Published February 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE 350 MHz DRIFT-SCAN SURVEY II: DATA ANALYSIS AND THE TIMING OF 10 NEW PULSARS, INCLUDING A RELATIVISTIC BINARY

  • 1. Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Physics, West Virginia University, 111 White Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506 (United States)
  • 3. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 (Canada)
  • 5. ASTRON, The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990-AA Dwingeloo (Netherlands)
  • 6. Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904 (United States)
  • 8. Eureka Scientific Inc., 2452 Delmer Street, Suite 100, Oakland, CA 94602 (United States)
  • 9. Center for Advanced Radio Astronomy and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520 (United States)

Description

We have completed a 350 MHz Drift-scan Survey using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope with the goal of finding new radio pulsars, especially millisecond pulsars that can be timed to high precision. This survey covered ∼10,300 deg2 and all of the data have now been fully processed. We have discovered a total of 31 new pulsars, 7 of which are recycled pulsars. A companion paper by Boyles et al. describes the survey strategy, sky coverage, and instrumental setup, and presents timing solutions for the first 13 pulsars. Here we describe the data analysis pipeline, survey sensitivity, and follow-up observations of new pulsars, and present timing solutions for 10 other pulsars. We highlight several sources—two interesting nulling pulsars, an isolated millisecond pulsar with a measurement of proper motion, and a partially recycled pulsar, PSR J0348+0432, which has a white dwarf companion in a relativistic orbit. PSR J0348+0432 will enable unprecedented tests of theories of gravity.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/81

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Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
763
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[14 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44121609
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; MHZ RANGE 100-1000; ORBITS; PROPER MOTION; PULSARS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SKY; TELESCOPES; WHITE DWARF STARS
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DWARF STARS; ENERGY RANGE; FREQUENCY RANGE; MHZ RANGE; MOTION; STARS