Status Update of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2010-05-27 v1
Abstract
The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project aims to make a direct detection of a gravitational-wave background through timing of millisecond pulsars. In this article, the main requirements for that endeavour are described and recent and ongoing progress is outlined. We demonstrate that the timing properties of millisecond pulsars are adequate and that technological progress is timely to expect a successful detection of gravitational waves within a decade, or alternatively to rule out all current predictions for gravitational wave backgrounds formed by supermassive black-hole mergers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0912.2692,
title = {Status Update of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array},
author = {J. P. W. Verbiest and M. Bailes and N. D. R. Bhat and S. Burke-Spolaor and D. J. Champion and W. Coles and G. B. Hobbs and A. W. Hotan and F. Jenet and J. Khoo and K. J. Lee and A. Lommen and R. N. Manchester and S. Oslowski and J. Reynolds and J. Sarkissian and W. van Straten and D. R. B. Yardley and X. P. You},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2692},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures, Amaldi 8 conference proceedings, accepted by Classical & Quantum Gravity