Pulsar timing arrays and the detection of low-frequency gravitational waves
Prof. Bruce Allen (MPI für Gravitationsphysik, Hannover)
Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) detect gravitational waves (GWs) via the correlations they create in the arrival times of pulses from different pulsars. The mean correlation, a function of the angle between the directions to pulsars, is called the Hellings and Downs (HD) curve. Observation of this pattern is key evidence that the timing residuals arise from GWs, so PTAs "reconstruct the HD curve" by estimating the inter-pulsar correlation using pulsar pairs separated by similar angles.
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Thu 22.05.2025, 16:00 - 17:15
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Dept. of Physics, IG1 Lecture hall 2, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, 48149 Münster
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