Novel techniques enable GMRT to discover new pulsars for probing Gravitational Waves - 06-06-2023

Using a novel technique of ''gated imaging'', a team of scientists led by a PhD student Mr Shyam Sunder working under Dr Jayanta Roy at NCRA-TIFR have identified precise locations of two new Millisecond Pulsars (MSPs). The novel "gating imaging" technique significantly accelerates the process of measuring pulsar parameters with higher precision compared to the standard analysis technique. The new MSPs discovered and precisely localized using GMRT will add to the international programs in their search for the imprint of the Gravitational Wave background.