European Pulsar Timing Array
Abstract
The European Pulsar Timing Array is a collaboration that has recently been formed between the five major radio observatories in Europe: Jodrell Bank, Effelsberg, Westerbork, Nançay and Sardinia. Together we work towards detecting gravitational waves. We combine the individual strengths of all the different observatories to obtain improved results. We give a short introduction on the partners, goals and instrumentation of this collaboration. Besides gravitational wave detection, the EPTA collaboration is sharing data to optimize timing on, for example, millisecond binary pulsars. We present some recent results of combining datasets of the four telescopes now in use for the EPTA.
- Publication:
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40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More
- Pub Date:
- February 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.2900317
- Bibcode:
- 2008AIPC..983..633J
- Keywords:
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- 97.60.Gb;
- 97.60.Jd;
- 95.75.Wx;
- 95.55.Jz;
- 95.55.Ym;
- 97.80.-d;
- Pulsars;
- Neutron stars;
- Time series analysis time variability;
- Radio telescopes and instrumentation;
- heterodyne receivers;
- Gravitational radiation detectors;
- mass spectrometers;
- and other instrumentation and techniques;
- Binary and multiple stars