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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Format: | Journal Article |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17181 |