Radio detection of LAT PSRs J1741-2054 and J2032+4127: no longer just gamma-ray pulsars (2009)
Camilo, F., Ray, P. S., Ransom, S. M., Burgay, M., Johnson, T. J., Kerr, M., ...
Sixteen pulsars have been discovered so far in blind searches of photons collected with the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. We here report the discovery of radio...
Timing stability of millisecond pulsars and prospects for gravitational-wave detection (2009)
Verbiest, J. P. W., Bailes, M., Coles, W. A., Hobbs, G. B., Van Straten, W., Champion, D. J., ...
Analysis of high-precision timing observations of an array of approx. 20 millisecond pulsars (a so-called ''timing array'') may ultimately result in the detection of a stochastic gravitational-wave...
The PULSE@Parkes project: A new observing technique for long-term pulsar monitoring (2009)
Hobbs, G., Hollow, R., Champion, D., Khoo, J., Yardley, D., Carr, M., ...
The PULSE@Parkes project has been designed to monitor the rotation of radio pulsars over time spans of days to years. The observations are obtained using the Parkes 64-m and 12-m radio telescopes by...
Radio polarization measurements from RRAT J1819-1458 (2009)
Karastergiou, A., Hotan, A. W, Van Straten, W., McLaughlin, M. A, Ord, S. M
We present the first polarization measurements of the radio emission from RRAT J1819$-$1458. Our observations, conducted in parallel to regular timing sessions, have yielded a small number of bright...
Discovery and timing of the first 8gr8 Cygnus survey pulsars (2009)
Janssen, G. H., Stappers, B. W., Braun, R., Van Straten, W., Edwards, R. T., Rubio-Herrera, E., ...
Since 2004 we have been carrying out a pulsar survey of the Cygnus region with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at a frequency of 328 MHz. The survey pioneered a novel interferometric...
Polarization observations of 100 pulsars at 774 MHz by the Green Bank Telescope (2009)
Han, J. L., Demorest, P. B., Van Straten, W., Lyne, A. G.
We report on polarimetric observations of 100 pulsars centered on 774 MHz, made using the Green Bank Telescope, presenting their polarization profiles and polarized flux densities and comparing them...
The statistics of radio astronomical polarimetry: bright sources and high time resolution (2009)
A four-dimensional statistical description of electromagnetic radiation is developed and applied to the analysis of radio pulsar polarization. The new formalism provides an elementary statistical...
Polarization observations of 100 pulsars at 774 MHz by the Green Bank Telescope (2009)
Han, J. L., Demorest, Paul, Van Straten, W., Lyne, A. G.
We report on polarimetric observations of 100 pulsars centered on 774 MHz, made using the Green Bank Telescope, presenting their polarization profiles and polarized flux densities and comparing them...
Discovery and timing of the first 8gr8 Cygnus survey pulsars (2009)
Janssen, G. H., Stappers, Benjamin W., Braun, R., Van Straten, W., Edwards, R. T., Rubio-Herrera, E., ...
Context. Since 2004 we have been carrying out a pulsar survey of the Cygnus region with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at a frequency of 328 MHz. The survey pioneered a novel...
Radio polarization measurements from RRAT J1819-1458 (2009)
Karastergiou, A., Hotan, A. W., Van Straten, W., McLaughlin, M. A., Ord, S. M.
We present the first polarization measurements of the radio emission from RRAT J1819-1458. Our observations, conducted in parallel to regular timing sessions, have yielded a small number of bright...
Gravitational-wave detection using pulsars: status of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project (2009)
Hobbs, George B., Bailes, M., Bhat, N. D. R., Burke-Spolaor, S., Champion, David J., Coles, William A., ...
The first direct detection of gravitational waves may be made through observations of pulsars. The principal aim of pulsar timing-array projects being carried out worldwide is to detect ultra-low...
Polarization observations of 100 pulsars at 774 MHz by the Green Bank Telescope (2009)
Han, J. L., Demorest, Paul, Van Straten, W., Lyne, A. G.
