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volume 510 issue 4 pages 4873-4887

The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background

J. Antoniadis 1, 2, 3
Z. Arzoumanian 4
S. Babak 5, 6
M Bailes 7, 8
A.-S. Bak Nielsen 2, 9
P. T. Baker 10
C. G. Bassa 11
B. Bécsy 12
A. Berthereau 13, 14
Matteo Bonetti 15, 16
A. Brazier 17
Paul R. Brook 18, 19
Marta Burgay 20
S. Burke-Spolaor 18, 19, 21
R N Caballero 22
J A Casey Clyde 23
A Chalumeau 5, 13, 14
D. J. Champion 2
M Charisi 24
S. Chatterjee 17
Siyuan Chen 13, 14
I. Cognard 13, 14
J. M. Cordes 17
N.J. CORNISH 12
Fronefield Crawford 25
H T Cromartie 17
K. Crowter 26
S. Dai 27
M. E. DeCesar 28
P. B. Demorest 29
Gregory Desvignes 2, 30
T Dolch 31, 32
B Drachler 33
M Falxa 5
E. C. Ferrara 34, 35, 36
W Fiore 18, 19
E. Fonseca 19, 37
J. R. Gair 38
N. Garver-Daniels 18, 19
Boris Goncharov 39, 40
D. C. Good 26
E. Graikou 2
L. Guillemot 13, 14
Y.J. Guo 2
Jeffrey S. Hazboun 41
G. Hobbs 42
Huanchen Hu 2
K. Islo 43
G. H. Janssen 11, 44
R. J. Jennings 17
A. D. Johnson 43
M. L. Jones 43
A. R. Kaiser 18, 19
David L. Kaplan 43
R. Karuppusamy 2
M. J. Keith 45
Luke Zoltan Kelley 46
J. S. Key 41
Michael Kramer 2, 45
M. T. Lam 33, 48
W G Lamb 24
T. J. W. Lazio 49
K. J. Lee 2, 22, 50
L. Lentati 51
K. Liu 2
J. Luo 52
R. S. Lynch 53
A. G. Lyne 45
D. R. Madison 54
R. A. Main 2
R. N. Manchester 42
A. McEwen 43
J. W. McKee 55
Maura McLaughlin 18, 19
M. B. Mickaliger 45
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli 23, 56
Cherry Ng 57
D. J. Nice 58
S. Osłowski 59
A. Parthasarathy 2
T. T. Pennucci 60
Benetge B. P. Perera 61
D. Perrodin 20
A. Petiteau 5
N S Pol 24
N. K. Porayko 2
A. Possenti 20, 62
Daniel Reardon 7, 8
C J Russell 65
A. Samajdar 15
L. M. Sampson 46
S. Sanidas 45
J. M. Sarkissian 66
K Schmitz 67
L Schult 24
A. Sesana 15, 16
Golam M Shaifullah 15, 16
R. D. Shannon 7, 8
B J Shapiro Albert 18, 19
X. Siemens 43, 68
J. Simon 49, 69
T. L. Smith 70
Lorenzo Speri 38
Renée Spiewak 7, 8, 45
I H Stairs 26
B. W. Stappers 45
D. R. Stinebring 71
J. K. Swiggum 58
S. R. Taylor 24
G. Theureau 13, 14, 72
C. Tiburzi 11
Michele Vallisneri 49, 73
E. van der Wateren 11, 44
A. Vecchio 74
J. P. W. Verbiest 2, 9
S J Vigeland 43
H. Wahl 18, 19
J. B. Wang 75
J Wang 9
Lin Wang 50
C A Witt 18, 19
S Zhang 76
X.-J. Zhu 77
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Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53117 Bonn, Germany
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College, PO Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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Department of Physics, Hillsdale College, 33 E. College Street, Hillsdale, MI 49242, USA
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Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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Green Bank Observatory, PO Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA
58
 
Department of Physics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
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Manly Astrophysics, 15/41-42 East Esplanade, Manly, NSW 2095, Australia
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Arecibo Observatory, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo, PR 00612, USA
70
 
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
71
 
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2022-01-19
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR1.702
CiteScore9.7
Impact factor4.8
ISSN00358711, 13652966, 13658711
Space and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abstract
ABSTRACT

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, and Australia. In our reference search for a power-law strain spectrum of the form $h_c = A(f/1\, \mathrm{yr}^{-1})^{\alpha }$, we found strong evidence for a spectrally similar low-frequency stochastic process of amplitude $A = 3.8^{+6.3}_{-2.5}\times 10^{-15}$ and spectral index α = −0.5 ± 0.5, where the uncertainties represent 95 per cent credible regions, using information from the auto- and cross-correlation terms between the pulsars in the array. For a spectral index of α = −2/3, as expected from a population of inspiralling supermassive black hole binaries, the recovered amplitude is $A = 2.8^{+1.2}_{-0.8}\times 10^{-15}$. None the less, no significant evidence of the Hellings–Downs correlations that would indicate a gravitational-wave origin was found. We also analysed the constituent data from the individual pulsar timing arrays in a consistent way, and clearly demonstrate that the combined international data set is more sensitive. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this combined data set produces comparable constraints to recent single-array data sets which have more data than the constituent parts of the combination. Future international data releases will deliver increased sensitivity to gravitational wave radiation, and significantly increase the detection probability.

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@article{2022_Antoniadis,
author = {J. Antoniadis and Z. Arzoumanian and S. Babak and M Bailes and A.-S. Bak Nielsen and P. T. Baker and C. G. Bassa and B. Bécsy and A. Berthereau and Matteo Bonetti and A. Brazier and Paul R. Brook and Marta Burgay and S. Burke-Spolaor and R N Caballero and J A Casey Clyde and A Chalumeau and D. J. Champion and M Charisi and S. Chatterjee and Siyuan Chen and I. Cognard and J. M. Cordes and N.J. CORNISH and Fronefield Crawford and H T Cromartie and K. Crowter and S. Dai and M. E. DeCesar and P. B. Demorest and Gregory Desvignes and T Dolch and B Drachler and M Falxa and E. C. Ferrara and W Fiore and E. Fonseca and J. R. Gair and N. Garver-Daniels and Boris Goncharov and D. C. Good and E. Graikou and L. Guillemot and Y.J. Guo and Jeffrey S. Hazboun and G. Hobbs and Huanchen Hu and K. Islo and G. H. Janssen and R. J. Jennings and others},
title = {The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year = {2022},
volume = {510},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
month = {jan},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3418},
number = {4},
pages = {4873--4887},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab3418}
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Antoniadis, J., et al. “The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 510, no. 4, Jan. 2022, pp. 4873-4887. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3418.