WE ARE DEVELOPING A BETTER WAY TO TIME GAMMA-RAY PULSARS USING INDIVIDUAL PHOTONS. LEVERAGING NEW TIMING SOFTWARE (PINT) AND MCMC OUR "BETA" CODE CAN TIME LAT PULSARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE. USING EACH PHOTON ALLOWS US TO DETECT SHORT-TERM EFFECTS (LIKE ORBITAL SHAPIRO DELAY) WHICH TRADITIONAL METHODS AVERAGE OUT. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND EXTEND THESE TECHNIQUES AND MAKE THE CODE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS WORK WILL IMPROVE GAMMA-RAY DETECTIONS FOR PULSARS WITH SHORT RADIO TIMING BASELINES OR SIGNIFICANT TIMING NOISE WILL MEASURE NEW PROPER MOTIONS AND MAY ALLOW US TO INCORPORATE THE BEST MSPS INTO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SEARCHES. WE WILL UPDATE OUR EXISTING LAT TIMING PIPELINE (DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF TIMED PULSARS) AND PROVIDE UPDATED TIMING MODELS TO THE COMMUNITY.

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WE ARE DEVELOPING A BETTER WAY TO TIME GAMMA-RAY PULSARS USING INDIVIDUAL PHOTONS. LEVERAGING NEW TIMING SOFTWARE (PINT) AND MCMC OUR "BETA" CODE CAN TIME LAT PULSARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE. USING EACH PHOTON ALLOWS US TO DETECT SHORT-TERM EFFECTS (LIKE ORBITAL SHAPIRO DELAY) WHICH TRADITIONAL METHODS AVERAGE OUT. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND EXTEND THESE TECHNIQUES AND MAKE THE CODE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS WORK WILL IMPROVE GAMMA-RAY DETECTIONS FOR PULSARS WITH SHORT RADIO TIMING BASELINES OR SIGNIFICANT TIMING NOISE WILL MEASURE NEW PROPER MOTIONS AND MAY ALLOW US TO INCORPORATE THE BEST MSPS INTO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SEARCHES. WE WILL UPDATE OUR EXISTING LAT TIMING PIPELINE (DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF TIMED PULSARS) AND PROVIDE UPDATED TIMING MODELS TO THE COMMUNITY. · GrantIndex