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The steadily improving sensitivity of pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) suggests that gravitational waves (GWs) from supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) systems in the nearby universe will be de- tectable sometime during the next decade.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-07 Joseph Simon , Abigail Polin , Andrea Lommen , Ben Stappers , Lee Samuel Finn , F A Jenet , B Christy

Gravitational waves (GWs) are fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity. Using a collection of millisecond pulsars as high-precision clocks, the nanohertz band of this radiation is likely…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 P. Demorest , J. Lazio , A. Lommen

In the nanohertz band, the spatial correlations in pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) produced by interfering gravitational waves (GWs) from multiple sources likely deviate from the traditional ones without interference under the assumption of an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-01 Yu-Mei Wu , Yan-Chen Bi , Qing-Guo Huang

We study the properties of the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) resulting from the mergers of primordial black holes (PBH) that formed from the collapse of sub-horizon regions in the early universe. We adopt a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Stefano Profumo , Fengwei Yang

We perform a direct search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) produced by cosmic strings in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array second data release. We find no evidence for such an SGWB, and therefore place $95\%$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 Zu-Cheng Chen , Yu-Mei Wu , Qing-Guo Huang

Anisotropies in the nanohertz gravitational-wave background are a compelling next target for pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). Measurements or informative upper limits to the anisotropies are expected in the near future and can offer important…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-26 Gabriela Sato-Polito , Marc Kamionkowski

Pulsar timing array experiments have recently found evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background, which induces correlations among pulsar timing residuals described by the Hellings and Downs (HD) curve. Standard calculations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-23 Nastassia Grimm , Martin Pijnenburg , Giulia Cusin , Camille Bonvin

Recently, several regional pulsar timing array collaborations, including CPTA, EPTA, PPTA, and NANOGrav, have individually reported compelling evidence for a stochastic signal at nanohertz frequencies. This signal originates potentially…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-13 Zu-Cheng Chen , Jun Li , Lang Liu , Zhu Yi

Pulsar timing arrays have reported a compelling evidence of a nanohertz stochastic gravitational wave background. However, the origin of the signal remains undetermined, largely because its spectrum is bluer for an astrophysical source and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-05 Reginald Christian Bernardo , Kin-Wang Ng

The recent announcement of evidence for a stochastic background of gravitational waves (GWB) in pulsar timing array (PTA) data has piqued interest across the scientific community. A combined analysis of all currently available data holds…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-01 Serena Valtolina , Rutger van Haasteren

Within the next several years pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are positioned to detect the stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB) likely produced by the collection of inspiralling super-massive black holes binaries, and potentially…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-24 Yacine Ali-Haïmoud , Tristan L. Smith , Chiara M. F. Mingarelli

The stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) in the nanohertz (nHz) regime, detectable by pulsar timing arrays (PTAs), provides a promising probe of the cosmic population of supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs). These binaries…

Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) have recently found evidence for a nanohertz-frequency stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB). Constraining its spectral characteristics will reveal its origins. To achieve this, we must understand how…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-15 William G. Lamb , Stephen R. Taylor , Rutger van Haasteren

Gravitational Waves (GWs) are tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time predicted by Einstein's General Relativity. Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are well poised to detect low frequency ($10^{-9}$ -- $10^{-7}$ Hz) GWs in the near future. There…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. A. Ellis , F. A. Jenet , M. A. McLaughlin

We investigate the cross-correlation between astrometric and timing-residual observables for distant sources, such as pulsars and galaxies, and equivalent observables for nearby solar system bodies. Using the unified spin-weighted formalism…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-31 Elias Fink , Carlo Contaldi , Giorgio Mentasti

