3 papers
astro-ph.CO2024
Unbiased estimation of gravitational-wave anisotropies from noisy data
Nikolaos Kouvatsos, Alexander C. Jenkins, Arianna I. Renzini +2
One of the most exciting targets of current and future gravitational-wave observations is the angular power spectrum of the astrophysical GW background. This cumulative signal enco…
gr-qc2024
Answers to frequently asked questions about the pulsar timing array Hellings and Downs curve
Joseph D. Romano, Bruce Allen
We answer frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Hellings and Downs correlation curve -- the "smoking-gun" signature that pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) have detected gravitation…
gr-qc2024
Characterizing Gravitational Wave Detector Networks: From A to Cosmic Explorer
Ish Gupta, Chaitanya Afle, K. G. Arun +44
Gravitational-wave observations by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo have provided us a new tool to explore the Universe on all scales from n…