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Pulsar timing array projects

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-05-14 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

Pulsars are amongst the most stable rotators known in the Universe. Over many years some millisecond pulsars rival the stability of atomic clocks. Comparing observations of many such stable pulsars may allow the first direct detection of gravitational waves, improve the Solar System planetary ephemeris and provide a means to study irregularities in terrestrial time scales. Here we review the goals and status of current and future pulsar timing array projects.

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@article{arxiv.0911.0943,
  title  = {Pulsar timing array projects},
  author = {G. Hobbs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0943},
  year   = {2015}
}

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To be published in IAU261 proceedings

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