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most citedEight new millisecond pulsars from the first MeerKAT globular cluster census

91 citations · 269 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.HE2026

Discovery of 51 pulsars in a reanalysis of the Green Bank North Celestial Cap Survey and a revised pulsar census

R. Sengar, L. Vleeschower, D. L. Kaplan +13

We present results from a reanalysis of the Green Bank North Celestial Cap (GBNCC) survey, conducted at 350 MHz with the Green Bank Telescope between 2009 and 2020, covering the sk…

astro-ph.HE2026

Radio and Gamma-Ray Timing of a Newly Discovered Millisecond Pulsar

L. Vleeschower, R. Sengar, L. Nieder +17

We report the discovery and timing of PSR J2147-3604, a fully recycled millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 3.2 ms, discovered in a reprocessing of the 350-MHz Green Bank North…

astro-ph.HE2026

Fifteen new millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae

W. Chen, D. Risbud, P. C. C. Freire +16

47 Tucanae is one of the largest, brightest, and closest globular clusters to Earth. It hosts an exotic stellar population with stellar dynamics that indicate a complex evolution h…

astro-ph.HE2026

The GMRT High-Resolution Southern Sky Survey for pulsars and transients -- VIII: Orbital Variability and the Evolution of a 1-Day He-WD Millisecond Pulsar J2101-4802

Ankita Ghosh, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, David L. Kaplan +8

We present timing and orbital phase-resolved polarimetry of the millisecond pulsar (MSP) J21014802, having a spin period of 9.48~ms and dispersion measure (DM) $25.05\ \mathrm{p…

astro-ph.HE2026

Pulsar Discoveries from the TRAPUM UHF Survey of Fermi-LAT Sources

Tinn Thongmeearkom, Colin J. Clark, Rene P. Breton +25

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) provides advantages for radio pulsar searches by enabling efficient target selection. We can confidently point radio telescopes to the position…

astro-ph.HE2026

Long-term timing of the relativistic binary PSR J1906+0746

L. Vleeschower, B. W. Stappers, M. J. Keith +9

We conducted a timing analysis of over 18 years of data on the young ( kyr, \,ms) relativistic binary PSR~J1906+0746, using six radio telescopes: Arecibo,…

astro-ph.HE2024

Discoveries and Timing of Pulsars in M62

L. Vleeschower, A. Corongiu, B. W. Stappers +14

Using MeerKAT, we have discovered three new millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in the bulge globular cluster M62: M62H, M62I, and M62J. All three are in binary systems, which means all ten…

astro-ph.HE2024

A targeted radio pulsar survey of redback candidates with MeerKAT

T. Thongmeearkom, C. J. Clark, R. P. Breton +18

Redbacks are millisecond pulsar binaries with low mass, irradiated companions. These systems have a rich phenomenology that can be used to probe binary evolution models, pulsar win…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 35 cited

Discovery and timing of ten new millisecond pulsars in the globular cluster Terzan 5

P. V. Padmanabh, S. M. Ransom, P. C. C. Freire +23

We report the discovery of ten new pulsars in the globular cluster Terzan 5 as part of the Transients and Pulsars with MeerKAT (TRAPUM) Large Survey Project. We observed Terzan 5 a…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 23 cited

MeerKAT discovery of 13 new pulsars in Omega Centauri

W. Chen, P. C. C. Freire, A. Ridolfi +21

The most massive globular cluster in our Galaxy, Omega Centauri, is an interesting target for pulsar searches, because of its multiple stellar populations and the intriguing possib…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 39 cited

The TRAPUM L-band survey for pulsars in Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources

C. J. Clark, R. P. Breton, E. D. Barr +35

More than 100 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) have been discovered in radio observations of gamma-ray sources detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT), but hundreds of pulsar-li…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 10 cited

A MeerKAT look at the polarization of 47 Tucanae pulsars: magnetic field implications

F. Abbate, A. Possenti, A. Ridolfi +17

We present the polarization profiles of 22 pulsars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae using observations from the MeerKAT radio telescope at UHF-band (544-1088 MHz) and report prec…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 15 cited

Discoveries and Timing of Pulsars in NGC 6440

L. Vleeschower, B. W. Stappers, M. Bailes +19

Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, a series of observations have been conducted to time the known pulsars and search for new pulsars in the globular cluster NGC 6440. As a result,…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 39 cited

TRAPUM discovery of thirteen new pulsars in NGC 1851 using MeerKAT

A. Ridolfi, P. C. C. Freire, T. Gautam +27

We report the discovery of 13 new pulsars in the globular cluster NGC 1851 by the TRAPUM Large Survey Project using the MeerKAT radio telescope. The discoveries consist of six isol…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 17 cited

Two New Black Widow Millisecond Pulsars In M28

Andrew Douglas, Prajwal Padmanabh, Scott Ransom +18

We report the discovery of two Black Widow millisecond pulsars in the globular cluster M28 with the MeerKAT telescope. PSR J18242452M (M28M) is a 4.78-ms pulsar in a hou…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 91 cited

Eight new millisecond pulsars from the first MeerKAT globular cluster census

A. Ridolfi, T. Gautam, P. C. C. Freire +24

We have used the central 44 antennas of the new 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope array to conduct a deep search for new pulsars in the core of nine globular clusters. This has led t…