Probing the equation of state of the early Universe with pulsar timing arrays

L Liu, ZC Chen, QG Huang - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The recently released data by pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations have amassed
substantial evidence corroborating the existence of a stochastic signal consistent with a …

Constraints on primordial curvature power spectrum with pulsar timing arrays

ZQ You, Z Yi, Y Wu - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The stochastic signal detected by NANOGrav, PPTA, EPTA, and CPTA can be explained by
the scalar-induced gravitational waves. In order to determine the scalar-induced …

Model-independent reconstruction of the primordial curvature power spectrum from PTA data

Z Yi, ZQ You, Y Wu - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently released data from pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations provide strong
evidence for a stochastic signal consistent with a gravitational-wave background, potentially …

Simultaneously probing the sound speed and equation of state of the early Universe with pulsar timing arrays

L Liu, Y Wu, ZC Chen - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, several major pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations have assembled strong
evidence for the existence of a gravitational-wave background at frequencies around the …

Search for nontensorial gravitational-wave backgrounds in the NANOGrav 15-year dataset

ZC Chen, YM Wu, YC Bi, QG Huang - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The recent detection of a stochastic signal in the NANOGrav 15-year dataset has aroused
great interest in uncovering its origin. However, the evidence for the Hellings-Downs …

Constraints on the primordial curvature power spectrum by pulsar timing array data: a polynomial parameterization approach

Q Fei - Communications in Theoretical Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The recent stochastic signal observed jointly by NANOGrav, parkes pulsar timing array,
European pulsar timing array, and Chinese pulsar timing array can be accounted for by …

Detecting a Gravitational-Wave Background from Null Energy Condition Violation: Prospects for Taiji

ZC Chen, L Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.08375, 2024 - arxiv.org
The null energy condition (NEC) is a fundamental principle in general relativity, and its
violation could leave discernible signatures in gravitational waves (GWs). A violation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Search for the non-linearities of gravitational wave background in NANOGrav 15-year data set

JQ Jiang, YS Piao - Physics Letters B, 2025 - Elsevier
The recently reported signal of common red noise between pulsars by several pulsar timing
array collaborations has been thought as evidence of the stochastic gravitational wave …

Ability of LISA, Taiji, and their networks to detect the stochastic gravitational wave background generated by cosmic strings

BR Wang, J Li - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The cosmic string contributes to our understanding and revelation of the fundamental
structure and evolutionary patterns of the Universe, unifying our knowledge of the cosmos …

Detecting a gravitational wave background from inflation with null energy condition violation: prospects for Taiji

ZC Chen, L Liu - The European Physical Journal C, 2024 - Springer
The null energy condition (NEC) is a fundamental principle in general relativity, and its
violation could leave discernible signatures in gravitational waves (GWs). A violation of the …