Published December 2006 | Version v1
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Radio pulsars and transients in the Galactic center

Creators

  • 1. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20375-5351 (United States)
  • 2. Astronomy Department and NAIC, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 (United States)
  • 3. Astronomy Department and Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Engineering, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA 24595 (United States)
  • 5. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 (Australia)
  • 6. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (United States)
  • 7. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
  • 8. Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester, Macclesfleld, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, UK (United Kingdom)

Description

Radio pulsars and transients provide powerful probes of the star formation history, interstellar medium, and gravitational potential of the Galactic center. Historical radio observations of the Galactic center have not emphasized the time domain aspect of observing this region. We summarize a series of recent searches for and observations of radio transients and pulsars that make use of two advances in technology. The first is the formation of large fields of view (∼> 10) at relatively longer wavelengths (λ > 1 m), and the second is the construction of receivers and instruments capable of collecting data on microsecond time scales at relatively short wavelengths (∼ 3 cm)

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/54/1/019;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 110-114
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
Galactic center workshop 2006 - From the center of the Milky Way to nearby low-luminosity galactic nuclei
Dates
18-22 Apr 2006
Place
Bad Honnef (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38072819
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXY NUCLEI; POTENTIALS; PULSARS; RADIOASTRONOMY; STARS; TRANSIENTS; WAVELENGTHS
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; PHYSICS