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scottransom committed Jul 22, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ f-dot error $\Delta \dot f$ is:

$\Delta \phi = \Delta f T + \Delta \dot f T^2 /2 + \dots$

So `prepfold` allows usually $\pm$2 full phase wraps of error, which is
So `prepfold` allows usually +/-2 full phase wraps of error, which is
quantized for each pulse period by the number of bins in the profile, $N$.
Usually stepping every individual bin is overkill, so the default stepsize is 2
bins in the period direction and 4 bins in the p-dot direction. You can control
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It works very similarly with DM in that we quantize the DM delays as a function
of observing frequency in the $N$ bins of the pulse profile and look at the
total delays across the full observing band. Typically we allow $\pm$3 full
total delays across the full observing band. Typically we allow +/-3 full
rotations across the band due to DM error, and can control the stepsize using
`-dmstep` and the number of rotations using `-ndmfact`. This is one of the main
reasons why if you are folding a slow pulsar (which means you don't have good
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