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Pulsar scintillation through thick and thin: bow shocks, bubbles, and the broader interstellar medium (2023)
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Ocker, S. K., Cordes, J. M., Chatterjee, S., Stinebring, D. R., Dolch, T., Giannakopoulos, C., …Reardon, D. J. (2024). Pulsar scintillation through thick and thin: bow shocks, bubbles, and the broader interstellar medium. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 7568-7587. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3683

Observations of pulsar scintillation are among the few astrophysical probes of very small-scale ( au) phenomena in the interstellar medium (ISM). In particular, characterization of scintillation arcs, including their curvature and intensity distribut... Read More about Pulsar scintillation through thick and thin: bow shocks, bubbles, and the broader interstellar medium.

The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-rays (2023)
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Kirichenko, A. Y., Zharikov, S. V., Karpova, A. V., Fonseca, E., Zyuzin, D. A., Shibanov, Y. A., …Swiggum, J. K. (2024). The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-rays. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 4563-4572. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3391

PSR J1641+8049 is a 2 ms black widow pulsar with the 2.2 h orbital period detected in the radio and γ -rays. We performed new phase-resolved multiband photometry of PSR J1641+8049 using the OSIRIS instrument at the Gran Telescopio Canarias. The obtai... Read More about The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-rays.

Robust parameter estimation from pulsar timing data (2022)
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Samajdar, A., Shaifullah, G. M., Sesana, A., Antoniadis, J., Burgay, M., Chen, S., …Van Der Wateren, E. (2022). Robust parameter estimation from pulsar timing data. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(1), 1460-1468. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2810

Recently, global pulsar timing arrays have released results from searching for a nano-Hertz gravitational wave background signal. Although there has not been any definite evidence of the presence of such a signal in residuals of pulsar timing data ye... Read More about Robust parameter estimation from pulsar timing data.

Long-term scintillation studies of EPTA pulsars I. Observations and basic results (2022)
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Liu, Y., Verbiest, J. P., Main, R. A., Wu, Z., Ambalappat, K. M., Champion, D. J., …Theureau, G. (2022). Long-term scintillation studies of EPTA pulsars I. Observations and basic results. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 664, Article A116. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142552

Context. Interstellar scintillation analysis of pulsars allows us to probe the small-scale distribution and inhomogeneities of the ionized interstellar medium. From the frequency scale of scintillation, one can estimate the geometric time delays from... Read More about Long-term scintillation studies of EPTA pulsars I. Observations and basic results.

The Large Dispersion and Scattering of FRB 20190520B Are Dominated by the Host Galaxy (2022)
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Koch Ocker, S., Cordes, J. M., Chatterjee, S., Niu, C. H., Li, D., McKee, J. W., …Cruces, M. (2022). The Large Dispersion and Scattering of FRB 20190520B Are Dominated by the Host Galaxy. The Astrophysical journal, 931(2), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6504

The repeating fast radio burst FRB 20190520B is localized to a galaxy at z = 0.241, much closer than expected given its dispersion measure DM = 1205 ± 4 pc cm-3. Here we assess implications of the large DM and scattering observed from FRB 20190520B f... Read More about The Large Dispersion and Scattering of FRB 20190520B Are Dominated by the Host Galaxy.

Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs (2022)
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Abbott, R., Abe, H., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adhikari, N., Adhikari, R., …Weltevrede, P. (2022). Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs. The Astrophysical journal, 935(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6acf

We present a targeted search for continuous gravitational waves (GWs) from 236 pulsars using data from the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo (O3) combined with data from the second observing run (O2). Searches were for emission from the l = m = 2... Read More about Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the Second and Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Runs.

Detection of quasi-periodic micro-structure in three millisecond pulsars with the Large European Array for Pulsars (2022)
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Liu, K., Antoniadis, J., Bassa, C. G., Chen, S., Cognard, I., Gaikwad, M., …Possenti, A. (2022). Detection of quasi-periodic micro-structure in three millisecond pulsars with the Large European Array for Pulsars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(3), 4037-4044. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1082

We report on the detection of quasi-periodic micro-structure in three millisecond pulsars (MSPs), PSRs J1022+1001, J2145-0750, and J1744-1134, using high time resolution data acquired with the Large European Array for Pulsars at a radio frequency of... Read More about Detection of quasi-periodic micro-structure in three millisecond pulsars with the Large European Array for Pulsars.

Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16 (2022)
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McKee, J. W., Zhu, H., Stinebring, D. R., & Cordes, J. M. (2022). Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16. The Astrophysical journal, 927(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac460b

The interstellar medium hosts a population of scattering screens, most of unknown origin. Scintillation studies of pulsars provide a sensitive tool for resolving these scattering screens and a means of measuring their properties. In this paper, we re... Read More about Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16.

Dual-frequency single-pulse study of PSR B0950+08 (2022)
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Bilous, A. V., Grießmeier, J. M., Pennucci, T., Wu, Z., Bondonneau, L., Kondratiev, V., …Ziemke, J. (2022). Dual-frequency single-pulse study of PSR B0950+08. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 658, Article A143. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142242

PSR B0950+08 is a bright nonrecycled pulsar whose single-pulse fluence variability is reportedly large. Based on observations at two widely separated frequencies, 55 MHz (NenuFAR) and 1.4 GHz (Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope), we review the prop... Read More about Dual-frequency single-pulse study of PSR B0950+08.

The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background (2022)
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Antoniadis, J., Arzoumanian, Z., Babak, S., Bailes, M., Bak Nielsen, A. S., Baker, P. T., …Shaifullah, G. (2022). The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(4), 4873-4887. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3418

We searched for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background in the second data release of the International Pulsar Timing Array, a global collaboration synthesizing decadal-length pulsar-timing campaigns in North America, Europe, and Austra... Read More about The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background.

Modelling annual scintillation arc variations in PSR J1643-1224 using the Large European Array for Pulsars (2022)
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Mall, G., Main, R. A., Antoniadis, J., Bassa, C. G., Burgay, M., Chen, S., …Zhu, W. W. (2022). Modelling annual scintillation arc variations in PSR J1643-1224 using the Large European Array for Pulsars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(1), 1104-1114. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac096

In this work, we study variations in the parabolic scintillation arcs of the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1643-1224 over five years using the Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP). The two-dimensional (2D) power spectrum of scintillation, called... Read More about Modelling annual scintillation arc variations in PSR J1643-1224 using the Large European Array for Pulsars.

Localizing FRBs through VLBI with the Algonquin Radio Observatory 10 m Telescope (2022)
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Cassanelli, T., Leung, C., Rahman, M., Vanderlinde, K., Mena-Parra, J., Cary, S., …Tendulkar, S. P. (2022). Localizing FRBs through VLBI with the Algonquin Radio Observatory 10 m Telescope. Astronomical Journal, 163(2), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac3d2f

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)/FRB experiment has detected thousands of fast radio bursts (FRBs) due to its sensitivity and wide field of view; however, its low angular resolution prevents it from localizing events to thei... Read More about Localizing FRBs through VLBI with the Algonquin Radio Observatory 10 m Telescope.

Study of 72 Pulsars Discovered in the PALFA Survey: Timing Analysis, Glitch Activity, Emission Variability, and a Pulsar in an Eccentric Binary (2022)
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Parent, E., Sewalls, H., Freire, P. C., Matheny, T., Lyne, A. G., Perera, B. B., …Zhu, W. W. (2022). Study of 72 Pulsars Discovered in the PALFA Survey: Timing Analysis, Glitch Activity, Emission Variability, and a Pulsar in an Eccentric Binary. The Astrophysical journal, 924(2), Article 135. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac375d

We present new discoveries and results from long-term timing of 72 pulsars discovered in the Pulsar Arecibo L-band Feed Array (PALFA) survey, including precise determination of astrometric and spin parameters, and flux density and scatter broadening... Read More about Study of 72 Pulsars Discovered in the PALFA Survey: Timing Analysis, Glitch Activity, Emission Variability, and a Pulsar in an Eccentric Binary.

