Extending the reach of pulsar timing arrays to micro-hertz GW frequencies

POSTER

Abstract

We present a framework that leverages the effect of binary resonance to search for micro-hertz GWs using pulsar timing arrays. We modify the pulsar timing array likelihood to capture the binary resonance effect and calculate the sensitivity of this micro-hertz GW detector using the binary pulsars in the NANOGrav 12.5 year dataset.

Presenters

  • Nihan Pol

    • Vanderbilt University

Authors

  • Nihan Pol

    • Vanderbilt University
  • Stephen R Taylor

    • Vanderbilt University
  • Diego Blas

    • King's College, London, UK
  • Alex Jenkins

    • UCL
  • Aditya Parthasarthy

    • MPIFR, Bonn
  • Michael Kramer

    • MPIFR, Bonn