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The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background

The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background

Abstract We report multiple lines of evidence for a stochastic signal that is correlated among 67 pulsars from the 15 yr pulsar timing data set collected by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves. The correlations follow the Hellings–Downs pattern expected for a stochastic gravitational-wave background. The presence of …