Center for Astrophysics Research and Technologies Seminar Series
LOFAR Census of Non-Millisecond Pulsars
Presented by Anya Bilous (Astron)
The first results of LOFAR census of normal (non-millisecond) pulsars are presented. During January-May 2014, 194 normal pulsars (almost all known sources with |Gb|>3 deg and dec>10 deg) were observed with LOFAR high-band antennas in the frequency region of 110 - 188 MHz. Accumulated data set will allow us to study the characteristics of pulsars as a population, instead of on a source-by-source basis. Through these observations we will be able to probe the interstellar medium through measurements of dispersion, scintillation, scattering and Faraday rotation; and the enigmatic pulsar emission mechanism through measurements of broadband spectra, polarisation profiles, and analysis of single pulses. I will present the first results of data reduction, including dispersion measures, fluxes and average profiles of the detected pulsars.
2:00 pm, Wednesday, July 8, 2015
PAIS-3300, PAIS
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