Initial Discoveries from the GBNCC Pulsar Survey

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Abstract

The GBNCC pulsar survey is a large scale survey to look for radio pulsars at 350-MHz with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope with the primary goal of finding new millisecond pulsar for use in pulsar timing array for gravitational wave detection. The data collection started in 2009 and is on going. We have collected approximately 2000 hours of data, which 75\% of the data has been searched for pulsars. We currently have discovered 68 new pulsars including nine millisecond pulsar and seven rotating radio transients. Three of the millisecond pulsars have been added to the regular programs for detection of gravitational waves. We present an initial look at the first discoveries from this survey.

Authors

  • Jason Boyles

    Western Kentucky University

  • Kevin Stovall

    University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Ryan Lynch

    McGill University

  • Scott Ransom

    National Radio Astronomy Observatory