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11. Chandra SMC deep field sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/716/1217
Title:
Chandra SMC deep field sources
Short Name:
J/ApJ/716/1217
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of a pair of 100ks Chandra observations in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) to survey high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs), stars, and low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs)/cataclysmic variables down to L_x_=4.3x10^32^erg/s. The two SMC Deep Fields (DFs) are located in the most active star-forming region of the bar, with Deep Field-1 positioned at the most pulsar-rich location identified from previous surveys. Two new pulsars were discovered in the outburst: CXOU J004929.7-731058 (P=892s), CXOU J005252.2-721715 (P=326s), and three new HMXB candidates were identified. Of the 15 Be-pulsars now known in the field, 13 were detected, with pulsations seen in 9 of them. Bright optical counterparts exist for 40 of the X-ray sources, of which 33 are consistent with early-type stars (M_V_<-2, B-V<0.2), and are the subject of a companion paper. The results point to an underlying HMXB population density up to double that of active systems. The full catalog of 394 point sources is presented along with detailed analyses of timing and spectral properties.
12. Characterisation of X-rays sources in NGC 6397
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/709/241
Title:
Characterisation of X-rays sources in NGC 6397
Short Name:
J/ApJ/709/241
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a deep Chandra X-ray Observatory study of the peculiar binary radio millisecond pulsar (MSP) PSR J1740-5340 and candidate millisecond pulsars in the globular cluster NGC 6397. The X-rays from PSR J1740-5340 appear to be non-thermal and exhibit variability at the binary period. These properties suggest the presence of a relativistic intrabinary shock formed due to interaction of a relativistic rotation-powered pulsar wind and outflow from the unusual "red-straggler/sub-subgiant" companion. We find the X-ray source U18 to show similar X-ray and optical properties to those of PSR J1740-5340, making it a strong MSP candidate. It exhibits variability on timescales from hours to years, also consistent with an intrabinary shock origin of its X-ray emission. The unprecedented depth of the X-ray data allows us to conduct a complete census of MSPs in NGC 6397. Based on the properties of the present sample of X-ray-detected MSPs in the Galaxy, we find that NGC 6397 probably hosts no more than six MSPs.
13. Characteristics of energetic pulsars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/391/1210
Title:
Characteristics of energetic pulsars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/391/1210
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
In this paper we compare the characteristics of pulsars with a high spin-down energy loss rate (Edot) against those with a low Edot. We show that the differences in the total intensity pulse morphology between the two classes are in general rather subtle. A much more significant difference is the fractional polarization which is very high for high Edot pulsars and low for low Edot pulsars. The Edot at the transition is very similar to the death line predicted for curvature radiation. This suggests a possible link between high energy and radio emission in pulsars and could imply that gamma-ray efficiency is correlated with the degree of linear polarization in the radio band. As part of this study, we have discovered three previous unknown interpulse pulsars (and we detected one for the first time at 20cm). We also obtained rotation measures for 18 pulsars whose values had not previously been measured.
14. CHIME/Pulsar 400-800MHz obs. of ATNF pulsars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/255/5
Title:
CHIME/Pulsar 400-800MHz obs. of ATNF pulsars
Short Name:
J/ApJS/255/5
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the design, implementation, and performance of the digital pulsar observing system constructed for the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). Using accelerated computing, this system processes independent, digitally steered beams formed by the CHIME correlator to simultaneously observe up to 10 radio pulsars and transient sources. Each of these independent streams is processed by the CHIME/Pulsar back-end system, which can coherently dedisperse, in real time, up to dispersion measure values of 2500pc/cm^3^. The tracking beams and real-time analysis system are autonomously controlled by a priority-based algorithm that schedules both known sources and positions of interest for observation with observing cadences as rapid as 1 day. Given the distribution of known pulsars and radio-transient sources and the dynamic scheduling, the CHIME/Pulsar system can monitor 400-500 positions once per sidereal day and observe most sources with declinations greater than -20{deg} once every ~4 weeks. We also discuss the extensive science program enabled through the current modes of data acquisition for CHIME/Pulsar that centers on timing and searching experiments.
15. Circular polarization in pulsars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/ChJAA/6.237
Title:
Circular polarization in pulsars
Short Name:
J/other/ChJAA/6.
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We update the systematic studies of circular polarization in integrated pulse profiles by Han et al. (1998MNRAS.300..373H). Data of circular polarization profiles are compiled. Sense reversals can occur in core or cone components, or near the intersection between components. The correlation between the sense of circular polarization and the sense of position angle variation for conal-double pulsars is confirmed with a much large database. Circular polarization of some pulsars has clear changes with frequency. Circular polarization of millisecond pulsars is marginally different from that of normal pulsars.
