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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254619303321

Autore

Mingarelli Chiara M. F

Titolo

Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays / / by Chiara M. F. Mingarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-18401-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

521.1

Soggetti

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Gravitation

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Characterizing Gravitational Wave Stochastic Background Anisotropy with Pulsar Timing Arrays -- The Effect of Small Pulsar Distance Variations in Stochastic GW -- Observing the Dynamics of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with Pulsar Timing -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This Ph.D. thesis from the University of Birmingham UK opens new research avenues in the use of Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) to study populations of super-massive black hole binaries through gravitational-wave observations. Chiara Mingarelli's work has shown for the first time that PTAs can yield information about the non-linear dynamics of the gravitational field. This is possible because PTAs capture, at the same time, radiation from the same source emitted at stages of its binary evolution that are separated by thousands of years.  Dr. Mingarelli, who is the recipient of a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship, has also been amongst the pioneers of the technique that will allow us to probe the level of anisotropy of the diffuse gravitational-wave background radiation from the whole population of super-massive black hole binaries in the Universe.



Indeed, future observations will provide us with hints about the distribution of galaxies harboring massive black holes and insights into end products of hierarchical mergers of galaxies.