Does a "stochastic" background of gravitational waves exist in the pulsar timing band?

We investigate the effects of gravitational waves (GWs) from a simulated population of binary supermassive black holes (SMBHs) on pulsar timing array data sets. We construct a distribution describing the binary SMBH population from an existing semi-analytic galaxy formation model. Using realizations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ravi, V., Wyithe, J., Hobbs, G., Shannon, Ryan, Manchester, R., Yardley, D., Keith, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40906