16. Classification of X-ray counterparts of 3FGL sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/887/18
Title:
Classification of X-ray counterparts of 3FGL sources
Short Name:
J/ApJ/887/18
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Approximately one-third of the gamma-ray sources in the third Fermi-LAT catalog are unidentified or unassociated with objects at other wavelengths. Observations with the X-Ray Telescope on the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Swift-XRT) have yielded possible counterparts in ~30% of these source regions. The objective of this work is to identify the nature of these possible counterparts, utilizing their gamma-ray properties coupled with the Swift derived X-ray properties. The majority of the known sources in the Fermi catalogs are blazars, which constitute the bulk of the extragalactic gamma-ray source population. The galactic population on the other hand is dominated by pulsars. Overall, these two categories constitute the majority of all gamma-ray objects. Blazars and pulsars occupy different parameter space when X-ray fluxes are compared with various gamma-ray properties. In this work, we utilize the X-ray observations performed with the Swift-XRT for the unknown Fermi sources and compare their X-ray and gamma-ray properties to differentiate between the two source classes. We employ two machine-learning algorithms, decision tree and random forest (RF) classifier, to our high signal-to-noise ratio sample of 217 sources, each of which corresponds to Fermi unassociated regions. The accuracy scores for both methods were found to be 97% and 99%, respectively. The RF classifier, which is based on the application of a multitude of decision trees, associated a probability value (P_bzr_) for each source to be a blazar. This yielded 173 blazar candidates from this source sample, with P_bzr_>=90% for each of these sources, and 134 of these possible blazar source associations had P_bzr_>=99%. The results yielded 13 sources with P_bzr_<=10%, which we deemed as reasonable candidates for pulsars, seven of which result with P_bzr_<=1%. There were 31 sources that exhibited intermediate probabilities and were termed ambiguous due to their unclear characterization as a pulsar or a blazar.
17. Dispersion measure of Milky Way and MC pulsars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/42/200
Title:
Dispersion measure of Milky Way and MC pulsars
Short Name:
J/PAZh/42/200
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A number of recent studies indicates a significant amount of ionized gas in a form of the hot gas halo around the Milky Way. The halo extends over the region of 100 kpc and may be acountable for the missing baryon mass. In this paper we calculate the contribution of the proposed halo to the dispersion measure (DM) of the pulsars. The Navarro, Frenk, and White (NFW), Maller and Bullock (MB), and Feldmann, Hooper, and Gnedin (FHG) density distributions are considered for the gas halo. The data set includes pulsars with the distance known independently from the DM, e.g., pulsars in globular clusters, LMC, SMC and pulsars with known parallax. The results exclude the NFW distribution for the hot gas, while the more realisticMB and FHG models are compatible with the observed dispersion measure.
18. Dynamic spectra of 10 pulsars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A186
Title:
Dynamic spectra of 10 pulsars
Short Name:
J/A+A/618/A186
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Pulsars scintillate. Dynamic spectra show brightness variation of pulsars in the time and frequency domain. Secondary spectra demonstrate the distribution of fluctuation power in the dynamic spectra. Dynamic spectra strongly depend on observational frequencies, but were often observed at frequencies lower than 1.5GHz. Scintillation observations at higher frequencies help to constrain the turbulence feature of the interstellar medium over a wide frequency range and can detect the scintillations of more distant pulsars. Ten pulsars were observed at 2250MHz (S-band) with the Jiamusi 66m telescope to study their scintillations. Their dynamic spectra were first obtained, from which the decorrelation bandwidths and time scales of diffractive scintillation were then derived by autocorrelation. Secondary spectra were calculated by forming the Fourier power spectra of the dynamic spectra. Most of the newly obtained dynamic spectra are at the highest frequency or have the longest time span of any published data for these pulsars. For PSRs B0540+23, B2324+60 and B2351+61, these were the first dynamic spectra ever reported. The frequency-dependence of scintillation parameters indicates that the intervening medium can rarely be ideally turbulent with a Kolmogorov spectrum. The thin screen model worked well at S-band for the scintillation of PSR B1933+16. Parabolic arcs were detected in the secondary spectra of three pulsars, PSRs B0355+54, B0540+23 and B2154+40, all of which were asymmetrically distributed. The inverted arclets of PSR B0355+54 were seen to evolve along the main parabola within a continuous observing session of 12 hours, from which the angular velocity of the pulsar was estimated that was consistent with the measurement by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI).
19. EGRET high-energy cosmic photons (E>10GeV)
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/157/324
Title:
EGRET high-energy cosmic photons (E>10GeV)
Short Name:
J/ApJS/157/324
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
During its 9 year lifetime, the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) detected 1506 cosmic photons with measured energy E>10GeV. Of this number, 187 are found within a 1{deg} of sources that are listed in the Third EGRET Catalog (Cat. <J/ApJS/123/79>) and were included in determining the detection likelihood, flux, and spectra of those sources. In particular, five detected EGRET pulsars are found to have events above 10GeV, and together they account for 37 events. A pulsar not included in the Third EGRET Catalog has two events, both with the same phase and in one peak of the lower energy gamma-ray light curve.
20. Energy distribution in pulsars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/423/1351
Title:
Energy distribution in pulsars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/423/1351
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on the pulse-to-pulse energy distributions and phase-resolved modulation properties for catalogued pulsars in the southern High Time Resolution Universe intermediate-latitude survey. We selected the 315 pulsars detected in a single-pulse search of this survey, allowing a large sample unbiased regarding any rotational parameters of neutron stars.