Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s

M Bailes, BK Berger, PR Brady, M Branchesi… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity saw
significant development of the understanding of the theory, the identification of potential …

Precise radio astrometry and new developments for the next generation of instruments

MJ Rioja, R Dodson - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2020 - Springer
We present a technique-led review of the progression of precise radio astrometry, from the
first demonstrations, half a century ago, until to date and into the future. We cover the …

Search for an isotropic gravitational-wave background with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array

DJ Reardon, A Zic, RM Shannon… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsar timing arrays aim to detect nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves (GWs). A
background of GWs modulates pulsar arrival times and manifests as a stochastic process …

The NANOGrav 15 yr data set: Detector characterization and noise budget

G Agazie, A Anumarlapudi, AM Archibald… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are galactic-scale gravitational wave (GW) detectors. Each
individual arm, composed of a millisecond pulsar, a radio telescope, and a kiloparsecs-long …

On the evidence for a common-spectrum process in the search for the nanohertz gravitational-wave background with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array

B Goncharov, RM Shannon, DJ Reardon… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A nanohertz-frequency stochastic gravitational-wave background can potentially be
detected through the precise timing of an array of millisecond pulsars. This background …

The parkes pulsar timing array third data release

A Zic, DJ Reardon, A Kapur, G Hobbs… - Publications of the …, 2023 - cambridge.org
We present the third data release from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. The
release contains observations of 32 pulsars obtained using the 64-m Parkes …

A long-period radio transient active for three decades

N Hurley-Walker, N Rea, SJ McSweeney, BW Meyers… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Several long-period radio transients have recently been discovered, with strongly polarized
coherent radio pulses appearing on timescales between tens to thousands of seconds,. In …

Australian square kilometre array pathfinder: I. system description

AW Hotan, JD Bunton, AP Chippendale… - Publications of the …, 2021 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we describe the system design and capabilities of the Australian Square
Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope at the conclusion of its construction …

Magnetic field reversal in the turbulent environment around a repeating fast radio burst

R Anna-Thomas, L Connor, S Dai, Y Feng… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief, intense flashes of radio waves from unidentified
extragalactic sources. Polarized FRBs originate in highly magnetized environments. We …

The Parkes pulsar timing array project: second data release

M Kerr, DJ Reardon, G Hobbs, RM Shannon… - Publications of the …, 2020 - cambridge.org
We describe 14 yr of public data from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA), an ongoing
project that is producing precise measurements of pulse times of arrival from 26 millisecond …