Parkes observations for project P140 semester 2010APRS

We propose to continue bimonthly (every two months) high-precision timing observations of PSR J0437-4715 contemporaneously with follow up timing observations of new millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered in both the High Time Resolution Universe Survey (P630) and searches of gamma ray sources detected by Fermi-LAT. Using the PSR J0437-4715 data, we will further increase our sensitivity to long-term effects such as the structure of the ISM, instrumental stability, and orbital period variations (which translate into a precise kinematic distance). For the new MSPs, we will produce phase-connected timing solutions and evaluate their potential for inclusion in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (P456).