scholarly journals Pulsar Timing with the Parkes Radio Telescope for the Fermi Mission

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Weltevrede ◽  
S. Johnston ◽  
R. N. Manchester ◽  
R. Bhat ◽  
M. Burgay ◽  
...  

AbstractWe report here on two years of timing of 168 pulsars using the Parkes radio telescope. The vast majority of these pulsars have spin-down luminosities in excess of 1034 erg s−1 and are prime target candidates to be detected in gamma-rays by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We provide the ephemerides for the ten pulsars being timed at Parkes which have been detected by Fermi in its first year of operation. These ephemerides, in conjunction with the publicly available photonlist, can be used to generate gamma-ray profiles from the Fermi archive. We will make the ephemerides of any pulsars of interest available to the community upon request. In addition to the timing ephemerides, we present the parameters for 14 glitches which have occurred in 13 pulsars, seven of which have no previously known glitch history.The Parkes timing programme, in conjunction with Fermi observations, is expected to continue for at least the next four years.

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (A) ◽  
pp. 545-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldo Morselli

Successfully launched in June 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly named GLAST, has been observing the high-energy gamma-ray sky with unprecedented sensitivity in<br />the 20MeV ÷ 300 GeV energy range and electrons + positrons in the 7 GeV ÷ 1TeV range, opening a new observational window on a wide variety of astrophysical objects.


2010 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 074901 ◽  
Author(s):  
P F Michelson ◽  
W B Atwood ◽  
S Ritz

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
Aldo Morselli

Can we learn about New Physics with astronomical and astro-particle data? Since its launch in 2008, the Large Area Telescope, onboard of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has detected the largest amount of gamma rays in the 20 MeV - 300 GeV energy range and electrons + positrons in the 7 GeV- 1 TeV range, opening a new observational window on a wide variety of astrophysical objects.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S291) ◽  
pp. 574-576
Author(s):  
J. P. Yuan ◽  
N. Wang ◽  
Z. Y. Liu ◽  
J. B. Wang

AbstractPulsar timing observations are being carried out with the Nanshan 25-metre radio telescope since 2000. We observe about 300 pulsars, including nine millisecond pulsars, at 1.5 GHz with a cryogenic receiver and digital filterbank. Frequent observations at Nanshan revealed 50 glitches. We detect nine more glitches in the past two years. Timing solutions obtained with the Nanshan telescope for eight radio loud Gamma ray pulsars are presented.


2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S285) ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Stefano Ciprini

AbstractThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, as an all-sky survey and monitoring mission, is producing well-sampled gamma-ray light curves for dozens of blazars and other high-energy sources. We report highlights of gamma-ray variability properties, and outline multi-frequency observing campaigns that are targeted to new or known blazars which emit gamma rays.


2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (S275) ◽  
pp. 406-407
Author(s):  
P. Munar-Adrover ◽  
J. M. Paredes ◽  
G. E. Romero

AbstractMassive protostars have associated bipolar outflows which can produce strong shocks when interact with the surrounding medium. Some theoretical models predict that particle acceleration at relativistic velocities can occur leading to gamma ray emission. In order to identify young stellar objects (YSO) that might emit gamma rays, we have crossed the Fermi First Year Catalog with catalogs of known YSOs, obtaining a set of candidates by spatial correlation. We have conducted Montecarlo simulations to find the probability of chance coincidence. Our results indicate that ~70% of the candidates should be gamma-ray sources with a confidence of ~5σ.


1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 469-471
Author(s):  
J. G. Duthie ◽  
M. P. Savedoff ◽  
R. Cobb
Keyword(s):  

A source of gamma rays has been found at right ascension 20h15m, declination +35°, with an uncertainty of 6° in each coordinate. Its flux is (1·5 ± 0·8) x 10-4photons cm-2sec-1at 100 MeV. Possible identifications are reviewed, but no conclusion is reached. The mechanism producing the radiation is also uncertain.


1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 635-639
Author(s):  
J. Baláž ◽  
A. V. Dmitriev ◽  
M. A. Kovalevskaya ◽  
K. Kudela ◽  
S. N. Kuznetsov ◽  
...  

AbstractThe experiment SONG (SOlar Neutron and Gamma rays) for the low altitude satellite CORONAS-I is described. The instrument is capable to provide gamma-ray line and continuum detection in the energy range 0.1 – 100 MeV as well as detection of neutrons with energies above 30 MeV. As a by-product, the electrons in the range 11 – 108 MeV will be measured too. The pulse shape discrimination technique (PSD) is used.


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