5 papers
Evaluating the Fourier Approximation in Pulsar Timing Array Analysis
Yongqi Zhang, Hayden Scholz, Ken D. Olum +53
Pulsar timing arrays search for stochastic processes such as gravitational waves by comparing pulse time of arrival data for millisecond pulsars to expectations from a background w…
The NANOGrav 12.5-year Data Set: Chromatic Noise Characterization & Mitigation with Time-Domain Kernels
Jeffrey S. Hazboun, Joseph Simon, Jeremy Baier +64
Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) have recently entered the detection era, quickly moving beyond the goal of simply improving sensitivity at the lowest frequencies for the sake of observ…
The NANOGrav 15-year Gravitational-Wave Background Methods
Aaron D. Johnson, Patrick M. Meyers, Paul T. Baker +93
Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) use an array of millisecond pulsars to search for gravitational waves in the nanohertz regime in pulse time of arrival data. This paper presents rigorou…
The NANOGrav 12.5-Year Data Set: Probing Interstellar Turbulence and Precision Pulsar Timing with PSR J1903+0327
Abra Geiger, James M. Cordes, Michael T. Lam +33
Free electrons in the interstellar medium refract and diffract radio waves along multiple paths, resulting in angular and temporal broadening of radio pulses that limits pulsar tim…
Exploring pulsar timing precision: A comparative study of polarization calibration methods for NANOGrav data from the Green Bank Telescope
Lankeswar Dey, Maura A. McLaughlin, Haley M. Wahl +32
Pulsar timing array experiments have recently uncovered evidence for a nanohertz gravitational wave background by precisely timing an ensemble of millisecond pulsars. The next sign…