1112.2158 (Andrea N. Lommen)
Andrea N. Lommen
Pulsar timing now has a rich history in placing limits on the stochastic
background of gravitational waves, and we plan soon to reach the sensitivity
where we can detect, not just place limits on, the stochastic background.
However, the capability of pulsar timing goes beyond the detection of a
background. Herein I review efforts that include single source detection,
localization, waveform recovery, a clever use of a "time-machine" effect,
alternate theories of gravity, and finally studies of the noise in our
"detector" that will allow us to tune and optimize the experiment. Pulsar
timing arrays are no longer "blunt" instruments for gravitational-wave
detection limited to only detecting an amplitude of the background. Rather they
are shrewd and tunable detectors, capable of a rich and dynamic variety of
astrophysical measurements.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2158
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