We report on polarimetric observations of 100 pulsars centered on 774 MHz, made using the Green Bank Telescope, presenting their polarization profiles and polarized flux densities and comparing them...
The statistics of radio astronomical polarimetry: bright sources and high time resolution (2009)
A four-dimensional statistical description of electromagnetic radiation is developed and applied to the analysis of radio pulsar polarization. The new formalism provides an elementary statistical...
Discovery and timing of the first 8gr8 Cygnus survey pulsars (2009)
Janssen, G. H., Stappers, Benjamin W., Braun, R., Van Straten, W., Edwards, R. T., Rubio-Herrera, E., ...
Context. Since 2004 we have been carrying out a pulsar survey of the Cygnus region with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at a frequency of 328 MHz. The survey pioneered a novel...
Radio polarization measurements from RRAT J1819-1458 (2009)
Karastergiou, A., Hotan, A. W., Van Straten, W., McLaughlin, M. A., Ord, S. M.
We present the first polarization measurements of the radio emission from RRAT J1819-1458. Our observations, conducted in parallel to regular timing sessions, have yielded a small number of bright...
Gravitational-wave detection using pulsars: status of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project (2009)
Hobbs, George B., Bailes, M., Bhat, N. D. R., Burke-Spolaor, S., Champion, David J., Coles, William A., ...
The first direct detection of gravitational waves may be made through observations of pulsars. The principal aim of pulsar timing-array projects being carried out worldwide is to detect ultra-low...
Radio detection of LAT PSRs J1741-2054 and J2032+4127: no longer just gamma-ray pulsars (2009)
Camilo, F., Ray, P. S., Ransom, S. M., Burgay, M., Johnson, T. J., Kerr, M., ...
Sixteen pulsars have been discovered so far in blind searches of photons collected with the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. We here report the discovery of radio...
The Statistics of Radio Astronomical Polarimetry: Bright Sources and High Time Resolution (2008)
A four-dimensional statistical description of electromagnetic radiation is developed and applied to the analysis of radio pulsar polarization. The new formalism provides an elementary statistical...
Gravitational wave detection using pulsars: status of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project (2008)
Hobbs, G. B., Bailes, M., Bhat, N. D. R., Burke-Spolaor, S., Champion, D. J., Coles, W., ...
The first direct detection of gravitational waves may be made through observations of pulsars. The principal aim of pulsar timing array projects being carried out worldwide is to detect ultra-low...
Verbiest, J. P. W., Bailes, M., Van Straten, W., Hobbs, G. B., Edwards, R. T., Manchester, R. N., ...
Analysis of 10 years of high-precision timing data on the millisecond pulsar PSR J0437–4715 has resulted in a model-independent kinematic distance based on an apparent orbital period derivative,...
Verbiest, J. P. W., Bailes, M., Van Straten, W., Hobbs, G. B., Edwards, R. T., Manchester, R. N., ...
Analysis of ten years of high-precision timing data on the millisecond pulsar PSR J0437-4715 has resulted in a model-independent kinematic distance based on an apparent orbital period derivative,...
Verbiest, Joris P. W., Bailes, Matthew, Van Straten, W., Hobbs, George B., Edwards, Russell T., Manchester, Richard N., ...
Analysis of 10 years of high-precision timing data on the millisecond pulsar PSR J0437-4715 has resulted in a model-independent kinematic distance based on an apparent orbital period derivative, Pb,...
Interstellar holography (2008)
Walker, Mark A., Koopmans, Léon V. E., Stinebring, Daniel R., Van Straten, W.
The dynamic spectrum of a radio pulsar is an in-line digital hologram of the ionized interstellar medium. It has previously been demonstrated that such holograms permit image reconstruction, in the...
Dispersion Measure Variations and their Effect on Precision Pulsar Timing (2007)
You, X. P., Hobbs, G., Coles, W. A., Manchester, R. N., Edwards, R., Bailes, M., ...
