LEADER 03640nam 22006375 450 001 9910254619303321 005 20200705063514.0 010 $a3-319-18401-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-18401-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000501289 035 $a(EBL)4088788 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001585160 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16265537 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001585160 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14865118 035 $a(PQKB)11465921 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-18401-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4088788 035 $a(PPN)190536772 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000501289 100 $a20151109d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays /$fby Chiara M. F. Mingarelli 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (137 p.) 225 1 $aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-18400-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis Ph.D. thesis from the University of Birmingham UK opens new research avenues in the use of Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) to study populations of super-massive black hole binaries through gravitational-wave observations. Chiara Mingarelli's work has shown for the first time that PTAs can yield information about the non-linear dynamics of the gravitational field. This is possible because PTAs capture, at the same time, radiation from the same source emitted at stages of its binary evolution that are separated by thousands of years.  Dr. Mingarelli, who is the recipient of a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship, has also been amongst the pioneers of the technique that will allow us to probe the level of anisotropy of the diffuse gravitational-wave background radiation from the whole population of super-massive black hole binaries in the Universe. Indeed, future observations will provide us with hints about the distribution of galaxies harboring massive black holes and insights into end products of hierarchical mergers of galaxies. 410 0$aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aGravitation 606 $aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006 606 $aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19070 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 0$aGravitation. 615 14$aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. 615 24$aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. 676 $a521.1 700 $aMingarelli$b Chiara M. F$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0805098 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254619303321 996 $aGravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays$91807584 997 $aUNINA