\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{eph_table}Phase-coherent ephemerides for \psrtar\ as derived from RXTE PCA (monitoring) data.} %%\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{lccclllcc} \hline\hline Entry & Start & End & $t_0$, Epoch & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\nu$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\dot\nu$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\ddot\nu$} & $\Phi_{0}$ & Validity range\\ \# & [MJD] & [MJD] & [MJD,TDB] & \multicolumn{1}{c}{[Hz]} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\times 10^{-11}$ Hz/s} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\times 10^{-21}$ Hz/s$^2$} & & (days) \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{\textit{Pre-Outburst}}\\ 0 & 51~286 & 51~290 & 51~286.0 & 3.08273789(23) & --6.98(15) & 0.0 (fixed) & 0.6850 & 4\\ \\ 1$^1$ & 51~574 & 52~237 & 51~574.0 & 3.0810613509(18) & --6.73176(1) & 3.821(4) & 0.9825 & 663\\ 2$^2$ & 52~369 & 52~837 & 52~523.0 & 3.0755528807(5) & --6.707486(9) & 3.86(3) & 0.6501 & 468\\ 3 & 52~915 & 53~148 & 52~915.0 & 3.0732836450(59) & --6.6963(1) & 4.98(13) & 0.1971 & 233\\ 4 & 53~030 & 53~465 & 53~030.0 & 3.0726185382(34) & --6.69068(3) & 3.93(2) & 0.5030 & 435\\ 5$^3$ & 53~464 & 53~880 & 53~464.0 & 3.0701124555(45) & --6.67599(4) & 3.78(3) & 0.8985 & 416\\ \multicolumn{8}{c}{\textit{Outburst-B}}\\ 6 & 53~978 & 54~033 & 53~997.0 & 3.0669883665(67) & --6.8688(7) & 161(15) & 0.3092 & 55\\ \multicolumn{8}{c}{\textit{Post-Outburst; coherence fully caught-up}}\\ 7 & 54~126 & 54~229 & 54~126.0 & 3.066215110(19) & --6.8726(8) & 202(2) & 0.2658 & 103\\ 8 & 54~237 & 54~340 & 54~237.0 & 3.065565121(15) & --6.7297(7) & 15(2) & 0.9120 & 103\\ 9 & 54~340 & 54~411 & 54~340.0 & 3.064967085(26) & --6.707(2) & 49(6) & 0.8056 & 71\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \medskip $^1$ Small glitch reported by \citet{livingstone06} near MJD $52~210\pm 10$.\\ $^2$ Phase coherence lost over 78 d data gap starting at MJD 52~837 \citep[see also][]{livingstone06}.\\ $^3$ Phase coherence lost after MJD 53~880 (May 24, 2006) during the magnetar-like outburst \citep[][]{gavriil08}. \end{table}