%0 Generic %1 arzoumanian2023nanograv %A Arzoumanian, Zaven %A Baker, Paul T. %A Blecha, Laura %A Blumer, Harsha %A Brazier, Adam %A Brook, Paul R. %A Burke-Spolaor, Sarah %A Bécsy, Bence %A Casey-Clyde, J. Andrew %A Charisi, Maria %A Chatterjee, Shami %A Chen, Siyuan %A Cordes, James M. %A Cornish, Neil J. %A Crawford, Fronefield %A Cromartie, H. Thankful %A DeCesar, Megan E. %A Demorest, Paul B. %A Dolch, Timothy %A Drachler, Brendan %A Ellis, Justin A. %A Ferrara, E. C. %A Fiore, William %A Fonseca, Emmanuel %A Freedman, Gabriel E. %A Garver-Daniels, Nathan %A Gentile, Peter A. %A Glaser, Joseph %A Good, Deborah C. %A Gültekin, Kayhan %A Hazboun, Jeffrey S. %A Jennings, Ross J. %A Johnson, Aaron D. %A Jones, Megan L. %A Kaiser, Andrew R. %A Kaplan, David L. %A Kelley, Luke Zoltan %A Key, Joey Shapiro %A Laal, Nima %A Lam, Michael T. %A Lamb, William G %A Lazio, T. Joseph W. %A Lewandowska, Natalia %A Liu, Tingting %A Lorimer, Duncan R. %A Luo, Jing %A Lynch, Ryan S. %A Madison, Dustin R. %A McEwen, Alexander %A McLaughlin, Maura A. %A Mingarelli, Chiara M. F. %A Ng, Cherry %A Nice, David J. %A Ocker, Stella Koch %A Olum, Ken D. %A Pennucci, Timothy T. %A Pol, Nihan S. %A Ransom, Scott M. %A Ray, Paul S. %A Romano, Joseph D. %A Shapiro-Albert, Brent J. %A Siemens, Xavier %A Simon, Joseph %A Siwek, Magdalena %A Spiewak, Renée %A Stairs, Ingrid H. %A Stinebring, Daniel R. %A Stovall, Kevin %A Swiggum, Joseph K. %A Sydnor, Jessica %A Taylor, Stephen R. %A Turner, Jacob E. %A Vallisneri, Michele %A Vigeland, Sarah J. %A Wahl, Haley M. %A Walsh, Gregory %A Witt, Caitlin A. %A Young, Olivia %D 2023 %K library %T The NANOGrav 12.5-year Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries %U http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.03608 %X Pulsar timing array collaborations, such as the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), are seeking nanohertz gravitational waves emitted by supermassive black hole binaries formed in the aftermath of galaxy mergers. We have searched for continuous waves from individual circular supermassive black hole binaries using the NANOGrav's recent 12.5-year data set. We created new methods to accurately model the uncertainties on pulsar distances in our analysis, and we implemented new techniques to account for a common red noise process in pulsar timing array data sets while searching for deterministic gravitational wave signals, including continuous waves. As we found no evidence for continuous waves in our data, we placed 95\% upper limits on the strain amplitude of continuous waves emitted by these sources. At our most sensitive frequency of 7.65 nanohertz, we placed a sky-averaged limit of $h_0 < $ $(6.82 0.35) 10^-15$, and $h_0 <$ $(2.66 0.15) 10^-15$ in our most sensitive sky location. Finally, we placed a multi-messenger limit of $M <$ $(1.41 0.02) 10^9 M_ødot$ on the chirp mass of the supermassive black hole binary candidate 3C~66B.

@misc{arzoumanian2023nanograv, abstract = {Pulsar timing array collaborations, such as the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), are seeking nanohertz gravitational waves emitted by supermassive black hole binaries formed in the aftermath of galaxy mergers. We have searched for continuous waves from individual circular supermassive black hole binaries using the NANOGrav's recent 12.5-year data set. We created new methods to accurately model the uncertainties on pulsar distances in our analysis, and we implemented new techniques to account for a common red noise process in pulsar timing array data sets while searching for deterministic gravitational wave signals, including continuous waves. As we found no evidence for continuous waves in our data, we placed 95\% upper limits on the strain amplitude of continuous waves emitted by these sources. At our most sensitive frequency of 7.65 nanohertz, we placed a sky-averaged limit of $h_0 < $ $(6.82 \pm 0.35) \times 10^{-15}$, and $h_0 <$ $(2.66 \pm 0.15) \times 10^{-15}$ in our most sensitive sky location. Finally, we placed a multi-messenger limit of $\mathcal{M} <$ $(1.41 \pm 0.02) \times 10^9 M_\odot$ on the chirp mass of the supermassive black hole binary candidate 3C~66B.}, added-at = {2023-01-11T06:02:49.000+0100}, author = {Arzoumanian, Zaven and Baker, Paul T. and Blecha, Laura and Blumer, Harsha and Brazier, Adam and Brook, Paul R. and Burke-Spolaor, Sarah and Bécsy, Bence and Casey-Clyde, J. Andrew and Charisi, Maria and Chatterjee, Shami and Chen, Siyuan and Cordes, James M. and Cornish, Neil J. and Crawford, Fronefield and Cromartie, H. Thankful and DeCesar, Megan E. and Demorest, Paul B. and Dolch, Timothy and Drachler, Brendan and Ellis, Justin A. and Ferrara, E. C. and Fiore, William and Fonseca, Emmanuel and Freedman, Gabriel E. and Garver-Daniels, Nathan and Gentile, Peter A. and Glaser, Joseph and Good, Deborah C. and Gültekin, Kayhan and Hazboun, Jeffrey S. and Jennings, Ross J. and Johnson, Aaron D. and Jones, Megan L. and Kaiser, Andrew R. and Kaplan, David L. and Kelley, Luke Zoltan and Key, Joey Shapiro and Laal, Nima and Lam, Michael T. and Lamb, William G and Lazio, T. Joseph W. and Lewandowska, Natalia and Liu, Tingting and Lorimer, Duncan R. and Luo, Jing and Lynch, Ryan S. and Madison, Dustin R. and McEwen, Alexander and McLaughlin, Maura A. and Mingarelli, Chiara M. F. and Ng, Cherry and Nice, David J. and Ocker, Stella Koch and Olum, Ken D. and Pennucci, Timothy T. and Pol, Nihan S. and Ransom, Scott M. and Ray, Paul S. and Romano, Joseph D. and Shapiro-Albert, Brent J. and Siemens, Xavier and Simon, Joseph and Siwek, Magdalena and Spiewak, Renée and Stairs, Ingrid H. and Stinebring, Daniel R. and Stovall, Kevin and Swiggum, Joseph K. and Sydnor, Jessica and Taylor, Stephen R. and Turner, Jacob E. and Vallisneri, Michele and Vigeland, Sarah J. and Wahl, Haley M. and Walsh, Gregory and Witt, Caitlin A. and Young, Olivia}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27780915bfae8b5d479367c5d43506b3d/gpkulkarni}, description = {The NANOGrav 12.5-year Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries}, interhash = {ce3c94c7621de592e71a30d6013f767b}, intrahash = {7780915bfae8b5d479367c5d43506b3d}, keywords = {library}, note = {cite arxiv:2301.03608Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures. Submitted to ApJ}, timestamp = {2023-01-11T06:02:49.000+0100}, title = {The NANOGrav 12.5-year Data Set: Bayesian Limits on Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.03608}, year = 2023 }