NANOGrav detects the gravitational-wave background

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/Cad.Astro.v4n2.42321

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nanograv, gravitational waves, cosmology

Abstract

Professors from Núcleo Cosmo-ufes comment on the recent result of the NanoGrav collaboration, which detected a background of gravitational waves in the universe.

References

G. Agazie et al., The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951(1), L8 (2023).

G. Agazie et al., The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Observations and Timing of 68 Millisecond Pulsars, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951(1), L9 (2023).

G. Agazie et al., The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Detector Characterization and Noise Budget, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951(1), L10 (2023).

A. Afzal et al., The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951(1), L11 (2023).

G. Agazie et al., The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951(2), L50 (2023).

G. Agazie et al., The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from the Gravitational-wave Background, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 952(2), L37 (2023).

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08-09-2023

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2023): Primordial Universe

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Copyright (c) 2023 Jaziel Goulart Coelho, Valerio Marra, Jonas P. Pereira

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How to Cite

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J. G. Coelho, V. Marra, and J. P. Pereira, “NANOGrav detects the gravitational-wave background”, Cad. Astro., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 176–178, Sep. 2023, doi: 10.47456/Cad.Astro.v4n2.42321.