Pulsar Searches with the SKA

Authors
  • 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 ORCID logo
  • M. Pearson
  • T. Prabu
  • J. Roy
  • O. Sinnen
  • L. Spitler
  • H. Spreeuw
  • B.W. Stappers
  • W. van Straten
  • C. Williams
  • H. Wang
  • K. Wiesner
  • SKA TDT team
Publication date 04-06-2018
Journal Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Event Pulsar Astrophysics : the Next 50 Years
Volume | Issue number 13 | S337
Pages (from-to) 171-174
Number of pages 4
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
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.
Document type Review article
Note Pulsar Astrophysics : the Next 50 Years : proceedings of the 337th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom, September 4-8 2017, edited by Patrick Weltevrede , Benetge B.P. Perera, Lina Levin Preston, Sotiris Sanidas.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317009528
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85054151301
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