J/MNRAS/342/1299 Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey. III. (Kramer+, 2003)
The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey -
III. Young pulsars and the discovery and timing of 200 pulsars.
Kramer M., Bell J.F., Manchester R.N., Lyne A.G., Camilo F., Stairs I.H.,
D'Amico N., Kaspi V.M., Hobbs G., Morris D.J., Crawford F., Possenti A.,
Joshi B.C., McLaughlin M.A., Lorimer D.R., Faulkner A.J.
<Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 342, 1299 (2003)>
=2003MNRAS.342.1299K 2003MNRAS.342.1299K
ADC_Keywords: Pulsars ; Stars, radio ; Gamma rays
Keywords: pulsars: general - ISM: structure - Galaxy: structure -
gamma-rays: observations
Abstract:
The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey has unlocked vast areas of the
Galactic plane, which were previously invisible to earlier
low-frequency and less-sensitive surveys. The survey has discovered
more than 600 new pulsars so far, including many that are young and
exotic. In this paper we report the discovery of 200 pulsars for which
we present positional and spin-down parameters, dispersion measures,
flux densities and pulse profiles. A large number of these new pulsars
are young and energetic, and we review possible associations of
γ-ray sources with the sample of about 1300 pulsars for which
timing solutions are known. Based on a statistical analysis, we
estimate that about 19±6 associations are genuine. The survey has
also discovered 12 pulsars with spin properties similar to those of
the Vela pulsar, nearly doubling the known population of such neutron
stars. Studying the properties of all known 'Vela-like' pulsars, we
find their radio luminosities to be similar to normal pulsars,
implying that they are very inefficient radio sources. Finally, we
review the use of the newly discovered pulsars as Galactic probes and
discuss the implications of the new NE2001 Galactic electron density
model for the determination of pulsar distances and luminosities.
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 97 200 *Positions, flux densities and widths for 200
pulsars discovered in the Parkes Multibeam
Pulsar Survey (PMPS)
table2.dat 107 200 Periods, period derivatives and dispersion
measures for 200 pulsars discovered in the PMPS
table3.dat 51 200 Derived parameters for 200 pulsars discovered in
the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
table4.dat 111 48 EGRET point sources as listed in the 3EG
catalogue (Hartman et al., 1999, J/ApJS/123/79)
and radio pulsars positionally coincident with
their error boxes
table5.dat 40 26 Young pulsars with spin parameters similar to
the Vela pulsar
refs.dat 84 32 References
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Note on table1.dat: All pulsars were timed using the Parkes telescope.
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See also:
VII/189 : Catalog of Pulsars (Taylor+ 1995)
J/ApJS/123/79 : Third EGRET catalog (3EG) (Hartman+, 1999)
J/MNRAS/328/17 : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey. I. (Manchester+, 2001)
J/MNRAS/335/275 : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey. II. (Morris+, 2002)
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: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- PSRJ PSR J denomination
11 A1 --- n_PSRJ [J] J: pulsars that have also been timed at
Jodrell Bank
13- 14 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
16- 17 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
19- 24 F6.3 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
26- 30 F5.3 s e_RAs rms uncertainty on right ascension
32 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
33- 34 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
36- 37 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
39- 43 F5.2 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
45- 49 F5.2 arcsec e_DEs rms uncertainty on declination
51- 56 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude
58- 62 F5.2 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
64- 65 I2 --- Beam Beam in which the pulsar was detected
67- 70 F4.2 --- Dist Radial distance of the pulsar from the beam
centre in units of beam radius (∼7')
72- 76 F5.1 --- S/N Signal-to-noise ratio of the discovery
observation from the final time-domain
folding in the search process
78- 82 F5.3 mJy S1400MHz Mean flux density at 1400MHz
84- 87 F4.2 mJy e_S1400MHz rms uncertainty on S1400MHz
89- 93 F5.1 ms W50 Pulse width at 50% of the peak of the
