Timing analysis for 20 millisecond pulsars in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array
dc.contributor.author | Reardon, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hobbs, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Coles, W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Levin, Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Keith, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bailes, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bhat, Ramesh | |
dc.contributor.author | Burke-Spolaor, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dai, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kerr, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lasky, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Manchester, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Oslowski, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ravi, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shannon, Ryan | |
dc.contributor.author | van Straten, W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Toomey, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wen, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | You, X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhu, X. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:11:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:11:38Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-02-28T19:30:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Reardon, D. and Hobbs, G. and Coles, W. and Levin, Y. and Keith, M. and Bailes, M. and Bhat, R. et al. 2016. Timing analysis for 20 millisecond pulsars in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455 (2): pp. 1751-1769. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19052 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/mnras/stv2395 | |
dc.description.abstract |
We present timing models for 20 millisecond pulsars in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array. The precision of the parameter measurements in these models has been improved over earlier results by using longer data sets and modelling the non-stationary noise. We describe a new noise modelling procedure and demonstrate its effectiveness using simulated data. Our methodology includes the addition of annual dispersion measure (DM) variations to the timing models of some pulsars. We present the first significant parallax measurements for PSRs J1024−0719, J1045−4509, J1600−3053, J1603−7202, and J1730−2304, as well as the first significant measurements of some post-Keplerian orbital parameters in six binary pulsars, caused by kinematic effects. Improved Shapiro delay measurements have resulted in much improved pulsar mass measurements, particularly for PSRs J0437−4715 and J1909−3744 with Mp = 1.44 ± 0.07 and 1.47 ± 0.03 M⊙, respectively. The improved orbital period-derivative measurement for PSR J0437−4715 results in a derived distance measurement at the 0.16 per cent level of precision, D = 156.79 ± 0.25 pc, one of the most fractionally precise distance measurements of any star to date. | |
dc.publisher | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | |
dc.title | Timing analysis for 20 millisecond pulsars in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 455 | |
dcterms.source.number | 2 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 1751 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 1769 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dcterms.source.title | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | |
curtin.note |
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. © 2016, The Authors, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. | |
curtin.department | Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics) | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |