@article{695429,
      recid = {695429},
      author = {Haasteren, Rutger van,},
      title = {Gravitational wave detection and data analysis for pulsar  timing arrays [electronic resource]  /},
      school = {Ph.D.},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {Pulsar timing is a promising method for detecting  gravitational waves in the nano-Hertz band. In his prize  winning Ph.D. thesis Rutger van Haasteren deals with how  one takes thousands of seemingly random timing residuals  which are measured by pulsar observers, and extracts  information about the presence and character of the  gravitational waves in the nano-Hertz band that are washing  over our Galaxy. The author presents a sophisticated  mathematical algorithm that deals with this issue. His  algorithm is probably the most well-developed of those that  are currently in use in the Pulsar Timing Array community.  In chapter 3, the gravitational-wave memory effect is  described. This is one of the first descriptions of this  interesting effect in relation with pulsar timing, which  may become observable in future Pulsar Timing Array  projects. The last part of the work is dedicated to an  effort to combine the European pulsar timing data sets in  order to search for gravitational waves. This study has  placed the most stringent limit to date on the intensity of  gravitational waves that are produced by pairs of  supermassive black holes dancing around each other in  distant galaxies, as well as those that may be produced by  vibrating cosmic strings. Rutger van Haasteren has won the  2011 GWIC Thesis Prize of the Gravitational Wave  International Community for his innovative work in various  directions of the search for gravitational waves by pulsar  timing.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/695429},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39599-4},
}