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    Studying the Solar system with the International Pulsar Timing Array

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    Authors
    Caballero, R.
    Guo, Y.
    Lee, K.
    Lazarus, P.
    Champion, D.
    Desvignes, G.
    Kramer, M.
    Plant, K.
    Arzoumanian, Z.
    Bailes, M.
    Bassa, C.
    Bhat, Ramesh
    Brazier, A.
    Burgay, M.
    Burke-Spolaor, S.
    Chamberlin, S.
    Chatterjee, S.
    Cognard, I.
    Cordes, J.
    Dai, S.
    Demorest, P.
    Dolch, T.
    Ferdman, R.
    Fonseca, E.
    Gair, J.
    Garver-Daniels, N.
    Gentile, P.
    Gonzalez, M.
    Graikou, E.
    Guillemot, L.
    Hobbs, G.
    Janssen, G.
    Karuppusamy, R.
    Keith, M.
    Kerr, M.
    Lam, M.
    Lasky, P.
    Lazio, T.
    Levin, L.
    Liu, K.
    Lommen, A.
    Lorimer, D.
    Lynch, R.
    Madison, D.
    Manchester, R.
    McKee, J.
    McLaughlin, M.
    McWilliams, S.
    Mingarelli, C.
    Nice, D.
    Osiowski, S.
    Palliyaguru, N.
    Pennucci, T.
    Perera, B.
    Perrodin, D.
    Possenti, A.
    Ransom, S.
    Reardon, D.
    Sanidas, S.
    Sesana, A.
    Shaifullah, G.
    Shannon, Ryan
    Siemens, X.
    Simon, J.
    Spiewak, R.
    Stairs, I.
    Stappers, B.
    Stinebring, D.
    Stovall, K.
    Swiggum, J.
    Taylor, S.
    Theureau, G.
    Tiburzi, C.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Caballero, R. and Guo, Y. and Lee, K. and Lazarus, P. and Champion, D. and Desvignes, G. and Kramer, M. et al. 2018. Studying the Solar system with the International Pulsar Timing Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481 (4): pp. 5501-5516.
    Source Title
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    DOI
    10.1093/MNRAS/STY2632
    ISSN
    0035-8711
    School
    Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
    Remarks

    This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2018 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74724
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Pulsar-timing analyses are sensitive to errors in the Solar-system ephemerides (SSEs) that timing models utilize to estimate the location of the Solar-system barycentre, the quasi-inertial reference frame to which all recorded pulse times-of-arrival are referred. Any error in the SSE will affect all pulsars, therefore pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are a suitable tool to search for such errors and impose independent constraints on relevant physical parameters. We employ the first data release of the International Pulsar Timing Array to constrain the masses of the planet-moons systems and to search for possible unmodelled objects (UMOs) in the Solar system. We employ 10 SSEs from two independent research groups, derive and compare mass constraints of planetary systems, and derive the first PTA mass constraints on asteroidbelt objects. Constraints on planetary-system masses have been improved by factors of up to 20 from the previous relevant study using the same assumptions, with the mass of the Jovian system measured at 9.5479189(3) × 10-4M?. The mass of the dwarf planet Ceres is measured at 4.7(4) × 10-10M?. We also present the first sensitivity curves using real data that place generic limits on the masses of UMOs, which can also be used as upper limits on the mass of putative exotic objects. For example, upper limits on dark-matter clumps are comparable to published limits using independent methods.While the constraints on planetary masses derived with all employed SSEs are consistent, we note and discuss differences in the associated timing residuals and UMO sensitivity curves.

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