Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT

We present the results from nearly three years of monitoring of the variations in dispersion measure (DM) along the line-of-sight to 11 millisecond pulsars using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). These results demonstrate accuracies of single epoch DM estimates of the order of 5 × 10-4 cm-...

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Main Authors: Kumar, U., Gupta, Y., Van Straten, W., Oslowski, S., Roy, J., Bhat, Ramesh, Bailes, M., Keith, M.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://www.pulsarastronomy.net/IAUS291/proceedings/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50727
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author Kumar, U.
Gupta, Y.
Van Straten, W.
Oslowski, S.
Roy, J.
Bhat, Ramesh
Bailes, M.
Keith, M.
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Oslowski, S.
Roy, J.
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description We present the results from nearly three years of monitoring of the variations in dispersion measure (DM) along the line-of-sight to 11 millisecond pulsars using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). These results demonstrate accuracies of single epoch DM estimates of the order of 5 × 10-4 cm-3 pc. A preliminary comparison with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) data shows that the measured DM fluctuations are comparable. We show effects of DM variations due to the solar wind and solar corona and compare with the existing models.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-507272017-09-13T15:41:03Z Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT Kumar, U. Gupta, Y. Van Straten, W. Oslowski, S. Roy, J. Bhat, Ramesh Bailes, M. Keith, M. We present the results from nearly three years of monitoring of the variations in dispersion measure (DM) along the line-of-sight to 11 millisecond pulsars using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). These results demonstrate accuracies of single epoch DM estimates of the order of 5 × 10-4 cm-3 pc. A preliminary comparison with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) data shows that the measured DM fluctuations are comparable. We show effects of DM variations due to the solar wind and solar corona and compare with the existing models. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50727 10.1017/S1743921312024404 http://www.pulsarastronomy.net/IAUS291/proceedings/ unknown
spellingShingle Kumar, U.
Gupta, Y.
Van Straten, W.
Oslowski, S.
Roy, J.
Bhat, Ramesh
Bailes, M.
Keith, M.
Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT
title Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT
title_full Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT
title_fullStr Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT
title_full_unstemmed Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT
title_short Tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the GMRT
title_sort tracking dispersion measure variations of timing array pulsars with the gmrt
url http://www.pulsarastronomy.net/IAUS291/proceedings/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50727