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dc.contributor.authorTiburzi, C.
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, G.
dc.contributor.authorKerr, M.
dc.contributor.authorColes, W.
dc.contributor.authorDai, S.
dc.contributor.authorManchester, R.
dc.contributor.authorPossenti, A.
dc.contributor.authorShannon, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorYou, X.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:49:43Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:49:43Z
dc.date.created2016-04-26T19:30:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationTiburzi, C. and Hobbs, G. and Kerr, M. and Coles, W. and Dai, S. and Manchester, R. and Possenti, A. et al. 2016. A study of spatial correlations in pulsar timing array data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455 (4): pp. 4339-4350.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15433
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/stv2143
dc.description.abstract

Pulsar timing array experiments search for phenomena that produce angular correlations in the arrival times of signals from millisecond pulsars. The primary goal is to detect an isotropic and stochastic gravitational wave background. We use simulated data to show that this search can be affected by the presence of other spatially correlated noise, such as errors in the reference time standard, errors in the planetary ephemeris, the solar wind and instrumentation issues. All these effects can induce significant false detections of gravitational waves. We test mitigation routines to account for clock errors, ephemeris errors and the solar wind. We demonstrate that it is non-trivial to find an effective mitigation routine for the planetary ephemeris and emphasize that other spatially correlated signals may be present in the data.

dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.titleA study of spatial correlations in pulsar timing array data
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume455
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage4339
dcterms.source.endPage4350
dcterms.source.issn0035-8711
dcterms.source.titleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
curtin.departmentCurtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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