5 papers
Constraints on Ultralight Scalar and Dark Photon Dark Matter from PPTA-DR3 and EPTA-DR2
Xiao-Song Hu, Siyuan Chen, Kuo Liu +18
The cold dark matter model successfully describes the Universe on large scales, yet faces challenges at sub-galactic scales. Ultralight dark matter (ULDM), with particle masses aro…
Looking for non-gaussianity in Pulsar Timing Arrays through the four point correlator
Adrien Kuntz, Clemente Smarra, Massimo Vaglio
Pulsar Timing Arrays have recently reported strong evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave background. In standard analyses, it is modeled through pulsar-dependent Fourier coe…
Probing supermassive black hole scalarization with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Clemente Smarra, Lodovico Capuano, Adrien Kuntz
Scalar-tensor theories with a scalar field coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant can evade no-hair theorems and allow for non-trivial scalar profiles around black holes. This coupl…
Constraints on minimally and conformally coupled ultralight dark matter with the EPTA
Clemente Smarra
Millisecond pulsars are extremely stable natural timekeepers. Pulsar Timing Array experiments, tracking subtle changes in the pulsars' rotation periods, can shed light on the prese…
Constraints on conformal ultralight dark matter couplings from the European Pulsar Timing Array
Clemente Smarra, Adrien Kuntz, Enrico Barausse +15
Millisecond pulsars are extremely precise celestial clocks: as they rotate, the beamed radio waves emitted along the axis of their magnetic field can be detected with radio telesco…