Genetic and evolutionary algorithms for finding pulsations - Nicolò Pinciroli

15 May 2026, 09:55
15m
Aula Gratton (INAF Astronomical Observatory of Rome)

Aula Gratton

INAF Astronomical Observatory of Rome

Via Frascati, 33 00078 Monte Porzio Catone

Description

Detecting periodic signals from accreting pulsars, including millisecond pulsars, is challenging due
to distortions introduced by orbital motion in binary systems. This talk presents the use of evolutionary
algorithms, specifically genetic algorithms, to efficiently explore the orbital parameter
space and reconstruct a corrected light curve, reducing computational cost compared to exhaustive
grid searches. This approach is particularly useful for millisecond pulsars, whose search is both
resource- and time-consuming when using traditional grid-search methods.

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