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| Name: Yogesh Maan Affiliation: NCRA, Pune Conference ID: ASI2015_447 Title : A Search for Giant Pulses from Millisecond and Young Pulsars Authors and Co-Authors : B. C. Joshi (NCRA, Pune) and Arun K. Naidu (NCRA, Pune) Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Stars, The Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbours Abstract : Only a handful of radio pulsars are known to occasionally emit giant pulses that are narrower and stronger than the average pulse by several orders of magnitude. Although various properties of giant pulses have been studied in detail, true identifying characteristics of the pulsars that emit giant pulses, and the physical mechanism by which giant pulses are generated, are still poorly understood. A better understanding of these aspects essentially needs identifying, and then studying, a larger sample of giant pulse emitting pulsars. With this motivation, we are searching for giant pulse emission from a carefully chosen sample of millisecond and young pulsars, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and the Ooty Radio Telescope. We will present our optimized search methodology for this survey as well as the preliminary results from the search completed so far. |