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Variability, polarimetry, and timing properties of single pulses from PSR J1713+0747 using the Large European Array for Pulsars (2016)
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Liu, K., Bassa, C. G., Janssen, G. H., Karuppusamy, R., McKee, J., Kramer, M., …Zhu, W. W. (2016). Variability, polarimetry, and timing properties of single pulses from PSR J1713+0747 using the Large European Array for Pulsars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(3), 3239-3248. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2223

Single pulses preserve information about the pulsar radio emission and propagation in the pulsar magnetosphere, and understanding the behaviour of their variability is essential for estimating the fundamental limit on the achievable pulsar timing pre... Read More about Variability, polarimetry, and timing properties of single pulses from PSR J1713+0747 using the Large European Array for Pulsars.

21 year timing of the black-widow pulsar J2051-0827 (2016)
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Shaifullah, G., Verbiest, J. P., Freire, P. C., Tauris, T. M., Wex, N., Oslowski, S., …Tiburzi, C. (2016). 21 year timing of the black-widow pulsar J2051-0827. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(1), 1029-1038. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1737

Timing results for the black-widow pulsar J2051-0827 are presented, using a 21 year data set from four European Pulsar Timing Array telescopes and the Parkes radio telescope. This data set, which is the longest published to date for a black-widow sys... Read More about 21 year timing of the black-widow pulsar J2051-0827.

A glitch in the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200 (2016)
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McKee, J. W., Janssen, G. H., Stappers, B. W., Lyne, A. G., Caballero, R. N., Lentati, L., …Verbiest, J. P. (2016). A glitch in the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461(3), 2809-2817. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1442

We present evidence for a small glitch in the spin evolution of the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200, using the EPTA Data Release 1.0, combined with Jodrell Bank analogue filterbank times of arrival (TOAs) recorded with the Lovell telescope and Effelsbe... Read More about A glitch in the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200.

Chemical evolution of giant molecular clouds in simulations of galaxies (2016)
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Richings, A. J., & Schaye, J. (2016). Chemical evolution of giant molecular clouds in simulations of galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(3), 2297-2321. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1135

We present an analysis of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) within hydrodynamic simulations of isolated, low-mass (M* ~ 10^9 M⊙) disc galaxies. We study the evolution of molecular abundances and the implications for CO emission and the XCO conversion fac... Read More about Chemical evolution of giant molecular clouds in simulations of galaxies.

A millisecond pulsar in an extremely wide binary system (2016)
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Bassa, C. G., Janssen, G. H., Stappers, B. W., Tauris, T. M., Wevers, T., Jonker, P. G., …Zhu, W. W. (2016). A millisecond pulsar in an extremely wide binary system. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(2), 2207-2222. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1134

We report on 22 yr of radio timing observations of the millisecond pulsar J1024-0719 by the telescopes participating in the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA). These observations reveal a significant second derivative of the pulsar spin frequency an... Read More about A millisecond pulsar in an extremely wide binary system.

Bimodality of low-redshift circumgalactic O VI in non-equilibrium EAGLE zoom simulations (2016)
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Oppenheimer, B. D., Crain, R. A., Schaye, J., Rahmati, A., Richings, A. J., Trayford, J. W., …Theuns, T. (2016). Bimodality of low-redshift circumgalactic O VI in non-equilibrium EAGLE zoom simulations. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(2), 2157-2179. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1066

We introduce a series of 20 cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of L* (M200 = 10^11.7-10^12.3M⊙) and group-sized (M200 = 10^12.7-10^13.3M⊙) haloes run with the model used for the eagle project, which additionally includes a non-equilibrium ioniza... Read More about Bimodality of low-redshift circumgalactic O VI in non-equilibrium EAGLE zoom simulations.

The noise properties of 42 millisecond pulsars from the European Pulsar Timing Array and their impact on gravitational-wave searches (2016)
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Caballero, R. N., Lee, K. J., Lentati, L., Desvignes, G., Champion, D. J., Verbiest, J. P., …Vecchio, A. (2016). The noise properties of 42 millisecond pulsars from the European Pulsar Timing Array and their impact on gravitational-wave searches. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457(4), 4421-4440. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw179

The sensitivity of Pulsar Timing Arrays to gravitational waves (GWs) depends on the noise present in the individual pulsar timing data. Noise may be either intrinsic or extrinsic to the pulsar. Intrinsic sources of noise will include rotational insta... Read More about The noise properties of 42 millisecond pulsars from the European Pulsar Timing Array and their impact on gravitational-wave searches.

High-precision timing of 42 millisecond pulsars with the European Pulsar Timing Array (2016)
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Desvignes, G., Caballero, R. N., Lentati, L., Verbiest, J. P., Champion, D. J., Stappers, B. W., …Vecchio, A. (2016). High-precision timing of 42 millisecond pulsars with the European Pulsar Timing Array. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), 3341-3380. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw483

We report on the high-precision timing of 42 radio millisecond pulsars (MSPs) observed by the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA). This EPTA Data Release 1.0 extends up to mid-2014 and baselines range from 7-18 yr. It forms the basis for the stochast... Read More about High-precision timing of 42 millisecond pulsars with the European Pulsar Timing Array.

From spin noise to systematics: stochastic processes in the first International Pulsar Timing Array data release (2016)
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Lentati, L., Shannon, R. M., Coles, W. A., Verbiest, J. P., van Haasteren, R., Ellis, J. A., …Zhu, X. J. (2016). From spin noise to systematics: stochastic processes in the first International Pulsar Timing Array data release. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(2), 2161-2187. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw395

We analyse the stochastic properties of the 49 pulsars that comprise the first International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) data release. We use Bayesian methodology, performing model selection to determine the optimal description of the stochastic signa... Read More about From spin noise to systematics: stochastic processes in the first International Pulsar Timing Array data release.

The International Pulsar Timing Array: First data release (2016)
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Verbiest, J. P., Lentati, L., Hobbs, G., Van Haasteren, R., Demorest, P. B., Janssen, G. H., …Zhu, X. J. (2016). The International Pulsar Timing Array: First data release. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(2), 1267-1288. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw347

The highly stable spin of neutron stars can be exploited for a variety of (astro)physical investigations. In particular, arrays of pulsars with rotational periods of the order of milliseconds can be used to detect correlated signals such as those cau... Read More about The International Pulsar Timing Array: First data release.

The effects of metallicity, UV radiation and non-equilibrium chemistry in high-resolution simulations of galaxies (2016)
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Richings, A. J., & Schaye, J. (2016). The effects of metallicity, UV radiation and non-equilibrium chemistry in high-resolution simulations of galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(1), 270-292. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw327

We present a series of hydrodynamic simulations of isolated galaxies with stellar mass of 109M˙. The models use a resolution of 750M˙ per particle and include a treatment for the full non-equilibrium chemical evolution of ions and molecules (157 spec... Read More about The effects of metallicity, UV radiation and non-equilibrium chemistry in high-resolution simulations of galaxies.