The International Pulsar Timing Array Project: Using Pulsars As A Gravitational Wave Detector

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 (similar to 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.

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Publication Date

4-1-2010

Publication Title

Classical And Quantum Gravity

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084013

Keywords

Black hole binaries, 3C 66B, Tempo2

Language

English

Format

text

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