Upper bounds on the low-frequency stochastic gravitational wave background from pulsar timing observations: Current limits and future prospects

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 653, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1571-1576

  Jenet, F A ^a   Hobbs, G B ^b   Van Straten, W ^a   Manchester, R N ^b   Bailes, M ^c   Verbiest, J P W ^b,c   Edwards, R T ^b   Hotan, A W ^d   Sarkissian, J M ^b   Ord, S M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gravitational waves; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846366610     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508702     Document Type: Article

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