Multi-Messenger Gravitational Wave Searches with Pulsar Timing Arrays: Application to 3C66B Using the NANOGrav 11-year Data Set

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Arzoumanian, Zaven, Baker, Paul T, Brazier, Adam, Brook, Paul R, Burke-Spolaor, Sarah, Becsy, Bence, Charisi, Maria, Chatterjee, Shami, Cordes, James M, Cornish, Neil J, Crawford, Fronefield, Cromartie, H Thankful, Crowter, Kathryn, DeCesar, Megan E, Demorest, Paul B, Dolch, Timothy, Elliott, Rodney D, Ellis, Justin A, Ferdman, Robert D, Ferrara, Elizabeth C, Fonseca, Emmanuel, Garver-Daniels, Nathan, Gentile, Peter A, Good, Deborah C, Hazboun, Jeffrey S, Islo, Kristina, Jennings, Ross J, Jones, Megan L, Kaiser, Andrew R, Kaplan, David L, Kelley, Luke Zoltan, Joey Shapiro Key, Lam, Michael T, Lazio, T Joseph W, Levin, Lina, Luo, Jing, Lynch, Ryan S, Madison, Dustin R, McLaughlin, Maura A, Mingarelli, Chiara M F, Ng, Cherry, Nice, David J, Pennucci, Timothy T, Pol, Nihan S, Ransom, Scott M, Ray, Paul S, Shapiro-Albert, Brent J, Siemens, Xavier, Simon, Joseph, Spiewak, Renee, Stairs, Ingrid H, Stinebring, Daniel R, Stovall, Kevin, Swiggum, Joseph K, Taylor, Stephen R, Vallisneri, Michele, Vigeland, Sarah J, Witt, Caitlin A, Zhu, Weiwei
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 12.08.2020
• Subjects: Arrays; Binary stars; Datasets; Galaxies; Gravitation; Gravitational waves; Orbits; Pulsars; Searching; Supermassive black holes

When galaxies merge, the supermassive black holes in their centers may form binaries and, during the process of merger, emit low-frequency gravitational radiation in the process. In this paper we consider the galaxy 3C66B, which was used as the target of the first multi-messenger search for gravitat...