Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-07-21
Astronomy Reports, 2011, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 622-628
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
12 pages, 4 figures; ISSN 1063-7729
Scientific paper
10.1134/S1063772911070055
An algorithm is proposed for constructing a group (ensemble) pulsar time based on the application of optimal Wiener filters. This algorithm makes it possible to separate the contributions of variations of the atomic time scale and of the pulsar rotation to barycentric residual deviations of the pulse arrival times. The method is applied to observations of the pulsars PSR B1855+09 and PSR B1937+21, and is used to obtain corrections to UTC relative to the group pulsar time PT$_{\rm ens}$. Direct comparison of the terrestrial time TT(BIPM06) and the group pulsar time PT$_{\rm ens}$ shows that they disagree by no more than $0.4\pm 0.17\; \mu$s. Based on the fractional instability of the time difference TT(BIPM06) -- PT$_{\rm ens}$, a new limit for the energy density of the gravitational-wave background is established at the level $\Omega_g {h}^2\sim 10^{-9}$.
Chen Ding
Rodin Alexander E.
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