Parkes observations for project P1032 semester 2020APRS_07

We propose timing observations of southern double neutron star (DNS) systems to obtain precise estimates\r\nof the component masses and thus increase the statistics of neutron star mass distribution. The improved\r\nsensitivity of the Ultra Wideband Low (UWL) receiver will provide a 3X increase in the precision of the time\r\nof arrivals (ToAs) of the pulses compared to the multibeam data. This has the potential to perform quick\r\nmeasurements of masses for a number of binary systems in the next 1-2 years. We will also use MeerKAT\r\nobservations at crucial orbital phases to increase our chances of mass measurements. Increase in the number\r\nof measured NS masses has significant implications for understanding NS internal structure and for stellar\r\nand binary evolution physics.