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We present timing observations of four millisecond pulsars, using data obtained over three years at the ATNF Parkes and NRAL Jodrell Bank radio telescopes. Astrometric, spin, and binary parameters are updated, and substantially improved for…

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The observation of neutron stars enables the otherwise impossible study of fundamental physical processes. The timing of binary radio pulsars is particularly powerful, as it enables precise characterization of their (three-dimensional)…

Frequency metrology outperforms any other branch of metrology in accuracy (parts in $10^{-16}$) and small fluctuations ($<10^{-17}$). In turn, among celestial bodies, the rotation speed of millisecond pulsars (MSP) is by far the most stable…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2022-02-04 Siyuan Chen , Francois Vernotte , Enrico Rubiola

Pulsar timing is used for a variety of applications including tests of fundamental physics, probing the structure of neutron stars, and detecting nanohertz gravitational waves. Development of robust methods and generation of high-quality…

While observations of many high-precision radio pulsars of order $\lesssim1~\mu$s across the sky are needed for the detection and characterization of a stochastic background of low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs), sensitivity to single…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-02 M. T. Lam , J. S. Hazboun

We extend the recently introduced Bayesian framework `Generative Pulsar Timing Analysis' to incorporate both pulse jitter (high frequency variation in the arrival time of the pulse) and epoch to epoch stochasticity in the shape of the pulse…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 L. Lentati , R. M. Shannon

We present 154 MHz Murchison Widefield Array imaging observations and variability information for a sample of pulsars. Over the declination range $-80^{\circ} < {\delta} < 10^{\circ}$ we detect 17 known pulsars with mean flux density…

Timing analysis of PSR J1705$-$1906 using data from Nanshan 25-m and Parkes 64-m radio telescopes, which span over fourteen years, shows that the pulsar exhibits significant proper motion, and rotation instability. We updated the astrometry…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-23 Y. L. Liu , J. P. Yuan , J. B. Wang , X. W. Liu , N. Wang , R. Yuen

Millisecond pulsars in timing arrays can act as probes for gravitational wave detection and improving the solar system ephemerides among several other applications. However, the stability of the integrated pulse profiles can limit the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Prajwal V. Padmanabh , Ewan D. Barr , David J. Champion , Ramesh Karuppusamy , Michael Kramer , Axel Jessner , Patrick Lazarus

Pulsar glitch is a phenomenon characterized by abrupt changes in the spin period over less than a minute. We present a comprehensive analysis of glitches in four gamma-ray pulsars by combining the timing observation data from \textit{Fermi}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-17 P. Liu , J. -P. Yuan , M. -Y. Ge , W. -T. Ye , S. -Q. Zhou , S. -J. Dang , Z. -R. Zhou , E. Gügercinoğlu , Z. H. Tu , P. Wang , A. Li , D. Li , N. Wang

Precision pulsar timing requires optimization against measurement errors and astrophysical variance from the neutron stars themselves and the interstellar medium. We investigate optimization of arrival time precision as a function of radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-28 M. T. Lam , M. A. McLaughlin , J. M. Cordes , S. Chatterjee , T. J. W. Lazio

The noise in millisecond pulsar (MSP) timing data can include contributions from observing instruments, the interstellar medium, the solar wind, solar system ephemeris errors, and the pulsars themselves. The noise environment must be…

The measurement of pulsar pulse times-of-arrival (ToAs) is a crucial step in detecting low-frequency gravitational waves. To determine ToAs, we can use template-matching to compare each observed pulse profile with a standard template.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 J. Wang , J. P. W. Verbiest , G. M. Shaifullah , I. Cognard , L. Guillemot , G. H. Janssen , M. B. Mickaliger , A. Possenti , G. Theureau

Traditional pulsar timing techniques involve averaging large numbers of single pulses to obtain a high signal-to-noise (S/N) profile, which is matched to a template to measure a time of arrival (TOA). However, the morphology of individual…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-30 Sofia V. Sosa Fiscella , Michael T. Lam , Maura A. McLaughlin

Data are gathered from the Parkes pulsar data archive of twelve young radio pulsars, with the intervals of data for each pulsar ranged between 2.8 years and 6.8 years. 31 glitches are identified by using phase connection from "pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-15 S. Q. Zhou , J. P. Yuan , J. Zhang , M. Q. Liu , Z. W. Feng. S. J. Dang , X. D. Zhu

We present high signal-to-noise ratio, multi-frequency polarization pulse profiles for 24 millisecond pulsars that are being observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. The pulsars are observed in three bands, centred…

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are known for their long-term stability. Using six years of observations from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), we have conducted an in-depth analysis of the X-ray timing results for six…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-26 Shijie Zheng , Dawei Han , Heng Xu , Kejia Lee , Jianping Yuan , Haoxi Wang , Mingyu Ge , Liang Zhang , Yongye Li , Yitao Yin , Xiang Ma , Yong Chen , Shuangnan Zhang

Given sufficient sensitivity, pulsar timing observations can make a direct detection of gravitational waves passing over the Earth. Pulsar timing is most sensitive to gravitational waves with frequencies in the nanoHertz region, with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R N Manchester

We analyse the stochastic properties of the 49 pulsars that comprise the first International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) data release. We use Bayesian methodology, performing model selection to determine the optimal description of the…

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) will become one of the world-leading telescopes for pulsar timing array (PTA) research. The primary goals for PTAs are to detect (and subsequently study) ultra-low-frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-03 G. Hobbs , S. Dai , R. N. Manchester , R. M. Shannon , M. Kerr , K. J. Lee , R. Xu