Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays

• Main Author: Mingarelli, Chiara M. F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This Ph.D. thesis from the University of Birmingham UK opens new research avenues in the use of Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) to study populations of super-massive black hole binaries through gravitational-wave observations. Chiara Mingarelli's work has shown for the first time that PTAs can yiel...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Characterizing Gravitational Wave Stochastic Background Anisotropy with Pulsar Timing Arrays
• The Effect of Small Pulsar Distance Variations in Stochastic GW
• Observing the Dynamics of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Pulsar Timing
• Conclusions
• Appendix
• Bibliography.