DETECTION AND FLUX DENSITY MEASUREMENTS OF THE MILLISECOND PULSAR J2145-0750 BELOW 100 MHz

被引:16
作者
Dowell, J. [1 ]
Ray, P. S. [2 ]
Taylor, G. B. [1 ]
Blythe, J. N. [3 ]
Clarke, T. [4 ]
Craig, J. [1 ]
Ellingson, S. W. [5 ]
Helmboldt, J. F. [4 ]
Henning, P. A. [1 ]
Lazio, T. J. W. [6 ]
Schinzel, F. [1 ]
Stovall, K. [7 ,8 ]
Wolfe, C. N. [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[2] Naval Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[3] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA USA
[4] US Naval Res Lab, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[5] Virginia Tech, Bradley Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[6] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[7] Univ Texas Brownsville, Ctr Gravitat Wave Astron, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
[8] Univ Texas Brownsville, Dept Phys & Astron, Brownsville, TX 78520 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
pulsars: general; pulsars: individual (PSR J2145-0750); SCINTILLATION; DISPERSION; TELESCOPE; SPECTRA;
D O I
10.1088/2041-8205/775/1/L28
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present flux density measurements and pulse profiles for the millisecond pulsar PSR J2145-0750 spanning 37 to 81 MHz using data obtained from the first station of the Long Wavelength Array. These measurements represent the lowest frequency detection of pulsed emission from a millisecond pulsar to date. We find that the pulse profile is similar to that observed at 102 MHz. We also find that the flux density spectrum between approximate to 40 MHz to 5 GHz is suggestive of a break and may be better fit by a model that includes spectral curvature with a rollover around 730 MHz rather than a single power law.
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