GBT21B-261

Completion of the GBT All-Sky 350-MHz Pulsar Survey (GBNCC)

Abstract

We propose to complete the 350-MHz pulsar survey of the entire sky visible from the GBT. The Green Bank North Celestial Cap survey has used ~5,450 hrs of GBT time and uncovered 190 new pulsars so far, as well as one fast radio burst. The survey's primary science goal is to discover high-quality millisecond pulsars (MSPs) for pulsar timing arrays (PTAs; e.g. NANOGrav) and we have contributed 7 so far (PTA-suitability testing for two MSPs discovered in the past six months is ongoing). Simulations of the remaining sky, which are now supported by our data, suggest that we will find 41 new pulsars, of which 2-6 will be MSPs (33 so far). We request 312 hrs over the next year to complete the survey.

Investigators

Name	Institution
Emilie Parent *	Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio
Emmanuel Fonseca	British Columbia, University of; McGill University; West Virginia University
Timothy Dolch	Cornell University; Oberlin College; Hillsdale College
Joseph Swiggum	West Virginia University; Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of
Alexander McEwen	Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of
Maura McLaughlin	West Virginia University
Ann Schmiedekamp	Pennsylvania State University Abington
Ryan Lynch	Green Bank Observatory
David Kaplan	Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of
Joeri van Leeuwen	Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
Vicky Kaspi	McGill University
Pragya Chawla	McGill University
William Fiore	British Columbia, University of; West Virginia University
Xavier Siemens	Oregon State University; Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of
Mayuresh Surnis	Manchester, University of; West Virginia University
Mallory Roberts	Eureka Scientific, Inc.
Megan DeCesar	George Mason University
Scott Ransom	National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Virginia, University of
Lina Levin	Manchester, University of; Manchester, University of
Vlad Kondratiev	Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
Harsha Blumer	West Virginia University
Gabriella Agazie	West Virginia University; Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of
Michael Mingyar	West Virginia University
Malcolm LaRose	Rochester Institute of Technology
Ingrid Stairs	British Columbia, University of
Hind Al Noori	Abu Dhabi, New York University
Evan Lewis	West Virginia University
Chia Min Tan	Manchester, University of; McGill University
Bradley Meyers	Curtin University
Madeline Wade	Kenyon College
Leslie Wade	Kenyon College
Ziggy Pleunis	Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy; Amsterdam, Universiteit van
Renee Spiewak	Manchester, University of

* indicates the PI