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Pulsar Timing Array

A pulsar timing array uses multiple millisecond pulsars as a distributed network of gravitational wave detectors across the galaxy. Proposed theoretically by Stephen Detweiler in 1979, this method exploits the extraordinary timing precision of pulsars to detect the subtle spacetime distortions caused by gravitational waves. In 2023, the first evidence for a stochastic background of gravitational waves was announced using pulsar timing arrays.

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Pulsar Timing Array for Gravitational Wave Detection
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / astronomy
  • Sazhin, M. V. (1978). Opportunities for detecting ultralong gravitational waves. Soviet Astronomy, 22, 36-38. · URL
  • Detweiler, S. (1979). Pulsar timing and its application for detection of gravitational waves. Astrophysical Journal, 234, 1100-1104. · URL
  • Arzoumanian, Z., et al. (2023). The NANOGrav 12.5 Year Data Release. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951(1), L8. · URL
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