T, Drachler, B, Falxa, M, Ferrara, E, Fiore, W, Fonseca, E, Gair, J, Garver-Daniels, N, Goncharov, B, Good, D, Graikou, E, Guillemot, L, Guo, Y, Hazboun, J, Hobbs, G, Hu, H, Islo, K, Janssen, G, Jennings, R, Johnson, A, Jones, M, Kaiser, A, Kaplan, D, Karuppusamy, R, Keith, M, Kelley, L, Kerr, M, Key, J, Kramer, M, Lam, M, Lamb, W, Lazio, T, Lee, K, Lentati, L, Liu, K, Luo, J, Lynch, R, Lyne, A, Madison, D, Main, R, Manchester, R, Mcewen, A, Mckee, J, Mclaughlin, M, Mickaliger, M, Mingarelli, C, Ng, C, Nice, D, Oslowski, S, Parthasarathy, A, Pennucci, T, Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Petiteau, A, Pol, N, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Ransom, S, Ray, P, Reardon, D, Russell, C, Samajdar, A, Sampson, L, Sanidas, S, Sarkissian, J, Schmitz, K, Schult, L, Sesana, A, Shaifullah, G, Shannon, R, Shapiro-Albert, B, Siemens, X, Simon, J, Smith, T, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, Stairs, I, Stappers, B, Stinebring, D, Swiggum, J, Taylor, S, Theureau, G, Tiburzi, C, Vallisneri, M, Van Der Wateren, E, Vecchio, A, Verbiest, J, Vigeland, S, Wahl, H, Wang, J, Wang, L, Witt, C, Zhang, S, Zhu, X, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), ANR-18-CE31-0015,PTA-France,Recherche d'ondes gravitationnelles avec un réseau de pulsars en France(2018), ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, DEU, AUS, CAN, GRC, NLD, CHN, RUS, CHE, and HUN

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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Astrophysics and Astronomy, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, methods: Data analysi, pulsars: General, methods: data analysis, gravitational waves, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), gravitational wave, astro-ph.IM
Abstract

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-length pulsar-timing campaigns in North America, Europe, and Australia. In our reference search for a power law strain spectrum of the form $h_c = A(f/1\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1})^{\alpha}$, we found strong evidence for a spectrally-similar low-frequency stochastic process of amplitude $A = 3.8^{+6.3}_{-2.5}\times10^{-15}$ and spectral index $\alpha = -0.5 \pm 0.5$, where the uncertainties represent 95\% credible regions, using information from the auto- and cross-correlation terms between the pulsars in the array. For a spectral index of $\alpha = -2/3$, as expected from a population of inspiralling supermassive black hole binaries, the recovered amplitude is $A = 2.8^{+1.2}_{-0.8}\times10^{-15}$. Nonetheless, no significant evidence of the Hellings-Downs correlations that would indicate a gravitational-wave origin was found. We also analyzed the constituent data from the individual pulsar timing arrays in a consistent way, and clearly demonstrate that the combined international data set is more sensitive. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this combined data set produces comparable constraints to recent single-array data sets which have more data than the constituent parts of the combination. Future international data releases will deliver increased sensitivity to gravitational wave radiation, and significantly increase the detection probability., 17 pages, 12 figures, accepted in MNRAS

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2022
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5. Erratum: 'The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Polarimetry and Faraday Rotation Measures from Observations of Millisecond Pulsars with the Green Bank Telescope' (2022, ApJ, 926, 168)

Author

H. M. Wahl, M. A. McLaughlin, P. A. Gentile, M. L. Jones, R. Spiewak, Z. Arzoumanian, K. Crowter, P. B. Demorest, M. E. DeCesar, T. Dolch, J. A. Ellis, R. D. Ferdman, E. C. Ferrara, E. Fonseca, N. Garver-Daniels, G. Jones, M. T. Lam, L. Levin, N. Lewandowska, D. R. Lorimer, R. S. Lynch, D. R. Madison, C. Ng, D. J. Nice, T. T. Pennucci, S. M. Ransom, P. Ray, I. H. Stairs, K. Stovall, J. K. Swiggum, and W. W. Zhu

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Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published
2022
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