The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array third data release
Andrew Zic, Daniel J. Reardon, Agastya Kapur, G. Hobbs, Rami Mandow, M. Curyło, R. M. Shannon, Jacob Askew, M. Bailes, N. D. R. Bhat, A D Cameron, Zu-Cheng Chen, Shi Dai, Valentina Di Marco, Yi Feng, M. Kerr, Atharva Kulkarni, M. E. Lower, Rui Luo, R. N. Manchester, Matthew T. Miles, Rowina S Nathan, S. Osłowski, Axl F. Rogers, Craig Russell, John Sarkissian, Mohsen Shamohammadi, R. Spiewak, Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Lawrence Toomey, Shuangqiang Wang, Lei Zhang, Songbo Zhang, X. J. Zhu
Abstract
Abstract We present the third data release from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. The release contains observations of 32 pulsars obtained using the 64-m Parkes ‘Murriyang’ radio telescope. The data span is up to 18 yr with a typical cadence of 3 weeks. This data release is formed by combining an updated version of our second data release with $\sim$ 3 yr of more recent data primarily obtained using an ultra-wide-bandwidth receiver system that operates between 704 and 4032 MHz. We provide calibrated pulse profiles, flux density dynamic spectra, pulse times of arrival, and initial pulsar timing models. We describe methods for processing such wide-bandwidth observations and compare this data release with our previous release.