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) collaborations have measured a low-frequency common signal in the combination of their second and first data releases respectively, with the correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-17 J. Antoniadis , P. Arumugam , S. Arumugam , P. Auclair , S. Babak , M. Bagchi , A. -S. Bak Nielsen , E. Barausse , C. G. Bassa , A. Bathula , A. Berthereau , M. Bonetti , E. Bortolas , P. R. Brook , M. Burgay , R. N. Caballero , C. Caprini , A. Chalumeau , D. J. Champion , S. Chanlaridis , S. Chen , I. Cognard , M. Crisostomi , S. Dandapat , D. Deb , S. Desai , G. Desvignes , N. Dhanda-Batra , C. Dwivedi , M. Falxa , F. Fastidio , R. D. Ferdman , A. Franchini , J. R. Gair , B. Goncharov , A. Gopakumar , E. Graikou , J. -M. Grießmeier , A. Gualandris , L. Guillemot , Y. J. Guo , Y. Gupta , S. Hisano , H. Hu , F. Iraci , D. Izquierdo-Villalba , J. Jang , J. Jawor , G. H. Janssen , A. Jessner , B. C. Joshi , F. Kareem , R. Karuppusamy , E. F. Keane , M. J. Keith , D. Kharbanda , T. Khizriev , T. Kikunaga , N. Kolhe , M. Kramer , M. A. Krishnakumar , K. Lackeos , K. J. Lee , K. Liu , Y. Liu , A. G. Lyne , J. W. McKee , Y. Maan , R. A. Main , M. B. Mickaliger , H. Middleton , A. Neronov , I. C. Nitu , K. Nobleson , A. K. Paladi , A. Parthasarathy , B. B. P. Perera , D. Perrodin , A. Petiteau , N. K. Porayko , A. Possenti , T. Prabu , K. Postnov , H. Quelquejay Leclere , P. Rana , A. Roper Pol , A. Samajdar , S. A. Sanidas , D. Semikoz , A. Sesana , G. Shaifullah , J. Singha , C. Smarra , L. Speri , R. Spiewak , A. Srivastava , B. W. Stappers , D. A. Steer , M. Surnis , S. C. Susarla , A. Susobhanan , K. Takahashi , P. Tarafdar , G. Theureau , C. Tiburzi , R. J. Truant , E. van der Wateren , S. Valtolina , A. Vecchio , V. Venkatraman Krishnan , J. P. W. Verbiest , J. Wang , L. Wang , Z. Wu

In this letter we carry out the first systematic investigation of the expected gravitational wave (GW) background generated by supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries in the nHz frequency band accessible to pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Sesana

The direct detection of Gravitational Waves (GWs) by Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) is very likely within the next decade. While the stochastic GW background is a promising candidate for detection it is also possible that single resolvable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Justin Ellis

Pulsar timing array collaborations have recently reported evidence for a noise process with a common spectrum among the millisecond pulsars in the arrays. The spectral properties of this common-noise process are consistent with expectations…

We searched for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background in the second data release of the International Pulsar Timing Array, a global collaboration synthesizing decadal-length pulsar-timing campaigns in North America, Europe,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-12 J. Antoniadis , Z. Arzoumanian , S. Babak , M. Bailes , A. -S. Bak Nielsen , P. T. Baker , C. G. Bassa , B. Becsy , A. Berthereau , M. Bonetti , A. Brazier , P. R. Brook , M. Burgay , S. Burke-Spolaor , R. N. Caballero , J. A. Casey-Clyde , A. Chalumeau , D. J. Champion , M. Charisi , S. Chatterjee , S. Chen , I. Cognard , J. M. Cordes , N. J. Cornish , F. Crawford , H. T. Cromartie , K. Crowter , S. Dai , M. E. DeCesar , P. B. Demorest , G. Desvignes , T. Dolch , B. Drachler , M. Falxa , E. C. Ferrara , W. Fiore , E. Fonseca , J. R. Gair , N. Garver-Daniels , B. Goncharov , D. C. Good , E. Graikou , L. Guillemot , Y. J. Guo , J. S. Hazboun , G. Hobbs , H. Hu , K. Islo , G. H. Janssen , R. J. Jennings , A. D. Johnson , M. L. Jones , A. R. Kaiser , D. L. Kaplan , R. Karuppusamy , M. J. Keith , L. Z. Kelley , M. Kerr , J. S. Key , M. Kramer , M. T. Lam , W. G. Lamb , T. J. W. Lazio , K. J. Lee , L. Lentati , K. Liu , J. Luo , R. S. Lynch , A. G. Lyne , D. R. Madison , R. A. Main , R. N. Manchester , A. McEwen , J. W. McKee , M. A. McLaughlin , M. B. Mickaliger , C. M. F. Mingarelli , C. Ng , D. J. Nice , S. Os lowski , A. Parthasarathy , T. T. Pennucci , B. B. P. Perera , D. Perrodin , A. Petiteau , N. S. Pol , N. K. Porayko , A. Possenti , S. M. Ransom , P. S. Ray , D. J. Reardon , C. J. Russell , A. Samajdar , L. M. Sampson , S. Sanidas , J. M. Sarkissian , K. Schmitz , L. Schult , A. Sesana , G. Shaifullah , R. M. Shannon , B. J. Shapiro-Albert , X. Siemens , J. Simon , T. L. Smith , L. Speri , R. Spiewak , I. H. Stairs , B. W. Stappers , D. R. Stinebring , J. K. Swiggum , S. R. Taylor , G. Theureau , C. Tiburzi , M. Vallisneri , E. van der Wateren , A. Vecchio , J. P. W. Verbiest , S. J. Vigeland , H. Wahl , J. B. Wang , J. Wang , L. Wang , C. A. Witt , S. Zhang , X. J. Zhu