Note on pulsar timing array correlation functions induced by peculiar velocities

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Authors: Neha Anil Kumar, Keisuke Inomata, Marc Kamionkowski
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Abstract

Several papers have recently calculated the contribution to pulsar timing array overlap reduction functions (ORFs) induced by our peculiar velocity with respect to the rest frame of the stochastic gravitational-wave background. Here we show that a harmonic-space calculation confirms the most recent result. We note that, with the harmonic-space calculation, the ORFs for spin-1 GWs and the correlations with astrometry measurements are also easily obtained.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
13 January 2026
Document type
Preprint