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| Versatile directional searches for gravitational waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays | |
Madison, D. R.1,2; Zhu, X. -J.3,4; Hobbs, G.4; Coles, W.5; Shannon, R. M.4,6; Wang, J. B.7 ; Tiburzi, C.8,9,10,11; Manchester, R. N.4; Bailes, M.12; Bhat, N. D. R.6; Burke-Spolaor, S.13; Dai, S.4,14; Dempsey, J.15; Keith, M.16; Kerr, M.4; Lasky, P.17,18; Levin, Y.17; Oslowski, S.10,11; Ravi, V.19; Reardon, D.4,17; Rosado, P.12; Spiewak, R.20; van Straten, W.12; Toomey, L.4; Wen, L.3; You, X.21
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| 2016-02-01 | |
| Source Publication | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
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| Volume | 455Issue:4Pages:3662-3673 |
| Contribution Rank | 7 |
| Abstract | By regularly monitoring the most stable millisecond pulsars over many years, pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are positioned to detect and study correlations in the timing behaviour of those pulsars. Gravitational waves (GWs) from supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) are an exciting potentially detectable source of such correlations. We describe a straightforward technique by which a PTA can be 'phased-up' to form time series of the two polarization modes of GWs coming from a particular direction of the sky. Our technique requires no assumptions regarding the time-domain behaviour of a GW signal. This method has already been used to place stringent bounds on GWs from individual SMBHBs in circular orbits. Here, we describe the methodology and demonstrate the versatility of the technique in searches for a wide variety of GW signals including bursts with unmodelled waveforms. Using the first six years of data from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array, we conduct an all-sky search for a detectable excess of GW power from any direction. For the lines of sight to several nearby massive galaxy clusters, we carry out a more detailed search for GW bursts with memory, which are distinct signatures of SMBHB mergers. In all cases, we find that the data are consistent with noise. |
| Keyword | Gravitational Waves Methods: Data Analysis Pulsars: General |
| Subtype | Article |
| DOI | 10.1093/mnras/stv2534 |
| WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Keyword | BLACK-HOLE BINARIES ; LIMITS ; MEMORY ; BURSTS ; RADIATION ; EVOLUTION ; NOISE |
| WOS Research Area | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| WOS Subject | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| WOS ID | WOS:000368009300020 |
| Funding Organization | Commonwealth of Australia ; West Virginia University through NSF/PIRE(0968296) ; NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center NSF(PHY-1430284) ; New York NASA Space Grant Consortium ; Australian Research Council ; Australian Research Council(FT120100595) ; NSFC(11403086) ; West Light Foundation CAS(XBBS201322) ; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.xao.ac.cn/handle/45760611-7/915 |
| Collection | 射电天文研究室_脉冲星研究团组 射电天文研究室 |
| Corresponding Author | Madison, D. R. |
| Affiliation | 1.Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA 2.Natl Radio Astron Observ, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA 3.Univ Western Australia, Sch Phys, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia 4.CSIRO Astron & Space Sci, Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia 5.Univ Calif San Diego, Elect & Comp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA 6.Curtin Univ, Int Ctr Radio Astron Res, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Astron Observ, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China 8.INAF Osservatorio Astron Cagliari, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy 9.Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Fis, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy 10.Max Planck Inst Radioastron, D-53121 Bonn, Germany 11.Univ Bielefeld, Fak Phys, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany 12.Swinburne Univ Technol, Ctr Astrophys & Supercomp, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia 13.Natl Radio Astron Observ, Socorro, NM 87801 USA 14.Peking Univ, Sch Phys, Dept Astron, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 15.CSIRO Informat Management & Technol IM&T, Dickson, ACT 2602, Australia 16.Univ Manchester, Sch Phys & Astron, Jodrell Bank Ctr Astrophys, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England 17.Monash Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Monash Ctr Astrophys MoCA, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia 18.Univ Melbourne, Sch Phys, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia 19.CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA 20.Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA 21.Southwest Univ, Sch Phys Sci & Technol, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Madison, D. R.,Zhu, X. -J.,Hobbs, G.,et al. Versatile directional searches for gravitational waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays[J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,2016,455(4):3662-3673. |
| APA | Madison, D. R..,Zhu, X. -J..,Hobbs, G..,Coles, W..,Shannon, R. M..,...&You, X..(2016).Versatile directional searches for gravitational waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays.MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,455(4),3662-3673. |
| MLA | Madison, D. R.,et al."Versatile directional searches for gravitational waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays".MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 455.4(2016):3662-3673. |
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