mean pulse profile
95- 99 I5 ms W10 ? Pulse width at 10% of the peak of the
mean pulse profile
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- PSRJ PSR J designation
11 A1 --- n_PSRJ [B] B: binary pulsar
12 A1 --- f_PSRJ [*] Note (1)
14- 28 F15.13 s Per Period
31- 45 F15.13 s e_Per rms uncertainty on Per
47- 55 F9.5 10-15 dPer/dt Period derivative
58- 64 F7.5 10-15 e_dPer/dt rms uncertainty on dPer/dt
67- 71 I5 d ObsMJD Modified Julan date of observation (MJD)
73- 75 I3 --- NtA Number of time of arrivals
78- 82 I5 d Span1 Range covered, MJD of beginning
83 A1 --- --- [-]
84- 88 I5 d Span2 Range covered, MJD of ending
90- 94 F5.2 ms Res rms of the post-fit residual
96-102 F7.2 cm3/pc DM Dispersion measure
104-107 F4.2 cm3/pc e_DM rms uncertainty on DM
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Note (1): *: pulsar which exhibit significant timing noise that has been
removed, to first order, by the fitting of a period second derivative.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- PSRJ PSR J designation
13- 16 F4.2 [yr] logTc Characteristic age
19- 23 F5.2 [10-4T] logBs Surface magnetic dipole field strength
26- 30 F5.2 [10-7W] log(Edot) Rate of rotational energy loss
33- 36 F4.1 kpc Dist Distance derived from the DM and the
Taylor & Cordes (1993ApJ...411..674T 1993ApJ...411..674T) model
39- 43 F5.2 kpc Z Inferred Z-height (over the Galactic plane)
46- 51 F6.1 mJy/kpc2 L1400MHz Radio luminosity at 1400MHz corresponding
to Z
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 9 A9 --- 3EGJ 3EG J denomination (J/ApJS/123/79)
11 A1 --- ID [PAG?] Identification listed in
the 3EG catalog (1)
13- 17 F5.2 10-13W/m2 Flux Flux for E>100MeV,
in 10-10erg/s/cm2
19- 22 F4.2 10-13W/m2 e_Flux rms uncertainty on Flux
24- 27 F4.2 --- Var Variability index, from McLaughlin
(2001, PhD thesis, Cornell Univ.)
29- 32 F4.2 deg Theta95 Size of the 95 per cent error-box
34- 43 A10 --- PSR Associated pulsar (2)
44 A1 --- n_PSR [+] +: Name and parameters based on
preliminary timing solution
46- 49 F4.2 --- DPos Relative positional difference
51- 54 F4.1 kpc DistTC Taylor & Cordes, 1993ApJ...411..674T 1993ApJ...411..674T
model dispersion measure distance
55 A1 --- n_DistTC [*] *: Distance obtained by
independent estimate, used
for (Edot)/d2
57 A1 --- l_Dist Limit flag on Dist
58- 62 F5.2 kpc Dist Distance from new NE2001, Cordes &
Lazio (2002, 0207156) (3)
64- 72 F9.1 kyr Tc Characteristic age
75- 79 F5.2 [10-7W] log(Edot) Spin-down luminosity Edot=dE/dt (3)
82- 86 F5.2 [10-7W/kpc2] log(Edot/d2) Spin-down flux value (3)
88- 97 F10.2 % eta Gamma-ray efficiency for a
beaming fraction of 1/4π
99-100 A2 --- Q Likelihood of a genuine association
(+, -, +? or ?)
103-112 A10 --- Refs References to the pulsar and/or
already proposed associations,
in refs.dat file
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Note (1): Identification:
P: pulsar (indicates detection of pulsed gamma radiation)
A: active galactic nucleus
G: galaxy
Note (2): Several pulsars may be associated to one Egret source.
EGRET point sources listed have relative positional difference
less than or equal to the size of the error-box. Sources for which
associations have been proposed in the literature are also listed.
Note (3): NE2001 distance estimate is used to derive the (Edot)/d2
value and the gamma-ray efficiency, for a beaming fraction of 1/4PI,
using the quoted spin-down luminosity.
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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- 10 A10 --- PSR PSR designation
12- 16 F5.1 ms Per Period
19- 21 I3 kyr Tc Characteristic age, 10←Tc←100kyr
24- 27 F4.1 10+29W Edot Spin-down luminosity (1036erg/s)
29- 34 A6 --- Refs References, detailed in refs.dat file
37- 40 A4 --- Notes Notes (1)
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Note (1): Pulsars marked with G are known to exhibit glitches, while sources
labelled with E are or may be associated with EGRET point sources.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 A2 --- Ref Reference number
4- 22 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
24- 51 A28 --- Aut Author's name
53- 84 A32 --- Com Comments
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
References:
Manchester et al., Paper I 2001MNRAS.328...17M 2001MNRAS.328...17M, Cat. J/MNRAS/328/17
Morris et al., Paper II 2002MNRAS.335..275M 2002MNRAS.335..275M, Cat. J/MNRAS/335/275
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] 12-Sep-2003