Discovering Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters with the GMRT (GCGPS)

The Globular Clusters GMRT Pulsar Search (GCGPS) project, launched in mid-May 2023, has emerged as one of the most successful pulsar surveys conducted with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT), leading to the discovery of several new millisecond pulsars (MSPs). The recently concluded Phase I of the survey resulted in the discovery of seven MSPs across four globular clusters (GCs), all of which previously had no known pulsars. These discoveries have enabled the precise determination of the dispersion measures (DMs) for the respective clusters for the first time. Consistent timing follow-up revealed that out of the seven MSPs, three are confirmed binaries, while two are isolated. This paper summarises the design and the implementation of Phase I of the GCGPS project, presents the key scientific results obtained so far, and outlines the strategy and progress of the recently initiated Phase II observations.