Speaker
Ingrid Stairs
(UBC)
Description
Millisecond radio pulsars (MSPs) exhibit tremendous rotational stability and
therefore provide a means to detect gravitational waves passing near the Earth.
Three collaborations are using the world's largest radio telescopes to observe
arrays of MSPs with the goal of making such a detection. This talk will
review the expected gravitational-wave sources, the methodology and the future
prospects of this experiment.
Author
Ingrid Stairs
(UBC)
