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| Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope | |
Smith, D. A.1,2; Guillemot, L.1,2; Camilo, F.3; Cognard, I.4,5; Dumora, D.1,2; Espinoza, C.7; Freire, P. C. C.8; Gotthelf, E. V.3; Harding, A. K.9; Hobbs, G. B.10; Johnston, S.10; Kaspi, V. M.11; Kramer, M.7; Livingstone, M. A.11; Lyne, A. G.7; Manchester, R. N.10; Marshall, F. E.9; McLaughlin, M. A.12; Noutsos, A.7; Ransom, S. M.13; Roberts, M. S. E.14; Romani, R. W.15; Stappers, B. W.7; Theureau, G.4,5,6; Thompson, D. J.9; Thorsett, S. E.16; Wang, N.17 ; Weltevrede, P.10
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| 2008-12-01 | |
| Source Publication | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
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| Volume | 492Issue:3Pages:923-931 |
| Contribution Rank | 17 |
| Abstract | We describe a comprehensive pulsar monitoring campaign for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ( formerly GLAST). The detection and study of pulsars in gamma rays give insights into the populations of neutron stars and supernova rates in the Galaxy, into particle acceleration mechanisms in neutron star magnetospheres, and into the "engines" driving pulsar wind nebulae. LAT's unprecedented sensitivity between 20 MeV and 300 GeV together with its 2.4 sr field-of-view makes detection of many gamma-ray pulsars likely, justifying the monitoring of over two hundred pulsars with large spin-down powers. To search for gamma-ray pulsations from most of these pulsars requires a set of phase-connected timing solutions spanning a year or more to properly align the sparse photon arrival times. We describe the choice of pulsars and the instruments involved in the campaign. Attention is paid to verifications of the LAT pulsar software, using for example giant radio pulses from the Crab and from PSR B1937+21 recorded at Nancay, and using X-ray data on PSR J0218+4232 from XMM-Newton. We demonstrate accuracy of the pulsar phase calculations at the microsecond level. |
| Keyword | Space Vehicles: Instruments Stars: Pulsars: General Gamma-rays: Observations Ephemerides |
| Subtype | Article |
| DOI | 10.1051/0004-6361:200810285 |
| WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Keyword | RAPIDLY SPINNING PULSARS ; GIANT RADIO PULSES ; MILLISECOND PULSARS ; HIGH-ENERGY ; BINARY PULSAR ; CRAB PULSAR ; PRECISION ; RADIATION ; MODEL ; DISCOVERY |
| WOS Research Area | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| WOS Subject | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| WOS ID | WOS:000261697900032 |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.xao.ac.cn/handle/45760611-7/821 |
| Collection | 射电天文研究室_脉冲星研究团组 其它 |
| Corresponding Author | Smith, D. A. |
| Affiliation | 1.Univ Bordeaux, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France 2.Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, IN2P3, CNRS, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France 3.Columbia Univ, Columbia Astrophys Lab, New York, NY 10027 USA 4.CNRS INSU, UMR 6115, LPCE, F-45071 Orleans, France 5.CNRS INSU, Observ Paris, Stn Radioastron Nancay, F-18330 Nancay, France 6.Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS, Observ Paris, GEPI, F-92190 Meudon, France 7.Univ Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observ, Macclesfield SK11 9DL, Cheshire, England 8.Arecibo Observ, Arecibo, PR 00612 USA 9.NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA 10.CSIRO, Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia 11.McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ, Canada 12.W Virginia Univ, Dept Phys, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA 13.Natl Radio Astron Observ, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA 14.Eureka Sci Inc, Oakland, CA 94602 USA 15.Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA 16.Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA 17.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Smith, D. A.,Guillemot, L.,Camilo, F.,et al. Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope[J]. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS,2008,492(3):923-931. |
| APA | Smith, D. A..,Guillemot, L..,Camilo, F..,Cognard, I..,Dumora, D..,...&Weltevrede, P..(2008).Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope.ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS,492(3),923-931. |
| MLA | Smith, D. A.,et al."Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope".ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 492.3(2008):923-931. |
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