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We demonstrate that the sensitivity of high-precision pulsar timing experiments will be ultimately limited by the broadband intensity modulation that is intrinsic to the pulsar's stochastic radio signal. That is, as the peak flux of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-09-23 Stefan Oslowski , Willem van Straten , George Hobbs , Matthew Bailes , Paul Demorest

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are known as highly stable celestial clocks. Nevertheless, recent studies have revealed the unstable nature of their integrated pulse profiles, which may limit the achievable pulsar timing precision. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Liu , R. Karuppusamy , K. J. Lee , B. W. Stappers , M. Kramer , R. Smits , M. B. Purver , G. H. Janssen , D. Perrodin

We investigate the impact of noise processes on high-precision pulsar timing. Our analysis focuses on the measurability of the second spin frequency derivative $\ddot{\nu}$. This $\ddot{\nu}$ can be induced by several factors including the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-09 X. J. Liu , M. J. Keith , C. Bassa , B. W. Stappers

The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey is the most successful survey of the Galactic plane ever performed, finding over 600 pulsars in the initial processing. We report on reprocessing of all 40,000 beams with a number of algorithms, including…

A "pulsar timing array" (PTA), in which observations of a large sample of pulsars spread across the celestial sphere are combined, allows investigation of "global" phenomena such as a background of gravitational waves or instabilities in…

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

We report on nearly two years of timing observations of the low-mass binary millisecond pulsar, PSR J1909-3744 with the Caltech-Parkes-Swinburne Recorder II (CPSR2), a new instrument that gives unprecedented timing precision. Daily…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. A. Jacoby , A. Hotan , M. Bailes , S. Ord , S. R. Kulkarni

We report on a high-precision timing analysis and an astrophysical study of the binary millisecond pulsar, PSR J1909$-$3744, motivated by the accumulation of data with well improved quality over the past decade. Using 15 years of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-23 K. Liu , L. Guillemot , A. G. Istrate , L. Shao , T. M. Tauris , N. Wex , J. Antoniadis , A. Chalumeau , I. Cognard , G. Desvignes , P. C. C. Freire , M. S. Kehl , G. Theureau

We have analyzed 5.5 years of timing observations of 7 'slowly' rotating radio pulsars, made with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. We present improved timing solutions and 30, mostly small, new glitches. Particularly interesting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. H. Janssen , B. W. Stappers

We present the results of PSR$\pi$, a large astrometric project targeting radio pulsars using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). From our astrometric database of 60 pulsars, we have obtained parallax-based distance measurements for all…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-07 A. T. Deller , W. M. Goss , W. F. Brisken , S. Chatterjee , J. M. Cordes , G. H. Janssen , Y. Y. Kovalev , T. J. W. Lazio , L. Petrov , B. W. Stappers , A. Lyne

We present the results of precision timing observations of the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1640+2224. Combining the pulse arrival time measurements made with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope and the Arecibo 305-m radio telescope, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 O. Loehmer , W. Lewandowski , A. Wolszczan , R. Wielebinski

We present baseband radio observations of the millisecond pulsar J1909$-$3744, the most precisely timed pulsar, using the MeerKAT telescope as part of the MeerTime pulsar timing array campaign. During a particularly bright scintillation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Matthew T. Miles , Ryan M. Shannon , Matthew Bailes , Daniel J. Reardon , Sarah Buchner , Hannah Middleton , Renee Spiewak

We present results of more than three decades of timing measurements of the first known binary pulsar, PSR B1913+16. Like most other pulsars, its rotational behavior over such long time scales is significantly affected by small-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-08 Joel M. Weisberg , David J. Nice , Joseph H. Taylor

One of the major challenges for pulsar timing array (PTA) experiments is the mitigation of the effects of the turbulent interstellar medium (ISM) from timing data. These can potentially lead to measurable delays and/or distortions in the…

Using the state-of-the-art SKA precursor, the MeerKAT radio telescope, we explore the limits to precision pulsar timing of millisecond pulsars achievable due to pulse stochasticity (jitter). We report new jitter measurements in 15 of the 29…

Signals from radio pulsars show a wavelength-dependent delay due to dispersion in the interstellar plasma. At a typical observing wavelength, this delay can vary by tens of microseconds on five-year time scales, far in excess of signals of…

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), we have recorded 10^5 single pulses from PSR J1022+1001. We studied the polarization properties, their energy distribution and their times of arrival. This is only…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 Yi Feng , George Hobbs , Di Li , Shi Dai , Weiwei Zhu , Youling Yue , Pei Wang , Songbo Zhang , Lei Qian , Lei Zhang , Shuangqiang Wang , Chenchen Miao , Mao Yuan , Yongkun Zhang

In our work, we analyse $5\times10^{4}$ single pulses from the recycled pulsar PSR J2222$-$0137 in one of its scintillation maxima observed by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). PSR J2222$-$0137 is one of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-24 X. L. Miao , W. W. Zhu , M. Kramer , P. C. C. Freire , L. Shao , M. Yuan , L. Q. Meng , Z. W. Wu , C. C. Miao , Y. J. Guo , D. J. Champion , E. Fonseca , J. M. Yao , M. Y. Xue , J. R. Niu , H. Hu , C. M. Zhang

We present observations of PSRs J0437-4715, J0738-4042, J0835-4510, J0908-4913, J1048-5832, J1622-4950, J1644-4559, J1721-3532 and J1740-3015 at 17 GHz using the Parkes radio telescope. All 9 were detected at 17 GHz, additionally, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. J. Keith , S. Johnston , L. Levin , M. Bailes

The smooth spin-down of young pulsars is perturbed by two non-deterministic phenomenon, glitches and timing noise. Although the timing noise provides insights into nuclear and plasma physics at extreme densities, it acts as a barrier to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 A. Parthasarathy , R. M. Shannon , S. Johnston , L. Lentati , M. Bailes , S. Dai , M. Kerr , R. N. Manchester , S. Oslowski , C. Sobey , W. van Straten , P. Weltevrede