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Pulsar Searches with the SKA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

L. Levin ,
W. Armour ,
C. Baffa ,
E. Barr ,
S. Cooper ,
R. Eatough ,
A. Ensor ,
E. Giani ,
A. Karastergiou ,
R. Karuppusamy ,
M. Keith ,
M. Kramer ,
R. Lyon ,
M. Mackintosh ,
M. Mickaliger ,
R van Nieuwpoort ,
M. Pearson ,
T. Prabu ,
J. Roy ,
O. Sinnen ,
L. Spitler ,
H. Spreeuw ,
B. W. Stappers ,
W. van Straten ,
C. Williams ,
H. Wang ,
K. Wiesner  and
the SKA TDT team
L. Levin
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
W. Armour
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
C. Baffa
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125, Firenze, Italy
E. Barr
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
S. Cooper
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
R. Eatough
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
A. Ensor
Affiliation:
Institute for Radio Astronomy & Space Research, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
E. Giani
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125, Firenze, Italy
A. Karastergiou
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
R. Karuppusamy
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
M. Keith
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
M. Kramer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
R. Lyon
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
M. Mackintosh
Affiliation:
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1SZ, UK
M. Mickaliger
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
R van Nieuwpoort
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, NL-7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
M. Pearson
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
T. Prabu
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
J. Roy
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk NCRA-TIFR, Pune University Campus, Pune - 411007, India
O. Sinnen
Affiliation:
Parallel and Reconfigurable Computing (PARC) lab, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
L. Spitler
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
H. Spreeuw
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, NL-7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
B. W. Stappers
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK email: lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
W. van Straten
Affiliation:
Institute for Radio Astronomy & Space Research, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
C. Williams
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
H. Wang
Affiliation:
Parallel and Reconfigurable Computing (PARC) lab, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
K. Wiesner
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
Corresponding
E-mail address:
lina.preston@manchester.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Square Kilometre Array will be an amazing instrument for pulsar astronomy. While the full SKA will be sensitive enough to detect all pulsars in the Galaxy visible from Earth, already with SKA1, pulsar searches will discover enough pulsars to increase the currently known population by a factor of four, no doubt including a range of amazing unknown sources. Real time processing is needed to deal with the 60 PB of pulsar search data collected per day, using a signal processing pipeline required to perform more than 10 POps. Here we present the suggested design of the pulsar search engine for the SKA and discuss challenges and solutions to the pulsar search venture.

Keywords

(stars:) pulsars: general telescopes methods: data analysis
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S337: Pulsar Astrophysics the Next Fifty Years , September 2017 , pp. 171 - 174
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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