Gravitational Wave Detection and Data Analysis for Pulsar Timing Arrays

Pulsar timing is a promising method for detecting gravitational waves in the nano-Hertz band. In his prize winning Ph.D. thesis Rutger van Haasteren deals with how one takes thousands of seemingly random timing residuals which are measured by pulsar observers, and extracts information about the pres...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Main Author: Haasteren, Rutger (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39599-4
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Bayesian data analysis of Pulsar Timing Arrays
  • Gravitational-wave memory and Pulsar Timing Arrays
  • Limiting the gravitational-wave background with EPTA data
  • Marginal likelihood calculation with MCMC methods
  • Index.