GMRT High Resolution Southern Sky (GHRSS) survey for pulsars and transients with the GMRT scans the southern sky,
with comarable of higher sensitivities than any other existing or ongoing low-frequency surveys. This survey is conducted
in two phases, phase-1 at 322 MHz with the 32 MHz legacy GMRT system (discovered 13 pulsars) and phase-2 at 400 MHz with 200
MHz uGMRT system(14 discoveries and counting). When complete, the survey will cover the entire sky southern sky up to declenation of -20°.
GHRSS discoveries include the first MSP and first RRATs discovered by the GMRT.
Data taking began in 2014 and is phase-2 expected to be completed in 2022.
Survey analysis is done in Hydrus cluster in University of Manchester (for phase-1 of the survey) and NCRA HPC (for phase-1 and phase-2) with
PRESTO based search pipeline.
To date there are 31 GHRSS discoveries among which there are 2 MSPs, 2 mildly recycled pulsars and 3 RRATs.
GHRSS Team:
B. Bhattacharyya(NCRA), J. Roy(NCRA), B. W. Stappers(University of Manchester), M. Keith(University of Manchester), M. Malenta(University of Manchester),
M. A. McLaughlin(Univ. of West Virginia), P. S. Ray(Naval Research Laboratory), S. M. Ransom(National Radio Astronomy Observatory), J. N. Chengalur(NCRA),
A. G. Lyne(University of Manchester), S. Kudale(NCRA), U. Panda(NCRA), S. Singh(NCRA), W. Armour(University of Oxford), K. Adamek(Silesian University), S. Sunder(NCRA), S. Kumari(NCRA)
Bhattacharyya, B., Cooper, S., Malenta, M., Roy, J., Chengalur, J. N., Keith, M, Kudale, S.,McLaughlin,
M., Ransom, S. M., Ray, P.S., Stappers B. W. et al., 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 817, 130
B. Bhattacharyya, J. Roy, B. W. Stappers, T. Johnson, C. D. Ilie, A. Lyne, M. Malenta, P. Weltevrede, J. Chengalur, S. Cooper, B. Kaur, M. Keith, M. Kerr, S. Kudale, M. A. McLaughlin, S. M. Ransom, P. S. Ray, 2019, ApJ, 811, 1
GHRSS Discoveries:
Table listing GHRSS discoveries
Name
Type
Period (ms)
DM (pc/cc)
Flux density(mJy)
J0252-53
MSP
11.19
18
J0418-4154
PSR
757.11
24.5
10.3
J0514-4407
PSR
320.7
15.4
9.7
J0600-46
PSR
798.8
50.36
10
J0702-4956
PSR
666.66
98.7
15.7
J0919-42
PSR
812.6
57
6.4
J0941-43
PSR
447.7
105.5
2.3
J1023-43
PSR
454.3
62.7
1.6
J1239-48
PSR
653.89
107.6
0.4
J1242-46
PSR
1411.3
76.5
12
J1243-47
MSP
5.31
78.6
0.9
J1245-52
PSR
835.39
86.3
1
J1255-46
mildly recycled
52.0
42.9
0.8
J1406-50
RRAT
-
40
-
J1428-42
PSR
234.7
66.0
1.8
J1447-50
PSR
960.2
107.8
0.7
J1456-48
PSR
536.81
133.0
1.2
J1516-43
mildly recycled
36.02
70.25
0.7
J1517-31
PSR
1103.7
61.7
0.32
J1517-31
PSR
140.67
51.0
0.7
J1559-44
PSR
1169.89
122.0
1.7
J1708-52
PSR
449.62
102.6
1.4
J1726-52
PSR
631.84
119.7
0.7
J1810-42
PSR
532.20
104.9
1.5
J1845-40
PSR
324.18
68.4
-
J1845-40
RRAT
373.48
47.8
-
J1850-48
RRAT
-
23
-
J1936-30
PSR
1.6758
42.3
0.8
J1947-43
PSR
180.94
29.9
4.7
J2004-38
RRAT
-
23
-
J2059-48
MSP
9.48
25.04
-
J2144-5237
MSP
5.04
19.0
1.6
GHRSS sky coverage and discoveries. Part of the target sky already covered with the survey is marked
with deep blue shaded region. Part of the sky that is not yet covered is marked as light blue shaded region. Image Credit
: Shreya Umesh (NIUS student)