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The International Pulsar Timing Array: First data release

J. P. W. Verbiest (1) , L. Lentati (2) , G Hobbs (3) , R van Haasteren (4) , P. B. Demorest (5) , G.H Janssen (6) , J.-B Wang (7) , G Desvignes (1) , R. N. Caballero (1) , M.J. Keith (8) , D.J. Champion (1) , Z. Arzoumanian (9) , S Babak (10) , C G Bassa (6) , N.D.R. Bhat (11) , A. Brazier (12) , P Brem (10) , M. Burgay (13) , S. Burke-Spolaor (14) , S J Chamberlin (15) , S. Chatterjee (16) , B. Christy (17) , Ismaël Cognard (18, 19) , J. M. Cordes (20) , S. Dai (3) , T. Dolch (21) , J.A. Ellis (4) , R. D. Ferdman (19) , E. Fonseca (22) , J.R. Gair (23) , P. Gentile (24) , N.E. Garver-Daniels (24) , M.E. Gonzales (25) , E. Graikou (1) , Lucas Guillemot (18, 19) , J. W. T. Hessels (6) , G Jones (26) , R Karuppusamy (1) , M Kerr (3) , M Kramer (1, 8) , T. Lam (1) , A. Lasky (27) , A Lassus (1) , P Lazarus (1) , T. J. W. Lazio (4) , K.J. Lee (28) , L Levin (8) , K Liu (1) , R.S. Lynch (29) , A.G. Lyne (8) , J Mckee (8) , M.A. Mclaughlin (24) , S T Mcwilliams (24) , D. R. Madison (29) , R. N. Manchester (30) , C.M.F. Mingarelli (31) , D.J. Nice (32) , S Osłowski (1) , N.T. Palliyaguru (33) , T.T. Pennucci (34) , B. B. P. Perera (8) , D Perrodin (13) , A Possenti (13) , A Petiteau (35) , S.M. Ransom (29) , D Reardon (3) , P. A. Rosado (36) , S. A. Sanidas (37) , A Sesana (10) , G Shaifullah (1) , R.M. Shannon (30) , X Siemens (38) , J. Simon (39) , R Smits (6) , R Spiewak (38) , I.H. Stair (40) , B.W. Stappers (8) , D.R. Stinebring (41) , K Stovall (42) , J.J. Swiggum (24) , S.R. Taylor (4) , Gilles Theureau (18, 19) , C Tiburzi (13) , L Toomey (3) , M Vallisneri (4) , W van Straten (36) , A Vecchio (43) , Y. Wang (44) , L Wen (45) , X.P. You (46) , W.W. Zhu (1) , X.-J Zhu (45)
1 MPIFR - Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
2 Cavendish Laboratory
3 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
4 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5 NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory [Socorro]
6 ASTRON - Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
7 Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory
8 Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
9 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
10 AEI - Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik ( Albert-Einstein-Institut )
11 Curtin University
12 CCAPS - Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
13 OAC - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari
14 NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
15 Penn State - Pennsylvania State University
16 CRSR - Center for Radiophysics and Space Research [Ithaca]
17 University of Maryland [College Park]
18 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
19 USN - Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay
20 Department of Astronomy [Ithaca]
21 Department of Physics, Hillsdale College
22 UBC - University of British Columbia
23 Edin. - University of Edinburgh
24 Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University
25 Vancouver Coastal Health, Department of Nuclear Medicine
26 Department of Physics, Columbia University
27 Monash Centre for Astrophysics (MoCA)
28 KIAA-PKU - Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics [Beijing]
29 NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory [Green Bank]
30 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
31 TAPIR - Theoretical Astrophysics [Pasadena]
32 Physics Department, Lafayette College
33 Physics Department, Texas Tech University
34 Department of Astronomy [Charlottesville]
35 APC-Gravitation - APC - Gravitation
36 CAS - Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing [Swinburne]
37 Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy
38 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
39 Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics
40 University of British Columbia [Vancouver]
41 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Oberlin]
42 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Albuquerque]
43 BCU - Birmingham City University
44 School of Physics [HUST]
45 University of Western Australia - School of Physics
46 School of Physical Science and Technology
L. Lentati
  • Fonction : Auteur
N.D.R. Bhat
  • Fonction : Auteur
A Petiteau
  • Fonction : Auteur
Y. Wang
  • Fonction : Auteur
L Wen
  • Fonction : Auteur
X.-J Zhu
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Résumé

The highly stable spin of neutron stars can be exploited for a variety of (astro)physical investigations. In particular, arrays of pulsars with rotational periods of the order of milliseconds can be used to detect correlated signals such as those caused by gravitational waves. Three such 'pulsar timing arrays' (PTAs) have been set up around the world over the past decades and collectively form the 'International' PTA (IPTA). In this paper, we describe the first joint analysis of the data from the three regional PTAs, i.e. of the first IPTA data set. We describe the available PTA data, the approach presently followed for its combination and suggest improvements for future PTA research. Particular attention is paid to subtle details (such as underestimation of measurement uncertainty and long-period noise) that have often been ignored but which become important in this unprecedentedly large and inhomogeneous data set. We identify and describe in detail several factors that complicate IPTA research and provide recommendations for future pulsar timing efforts. The first IPTA data release presented here (and available on-line) is used to demonstrate the IPTA's potential of improving upon gravitational-wave limits
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insu-01329806 , version 1 (16-11-2016)

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J. P. W. Verbiest, L. Lentati, G Hobbs, R van Haasteren, P. B. Demorest, et al.. The International Pulsar Timing Array: First data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016, 458 (2), pp.1267-1288. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stw347⟩. ⟨insu-01329806⟩
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