Pulsar Timing Array Sensitivity to Anisotropy: Empirical Sensitivity Curves, Scaling Relations, and the Multi-resolution Pixel Basis

Taha T. Moursy, Nihan S. Pol, Gabriella Agazie, Nikita Agarwal, Akash Anumarlapudi, Anne M. Archibald, Zaven Arzoumanian, Anjana Ashok, Jeremy G. Baier, Paul T. Baker, Bence Bécsy, Laura Blecha, Adam Brazier, Paul R. Brook, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Rand Burnette, Robin Case, J. Andrew Casey-Clyde, Maria Charisi, Shami Chatterjee, Tyler Cohen, James M. Cordes, Neil J. Cornish, Fronefield Crawford, H. Thankful Cromartie, Kathryn Crowter, Megan E. DeCesar, Paul B. Demorest, Heling Deng, Lankeswar Dey, Timothy Dolch, Graham M. Doskoch, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, William Fiore, Emmanuel Fonseca, Gabriel E. Freedman, Emiko C. Gardiner, Nate Garver-Daniels, Peter A. Gentile, Kyle A. Gersbach, Joseph Glaser, Deborah C. Good, Kayhan Gültekin, Aiden Gundersen, C. J. Harris, Jeffrey S. Hazboun, Ross J. Jennings, Aaron D. Johnson, Megan L. Jones, David L. Kaplan, Anala K. Sreekumar, Luke Zoltan Kelley, Matthew Kerr, Joey S. Key, Nima Laal, Michael T. Lam, William G. Lamb, Bjorn Larsen, T. Joseph W. Lazio, Natalia Lewandowska, Tingting Liu, Duncan R. Lorimer, Jing Luo, Ryan S. Lynch, Chung-Pei Ma, Dustin R. Madison, Ashley Martsen, Cayenne Matt, Alexander McEwen, James W. McKee, Maura A. McLaughlin, Natasha McMann, Bradley W. Meyers, Patrick M. Meyers, Matthew T. Miles, Chiara M. F. Mingarelli, Andrea Mitridate, Cherry Ng, David J. Nice, Shania A. Nichols, Stella Koch Ocker, Daniel J. Oliver, Ken D. Olum, Timothy T. Pennucci, Benetge B. P. Perera, Polina Petrov, Henri A. Radovan, Scott M. Ransom, Paul S. Ray, Joseph D. Romano, Jessie C. Runnoe, Alexander Saffer, Shashwat C. Sardesai, Ann Schmiedekamp, Carl Schmiedekamp, Kai Schmitz, Levi Schult, Brent J. Shapiro-Albert, Xavier Siemens, Joseph Simon, Sophia V. Sosa Fiscella, Ingrid H. Stairs, Daniel R. Stinebring, Kevin Stovall, Abhimanyu Susobhanan, Joseph K. Swiggum, Jacob Taylor, Stephen R. Taylor, Mercedes S. Thompson, Jacob E. Turner, Michele Vallisneri, Rutger van Haasteren, Sarah J. Vigeland, Haley M. Wahl, Kevin P. Wilson, Caitlin A. Witt, David Wright, Olivia Young, Unknown

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@article{allodium:10.3847/1538-4357/ae9759,
title = {Pulsar Timing Array Sensitivity to Anisotropy: Empirical Sensitivity Curves, Scaling Relations, and the Multi-resolution Pixel Basis},
author = {Taha T. Moursy and Nihan S. Pol and Gabriella Agazie and Nikita Agarwal and Akash Anumarlapudi and Anne M. Archibald and Zaven Arzoumanian and Anjana Ashok and Jeremy G. Baier and Paul T. Baker and Bence Bécsy and Laura Blecha and Adam Brazier and Paul R. Brook and Sarah Burke-Spolaor and Rand Burnette and Robin Case and J. Andrew Casey-Clyde and Maria Charisi and Shami Chatterjee and Tyler Cohen and James M. Cordes and Neil J. Cornish and Fronefield Crawford and H. Thankful Cromartie and Kathryn Crowter and Megan E. DeCesar and Paul B. Demorest and Heling Deng and Lankeswar Dey and Timothy Dolch and Graham M. Doskoch and Elizabeth C. Ferrara and William Fiore and Emmanuel Fonseca and Gabriel E. Freedman and Emiko C. Gardiner and Nate Garver-Daniels and Peter A. Gentile and Kyle A. Gersbach and Joseph Glaser and Deborah C. Good and Kayhan Gültekin and Aiden Gundersen and C. J. Harris and Jeffrey S. Hazboun and Ross J. Jennings and Aaron D. Johnson and Megan L. Jones and David L. Kaplan and Anala K. Sreekumar and Luke Zoltan Kelley and Matthew Kerr and Joey S. Key and Nima Laal and Michael T. Lam and William G. Lamb and Bjorn Larsen and T. Joseph W. Lazio and Natalia Lewandowska and Tingting Liu and Duncan R. Lorimer and Jing Luo and Ryan S. Lynch and Chung-Pei Ma and Dustin R. Madison and Ashley Martsen and Cayenne Matt and Alexander McEwen and James W. McKee and Maura A. McLaughlin and Natasha McMann and Bradley W. Meyers and Patrick M. Meyers and Matthew T. Miles and Chiara M. F. Mingarelli and Andrea Mitridate and Cherry Ng and David J. Nice and Shania A. Nichols and Stella Koch Ocker and Daniel J. Oliver and Ken D. Olum and Timothy T. Pennucci and Benetge B. P. Perera and Polina Petrov and Henri A. Radovan and Scott M. Ransom and Paul S. Ray and Joseph D. Romano and Jessie C. Runnoe and Alexander Saffer and Shashwat C. Sardesai and Ann Schmiedekamp and Carl Schmiedekamp and Kai Schmitz and Levi Schult and Brent J. Shapiro-Albert and Xavier Siemens and Joseph Simon and Sophia V. Sosa Fiscella and Ingrid H. Stairs and Daniel R. Stinebring and Kevin Stovall and Abhimanyu Susobhanan and Joseph K. Swiggum and Jacob Taylor and Stephen R. Taylor and Mercedes S. Thompson and Jacob E. Turner and Michele Vallisneri and Rutger van Haasteren and Sarah J. Vigeland and Haley M. Wahl and Kevin P. Wilson and Caitlin A. Witt and David Wright and Olivia Young and Unknown},
year = {2026},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ae9759},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae9759}
}

