J/MNRAS/328/17 Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey (Manchester+, 2001)
The Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey.
I. Observing and data analysis systems, discovery and timing of 100 pulsars.
Manchester R.N., Lyne A.G., Camilo F., Bell J.F., Kaspi V.M., D'Amico N.,
McKay N.P.F., Crawford F., Stairs I.H., Possenti A., Kramer M.,
Sheppard D.C.
<Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 328, 17 (2001)>
=2001MNRAS.328...17M 2001MNRAS.328...17M
ADC_Keywords: Pulsars
Keywords: methods: observational - pulsars: general
Abstract:
The Parkes multi-beam pulsar survey is a sensitive survey of a strip
along the Galactic plane with |b|<5° and l=260° to l=50°.
It uses a 13-beam receiver on the 64-m Parkes radio telescope,
receiving two polarizations per beam over a 288-MHz bandwidth centred
on 1374MHz. The receiver and data acquisition systems are described in
some detail. For pulsar periods in the range 0.1-2s and dispersion
measures of less than 300cm-3pc, the nominal limiting flux density
of the survey is about 0.2mJy. At shorter or longer periods or higher
dispersions, the sensitivity is reduced. Timing observations are
carried out for pulsars discovered in the survey for 12-18 months
after confirmation to obtain accurate positions, spin parameters,
dispersion measures, pulse shapes and mean flux densities. The survey
is proving to be extremely successful, with more than 600 pulsars
discovered so far. We expect that, when complete, this one survey will
come close to finding as many pulsars as all previous pulsar surveys
put together. The newly discovered pulsars tend to be young, distant
and of high radio luminosity. They will form a valuable sample for
studies of pulsar emission properties, the Galactic distribution and
evolution of pulsars, and as probes of interstellar medium properties.
This paper reports the timing and pulse shape parameters for the first
100 pulsars timed at Parkes, including three pulsars with periods of
less than 100ms which are members of binary systems. These results are
briefly compared with the parameters of the previously known
population.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table4.dat 96 100 Positions, flux densities and widths for 100
pulsars discovered in the Parkes Multi-Beam
Pulsar Survey
table5.dat 108 100 Period parameters and dispersion measures
table7.dat 50 100 Derived parameters
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See also:
J/MNRAS/335/275 : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey. II. (Morris+, 2002)
J/MNRAS/342/1299 : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey. III. (Kramer+, 2003)
J/MNRAS/352/1439 : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey. IV. (Hobbs+, 2004)
J/MNRAS/372/777 : Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey. VI. (Lorimer+, 2006)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 9 A9 --- PSRJ Pulsar name
11- 12 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
14- 15 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
17- 23 F7.4 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
25- 29 F5.4 s e_RAs rms uncertainty on RA
31 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
32- 33 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
35- 36 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
38- 43 F6.3 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
45- 50 F6.3 arcsec e_DEs rms uncertainty on DE
52- 57 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude
59- 63 F5.2 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
65- 66 I2 --- Beam Beam in which the pulsar was detected
68- 71 F4.2 --- bDist Radial distance of the pulsar from the beam
centre in units of the beam radius
73- 77 F5.1 --- S/N Signal-to-noise ratio of the discovery
observation from the final time-domain
folding in the search process
79- 82 F4.2 mJy S1400MHz Mean flux density at 1400MHz
84- 85 I2 10-2mJy e_S1400MHz rms uncertainty on S1400MHz
87- 92 F6.2 ms W50 Pulse width at 50% of the peak of the
mean pulse profile
94- 96 I3 ms W10 ? Pulse width at 10% of the peak of the
mean pulse profile
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 9 A9 --- PSRJ Pulsar name
11- 27 F17.15 s Per Period
29- 44 F16.15 s e_Per rms uncertainty on Per
46- 57 F12.7 10-15 dP/dt Period derivative
59- 66 F8.7 10-15 e_dP/dt rms uncertainty on dP/dt
68- 74 F7.1 d Epoch MJD of the epoch of the period
76- 77 I2 --- NTOA Number of time-of-arrival in the timing
solution
79- 83 I5 d ObsBeg MJD range covered by the timing observations
84 A1 --- --- [-]
85- 89 I5 d ObsEnd MJD range covered by the timing observations
91- 94 I4 us Res Residual rms timing residual (in µs)
96-102 F7.2 pc/cm3 DM Dispersion measure
104-108 F5.2 pc/cm3 e_DM rms uncertainty on DM
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 9 A9 --- PSRJ Pulsar name
11 A1 --- l_log(tauc) Limit flag on log(tauc)
12- 15 F4.2 [yr] log(tauc) Characteristic age, tauc = P/2(dP/dt)
17 A1 --- l_log(Bs) Limit flag on log(Bs)
18- 22 F5.2 [10-4T] log(Bs) Surface dipole magnetic field,
Bs=3.2*1019[(P.dP/dt)1/2]
24 A1 --- l_log(dE/dt) Limit flag on log(dE/dt)
25- 29 F5.2 [10-7W] log(dE/dt) Rate of loss of rotational energy (1)
31 A1 --- l_Dist Limit flag on Dist
32- 35 F4.1 kpc Dist Distance
37 A1 --- l_Z Limit flag on Z
38- 42 F5.2 kpc Z Galactic Z-distance
44 A1 --- l_L1400MHz Limit flag on L1400MHz
45- 50 F6.1 mJy/kpc2 L1400MHz Radio luminosity at L1400MHz
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Note (1): dE/dt = 4π2IP*P-3, where a neutron-star moment of inertia
I=1045g.cm2 is assumed.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
References:
Morris et al., Paper II 2002MNRAS.335..275M 2002MNRAS.335..275M, Cat. J/MNRAS/335/275
Kramer et al., Paper III 2003MNRAS.342.1299K 2003MNRAS.342.1299K, Cat. J/MNRAS/342/1299
Hobbs et al., Paper IV 2004MNRAS.352.1439H 2004MNRAS.352.1439H, Cat. J/MNRAS/352/1439
Faulkner et al., Paper V 2004MNRAS.355..147F 2004MNRAS.355..147F
Lorimer et al., Paper VI 2006MNRAS.372..777L 2006MNRAS.372..777L, Cat. J/MNRAS/372/777
(End) James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS] 30-Jan-2002