The Pulsar Timing Array Signal from Infrared Regions of Scalar-Induced Gravitational Waves

The common-spectrum process, characterized by the Hellings–Downs angular correlation and observed by pulsar timing array collaborations, such as NANOGrav, PPTA, EPTA, and CPTA, can be explained by the scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs). The energy density of SIGWs exhibits universal behavior...

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Published inUniverse (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 6; p. 255
Main Author Fei, Qin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2024
Subjects
Astronomical research
Bayesian analysis
Black holes (Astronomy)
Datasets
Energy
Gravitational waves
inflation
Phase transitions
PTA
Pulsars
Scalar field theory
scalar-induced gravitational wave
Universe
China
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Summary:The common-spectrum process, characterized by the Hellings–Downs angular correlation and observed by pulsar timing array collaborations, such as NANOGrav, PPTA, EPTA, and CPTA, can be explained by the scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs). The energy density of SIGWs exhibits universal behavior in the infrared regions. Utilizing a broken power law parameterization for the primordial curvature power spectrum, we clarify the PTA signal through the infrared characteristics of the SIGWs, using Bayesian analysis to provide posterior distributions. Bayesian factors emphasize the statistical preference for the SIGW model over explanations involving supermassive black hole binaries.
ISSN:2218-1997
2218-1997
DOI:10.3390/universe10060255