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Proposal Identification No.:

P2590

Date Received:

2010-Jun-01 16:38:37

Technical Page
Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: Regular Pulsars 8 Hours 1 hour

Continued high-resolution scintillation observations of two pulsars: B0834+06

and B1133+16
ABSTRACT:
Understanding, characterizing, and correcting for interstellar time delay is vital to the success of Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) efforts, including that of the NANOGrav collaboration for which the Arecibo Observatory is a central instrument. We propose to continue our detailed study of the scintillation properties of two nearby (non-millisecond) pulsars: PSR B0834+06 and PSR B1133+16. We will observe them at 327 MHz in order to see maximum delay details and continue to hone our analysis and time delay mitigation techniques. We will use the Mock spectrometers with high frequency resolution in order to be sensitive to extreme delay events. At least two Oberlin College undergraduates will travel to the Observatory and participate in data-taking and analysis. This is part of our NSF/PIRE funded pro ject to detect gravitational waves with high precision timing of millisecond pulsars.

Name Dan R Stinebring

Institution Oberlin College

E-mail dan.stinebring@oberlin.edu

Phone 440-775-8331

Student no

Remote Observing Request

X

Observer will travel to AO Remote Observing In Absentia (instructions to operator)

Instrument Setup
327 Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

RFI Considerations
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Frequency Ranges Planned
310 - 350

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