Minimum requirements for detecting a stochastic gravitational wave background using pulsars

We assess the detectability of a nanohertz gravitational wave (GW) background in a pulsar timing array (PTA) program by considering the shape and amplitude of the cross-correlation function summed over pulsar pairs. The distribution of correlation amplitudes is found to be non-Gaussian and highly sk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cordes, J., Shannon, Ryan
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17181