The CHIME Pulsar Project: System Overview

Amiri, M.; Bandura, K. M.; Boyle, P. J.; Brar, C.; Cliche, J. F.; Crowter, K.; Cubranic, D.; Demorest, P. B.; Denman, N. T.; Dobbs, M.; Dong, F. Q.; Fandino, M.; Fonseca, E.; Good, D. C.; Halpern, M.; Hill, A. S.; Höfer, C.; Kaspi, V. M.; Landecker, T. L.; Leung, C.; Lin, H. H.; Luo, J.; Masui, K. W.; McKee, J. W.; Mena-Parra, J.; Meyers, B. W.; Michilli, D.; Naidu, A.; Newburgh, L.; Ng, C.; Patel, C.; Pinsonneault-Marotte, T.; Ransom, S. M.; Renard, A.; Scholz, P.; Shaw, J. R.; Sikora, A. E.; Stairs, I. H.; Tan, C. M.; Tendulkar, S. P.; Tretyakov, I.; Vanderlinde, K.; Wang, H.; Wang, X.

doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abfdcb

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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)
Journal Article
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.

Refined mass and geometric measurements of the high-mass PSR J0740+6620 (2021)
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Fonseca, E., Cromartie, H. T., Pennucci, T. T., Ray, P. S., Kirichenko, A. Y., Ransom, S. M., …Zhu, W. W. (2021). Refined mass and geometric measurements of the high-mass PSR J0740+6620. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 915(1), Article L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac03b8

We report results from continued timing observations of PSR J0740+6620, a high-mass, 2.8 ms radio pulsar in orbit with a likely ultracool white dwarf companion. Our data set consists of combined pulse arrival-time measurements made with the 100 m Gre... Read More about Refined mass and geometric measurements of the high-mass PSR J0740+6620.

The CHIME Pulsar Project: System Overview (2021)
Journal Article
Amiri, M., Bandura, K. M., Boyle, P. J., Brar, C., Cliche, J. F., Crowter, K., …Wang, X. (2021). The CHIME Pulsar Project: System Overview. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 255(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abfdcb

We present the design, implementation, and performance of the digital pulsar observing system constructed for the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). Using accelerated computing, this system processes independent, digitally steere... Read More about The CHIME Pulsar Project: System Overview.