Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-14-2021
Abstract
We introduce pinta, a pipeline for reducing the upgraded Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) raw pulsar timing data, developed for the Indian Pulsar Timing Array experiment. We provide a detailed description of the workflow and usage of pinta, as well as its computational performance and RFI mitigation characteristics. We also discuss a novel and independent determination of the relative time offsets between the different back-end modes of uGMRT and the interpretation of the uGMRT observation frequency settings and their agreement with results obtained from engineering tests. Further, we demonstrate the capability of pinta to generate data products which can produce high-precision TOAs using PSR J19093744 as an example. These results are crucial for performing precision pulsar timing with the uGMRT.
Recommended Citation
Susobhanan, Abhimanyu, Yogesh Maan, Bhal Chandra Joshi, T. Prabu, Shantanu Desai, K. Nobleson, Sai Chaitanya Susarla et al. "pinta: The uGMRT data processing pipeline for the Indian Pulsar Timing Array." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 38 (2021): e017. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2021.12
Publication Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
DOI
10.1017/pasa.2021.12
Comments
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Australia