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Installation and Use of Pulsar Search Software

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2012-06-05 v1
Authors: M. J. Keith
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Abstract

Searching for radio pulsars typically requires a bespoke software pipeline to efficiently make new discoveries. In this paper we describe the search process, provide a tool for installing pulsar software, and give an example of a pulsar search.

Keywords

radio pulsar pulsar search software pipeline installation tool search example

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@article{arxiv.1206.0588,
  title  = {Installation and Use of Pulsar Search Software},
  author = {M. J. Keith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0588},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Tutorial on tempo2 presented at the Beijing pulsar conference during 2011. To appear in "Astronomical Research and Technology" Vol.9, No.3, page 219

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