Prospects for Gravitational Wave Detection with Pulsar Timing Arrays

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Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21712403s&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #124.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

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In the next decade the detection of gravitational waves (GW) will (hopefully) be a reality, opening a completely new window on the Universe. Massive black holes (MBH) binaries (MBHBs) are expected to be among the primary actors on this upcoming stage. Utilizing detailed MBHB population models (based on our current best understanding of galaxy formation and evolution trough mergers, and on our knowledge of the relations between MBHs and their hosts), I describe prospects of detecting GWs with forthcoming pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). A strong GW background, detectable at a level of 10-100ns timing precision, is a robust predictions of all the models. Single bright sources may also be resolvable, providing unique information about MBHB dynamics, and the physics of the processes driving their final coalescence.

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