We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20 millisecond pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project. We carry out a statistically...
Dispersion measure variations and their effect on precision pulsar timing (2007)
You, XP, Hotan, AW, Ord, SM, Jenet, F, Bhat, NDR, Teoh, A, ...
We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20-ms pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project.We carry out a statistically rigorous...
Dispersion measure variations and their effect on precision pulsar timing (2007)
You, XP, Hotan, AW, Ord, SM, Jenet, F, Bhat, NDR, Teoh, A, ...
We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20-ms pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project.We carry out a statistically rigorous...
Dispersion measure variations and their effect on precision pulsar timing (2007)
You, XP, Hobbs, G, Coles, WA, Manchester, RN, Edwards, R, Bailes, M, ...
Dispersion measure variations and their effect on precision pulsar timing (2007)
You, XP, Hotan, AW, Ord, SM, Jenet, F, Bhat, NDR, Teoh, A, ...
We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20-ms pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project.We carry out a statistically rigorous...
Jenet, F. A., Hobbs, G. B., Van Straten, W., Manchester, R. N., Bailes, M., Verbiest, J. P. W., ...
Using a statistically rigorous analysis method, we place limits on the existence of an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background using pulsar timing observations. We consider backgrounds...
Jenet, Fredrick A., Hobbs, George B., Van Straten, W., Manchester, Richard N., Bailes, Matthew, Verbiest, Joris P., ...
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Pulsar rotation measures and the large-scale structure of the galactic magnetic field (2006)
Han, Jinlin Lin, Manchester, Richard N., Lyne, Andrew G., Qiao, Guo Jun, Van Straten, W.
The large-scale magnetic field of our Galaxy can be probed in three dimensions using Faraday rotation of pulsar signals. We report on the determination of 223 rotation measures from polarization...
Radio astronomical polarimetry and point-source calibration (2004)
A mathematical framework is presented for use in the experimental determination of the polarimetric response of observatory instrumentation. Elementary principles of linear algebra are applied to...
The scintillation velocity of the relativistic binary pulsar PSR J1141-6545 (2002)
Ord, Stephen M., Bailes, Matthew, Van Straten, W.
We report a dramatic orbital modulation in the scintillation timescale of the relativistic binary pulsar J1141-6545 that both confirms the validity of the scintillation speed methodology and enables...
Radio astronomical polarimetry and phase-coherent matrix convolution (2002)
A new phase-coherent technique for the calibration of polarimetric data is presented. Similar to the one-dimensional form of convolution, data are multiplied by the response function in the frequency...
A neutral hydrogen distance limit to the relativistic binary PSR J1141-6545 (2002)
Ord, Stephen M., Bailes, Matthew, Van Straten, W.
We have obtained an HI absorption spectrum of the relativistic binary PSR J1141-6545 and used it to constrain the distance to the system. The spectrum suggests that the pulsar is at, or beyond, the...
High-resolution single-pulse studies of the Vela pulsar (2002)
Kramer, Michael, Johnston, Simon, Van Straten, W.
We present high-resolution multi-frequency single-pulse observations of the Vela pulsar, PSR B0833 - 45, aimed at studying micro-structure, phase-resolved intensity fluctuations and energy...
A search for submillisecond pulsars (2001)
Edwards, Russell T., Van Straten, W., Bailes, Matthew
We have conducted a search of 19 southern Galactic globular clusters for submillisecond pulsars at 660 MHz with the Parkes 64 m radio telescope. To minimize dispersion smearing we used the CPSR...
A test of general relativity from the three-dimensional orbital geometry of a binary pulsar (2001)
Van Straten, W., Bailes, M., Britton, M. C., Kulkarni, S. R., Anderson, S. B., Manchester, R. N., ...
Binary pulsars provide an excellent system for testing general relativity because of their intrinsic rotational stability and the precision with which radio observations can be used to determine...