Pushchino multibeam pulsar search. VII. The results of the timing of 12 slow pulsars

TL;DR

This study refined the rotational and positional parameters of 12 slow pulsars using ten years of radio observations, employing an algorithm to correct timing errors due to local clock issues, achieving unprecedented accuracy.

Contribution

The paper introduces a method to improve pulsar timing accuracy by compensating for local clock errors using Pulsar Timescale, significantly enhancing parameter precision.

Findings

Refined pulsar rotational parameters by 5-6 orders of magnitude.

Achieved positional accuracy from units to tens of arcseconds.

Demonstrated effective correction algorithm for timing errors.

Abstract

We have performed timing of a number of known slow pulsars with poorly known coordinates and parameters of their intrinsic rotation. We used data from the archive of round-the-clock monitoring observations on the third (stationary) beam pattern of the Large Phased Array radio telescope (LPA LPI) at a frequency of 111 MHz, which has an unsatisfactory connection of the local quartz time standards to the reference scale (UTC). To compensate for the resulting errors, we applied an algorithm previously developed by us, which uses Pulsar Timescale as an intermediate reference scale to compute corrections to the pulses Times of Arrival (TOAs) measured by the local clocks and to switch to UTC. Analyzing a ten-year observational data set we substantially refined the rotational and astrometric parameters of 12 pulsars. The spin frequencies $\nu$ and their first derivatives $\dot\nu$ were determined with accuracies of $10^{-10}$ Hz and $10^{-19}$ s$^{-2}$, respectively, which is 5-6 orders of magnitude better than the values quoted in the catalogue. The coordinates are determined with accuracies ranging from units to tens of arcseconds.