Published September 19, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Overlap reduction functions for pulsar timing arrays and astrometry

  • 1. William H. Miller III Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA

Description

We present an efficient technique for calculating the angular two-point correlation functions (or "overlap reduction functions") induced by gravitational waves in both the pulse arrival times of pulsars and in the angular deflections of distant sources. In the most general case, there are six autocorrelations and cross-correlations for the pulse arrival times and the two components of the angular deflection. We provide results for spin-2 (i.e., general-relativistic) gravitational waves as well as the spin-1 modes that may arise in alternative-gravity theories. These calculations can be easily implemented for future analysis or study, and we provide code to do so.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063547;
arXiv
arXiv:2406.00096;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100000001; 10.13039/100000893; 10.13039/100000925; 10.13039/501100001691; 10.13039/100000138;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
18 pgs.
ISSN
1089-4918

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Copyright
© 2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
2112699; AST-2007993; AST-2307719; 2146016; 1430284; 2020265; P382G170104
Notes
Contact Email: Contact author: inomata@jhu.edu; Contact Email: Contact author: kamion@jhu.edu; Contact Email: Contact author: celia.m.toral@Vanderbilt.Edu; Contact Email: Contact author: stephen.r.taylor@Vanderbilt.Edu; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
National Science Foundation; Simons Foundation; John Templeton Foundation; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; U.S. Department of Education