Gravitational Wave Detection and Data Analysis for Pulsar Timing Arrays

• Main Author: Haasteren, Rutger van (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Statistics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Applications in Computer Science.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

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...

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.