Coherently dedispersed polarimetry of millisecond pulsars

被引:91
作者
Stairs, IH
Thorsett, SE
Camilo, F
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astron Labs, Macclesfield SK11 9DL, Cheshire, England
[2] Princeton Univ, Joseph Henry Labs, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
关键词
polarization; pulsars : general; radio continuum : stars;
D O I
10.1086/313245
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a large sample of high-precision, coherently dedispersed polarization profiles of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) at frequencies between 410 and 1414 MHz. These data include the first polarimetric observations of several of the pulsars and the first low-frequency polarization profiles for others. Our observations support previous suggestions that the pulse shapes and polarimetry of MSPs are more complex than those of their slower relatives. An immediate conclusion is that polarimetry-based classification schemes proposed for young pulsars are of only limited use when applied to millisecond pulsars.
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页码:627 / 638
页数:12
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