Common-red-signal analysis with 24-yr high-precision timing of the European Pulsar Timing Array: inferences in the stochastic gravitational-wave background search (2021)
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Chen, S., Caballero, R. N., Guo, Y. J., Chalumeau, A., Liu, K., Shaifullah, G., …Xu, H. (2021). Common-red-signal analysis with 24-yr high-precision timing of the European Pulsar Timing Array: inferences in the stochastic gravitational-wave background search. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(4), 4970-4993. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2833

We present results from the search for a stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB) as predicted by the theory of General Relativity using six radio millisecond pulsars from the Data Release 2 (DR2) of the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) cove... Read More about Common-red-signal analysis with 24-yr high-precision timing of the European Pulsar Timing Array: inferences in the stochastic gravitational-wave background search.

Removal and replacement of interference in tied-array radio pulsar observations using the spectral kurtosis estimator (2021)
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Purver, M., Bassa, C. G., Cognard, I., Janssen, G. H., Karuppusamy, R., Kramer, M., …Stappers, B. W. (2022). Removal and replacement of interference in tied-array radio pulsar observations using the spectral kurtosis estimator. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(2), 1597-1611. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3434

We describe how to implement the spectral kurtosis method of interference removal (zapping) on a digitized signal of averaged power values. Spectral kurtosis is a hypothesis test, analogous to the t-test, with a null hypothesis that the amplitudes fr... Read More about Removal and replacement of interference in tied-array radio pulsar observations using the spectral kurtosis estimator.

Noise analysis in the European Pulsar Timing Array data release 2 and its implications on the gravitational-wave background search (2021)
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Chalumeau, A., Babak, S., Petiteau, A., Chen, S., Samajdar, A., Caballero, R. N., …Xu, H. (2022). Noise analysis in the European Pulsar Timing Array data release 2 and its implications on the gravitational-wave background search. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(4), 5538-5558. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3283

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) collaboration has recently released an extended data set for six pulsars (DR2) and reported evidence for a common red noise signal. Here we present a noise analysis for each of the six pulsars. We consider seve... Read More about Noise analysis in the European Pulsar Timing Array data release 2 and its implications on the gravitational-wave background search.

PSR J2222-0137: I. Improved physical parameters for the system (2021)
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Guo, Y. J., Freire, P. C., Guillemot, L., Kramer, M., Zhu, W. W., Wex, N., …Theureau, G. (2021). PSR J2222-0137: I. Improved physical parameters for the system. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 654, Article A16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141450

Context. The PSR J2222-0137 binary system has a set of features that make it a unique laboratory for tests of gravity theories. Aims. To fully exploit the system's potential for these tests, we aim to improve the measurements of its physical paramete... Read More about PSR J2222-0137: I. Improved physical parameters for the system.

Strong-field gravity tests with the double pulsar (2021)
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Kramer, M., Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Wex, N., Deller, A. T., Coles, W. A., …Theureau, G. (2021). Strong-field gravity tests with the double pulsar. Physical Review X, 11(4), Article 041050. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.041050

Continued timing observations of the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B, which consists of two active radio pulsars (A and B) that orbit each other with a period of 2.45 h in a mildly eccentric (e=0.088) binary system, have led to large improvements in... Read More about Strong-field gravity tests with the double pulsar.

Profile changes associated with dispersion measure events in PSR J1713+0747 (2021)
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Lin, F. X., Lin, H. H., Luo, J., Main, R., McKee, J., Pen, U. L., …van Kerkwijk, M. H. (2021). Profile changes associated with dispersion measure events in PSR J1713+0747. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(1), 1115-1127. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2529

Propagation effects in the interstellar medium and intrinsic profile changes can cause variability in the timing of pulsars, which limits the accuracy of fundamental science done via pulsar timing. One of the best timing pulsars, PSR J1713+0747, has... Read More about Profile changes associated with dispersion measure events in PSR J1713+0747.

Pulsars with NenuFAR: Backend and pipelines (2021)
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Bondonneau, L., Grießmeier, J. M., Theureau, G., Cognard, I., Brionne, M., Kondratiev, V., …Tasse, C. (2021). Pulsars with NenuFAR: Backend and pipelines. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 652, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039339

Context. NenuFAR (New extension in Nançay upgrading LOFAR) is a new radio telescope developed and built on the site of the Nançay Radio Observatory. It is designed to observe the largely unexplored frequency window from 10 to 85 MHz, offering a high... Read More about Pulsars with NenuFAR: Backend and pipelines.