INTERNATIONAL PULSAR TIMING ARRAY

The International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) is a consortium of consortia[1] , comprised of the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA), the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), the Indian Pulsar Timing Array Project (InPTA), and the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA). The goal of the IPTA is to detect and characterize the low-frequency gravitational wave universe through timing a global array of approximately 100 millisecond pulsars using the largest radio telescopes in the world. Through sharing resources and creating combined pulsar timing data sets, the IPTA is constructing the most sensitive low-frequency gravitational wave detector possible. Sharing resources will also help to reach other IPTA goals, for example, establishing a pulsar-based reference timescale... The International Pulsar Timing Array is a collaboration formed from the four main PTA groups (EPTA, InPTA, NANOGrav, and PPTA) as well as interested researchers from a variety of..

Also known as: IPTA