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AU  - Anjana Ashok
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AU  - Adam Brazier
AU  - Paul R. Brook
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AU  - Robin Case
AU  - J. Andrew Casey-Clyde
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AU  - Shami Chatterjee
AU  - Tyler Cohen
AU  - James M. Cordes
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AU  - Fronefield Crawford
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AU  - Megan E. DeCesar
AU  - Paul B. Demorest
AU  - Heling Deng
AU  - Lankeswar Dey
AU  - Timothy Dolch
AU  - Graham M. Doskoch
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AU  - Cayenne Matt
AU  - Alexander McEwen
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AU  - Maura A. McLaughlin
AU  - Natasha McMann
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AU  - Patrick M. Meyers
AU  - Matthew T. Miles
AU  - Chiara M. F. Mingarelli
AU  - Andrea Mitridate
AU  - Cherry Ng
AU  - David J. Nice
AU  - Shania A. Nichols
AU  - Stella Koch Ocker
AU  - Daniel J. Oliver
AU  - Ken D. Olum
AU  - Timothy T. Pennucci
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AU  - Polina Petrov
AU  - Henri A. Radovan
AU  - Scott M. Ransom
AU  - Paul S. Ray
AU  - Joseph D. Romano
AU  - Jessie C. Runnoe
AU  - Alexander Saffer
AU  - Shashwat C. Sardesai
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AU  - Kai Schmitz
AU  - Levi Schult
AU  - Brent J. Shapiro-Albert
AU  - Xavier Siemens
AU  - Joseph Simon
AU  - Sophia V. Sosa Fiscella
AU  - Ingrid H. Stairs
AU  - Daniel R. Stinebring
AU  - Kevin Stovall
AU  - Abhimanyu Susobhanan
AU  - Joseph K. Swiggum
AU  - Jacob Taylor
AU  - Stephen R. Taylor
AU  - Mercedes S. Thompson
AU  - Jacob E. Turner
AU  - Michele Vallisneri
AU  - Rutger van Haasteren
AU  - Sarah J. Vigeland
AU  - Haley M. Wahl
AU  - Kevin P. Wilson
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APA

Moursy, T. T., Pol, N. S., Agazie, G., Agarwal, N., Anumarlapudi, A., Archibald, A. M., Arzoumanian, Z., Ashok, A., Baier, J. G., Baker, P. T., Bécsy, B., Blecha, L., Brazier, A., Brook, P. R., Burke-Spolaor, S., Burnette, R., Case, R., Casey-Clyde, J. A., Charisi, M., Chatterjee, S., Cohen, T., Cordes, J. M., Cornish, N. J., Crawford, F., Cromartie, H. T., Crowter, K., DeCesar, M. E., Demorest, P. B., Deng, H., Dey, L., Dolch, T., Doskoch, G. M., Ferrara, E. C., Fiore, W., Fonseca, E., Freedman, G. E., Gardiner, E. C., Garver-Daniels, N., Gentile, P. A., Gersbach, K. A., Glaser, J., Good, D. C., Gültekin, K., Gundersen, A., Harris, C. J., Hazboun, J. S., Jennings, R. J., Johnson, A. D., Jones, M. L., Kaplan, D. L., Sreekumar, A. K., Kelley, L. Z., Kerr, M., Key, J. S., Laal, N., Lam, M. T., Lamb, W. G., Larsen, B., Lazio, T. J. W., Lewandowska, N., Liu, T., Lorimer, D. R., Luo, J., Lynch, R. S., Ma, C., Madison, D. R., Martsen, A., Matt, C., McEwen, A., McKee, J. W., McLaughlin, M. A., McMann, N., Meyers, B. W., Meyers, P. M., Miles, M. T., Mingarelli, C. M. F., Mitridate, A., Ng, C., Nice, D. J., Nichols, S. A., Ocker, S. K., Oliver, D. J., Olum, K. D., Pennucci, T. T., Perera, B. B. P., Petrov, P., Radovan, H. A., Ransom, S. M., Ray, P. S., Romano, J. D., Runnoe, J. C., Saffer, A., Sardesai, S. C., Schmiedekamp, A., Schmiedekamp, C., Schmitz, K., Schult, L., Shapiro-Albert, B. J., Siemens, X., Simon, J., Fiscella, S. V. S., Stairs, I. H., Stinebring, D. R., Stovall, K., Susobhanan, A., Swiggum, J. K., Taylor, J., Taylor, S. R., Thompson, M. S., Turner, J. E., Vallisneri, M., Haasteren, R. V., Vigeland, S. J., Wahl, H. M., Wilson, K. P., Witt, C. A., Wright, D., Young, O., & Unknown (2026). Pulsar Timing Array Sensitivity to Anisotropy: Empirical Sensitivity Curves, Scaling Relations, and the Multi-resolution Pixel Basis. The Astrophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae9759

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