Targeted Searches for Pulsars and Fast Transients

Joeri van Leeuwen

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1. Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Joeri  van  Leeuwen
   

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2. Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Joeri  van  Leeuwen
   

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3. Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Joeri  van  Leeuwen
   

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4. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
   Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Science  –  TS  1
   Radio-­‐‑quiet  neutron  stars
   
   Geminga
   
   

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5. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
   Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Science  –  TS  1
   Radio-­‐‑quiet  neutron  stars
   
   Fermi  gamma-­‐‑ray  pulsars
   
   

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6. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
   Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Science  –  TS  1
   Radio-­‐‑quiet  neutron  stars
   
   
   
   
   
   Commissioning:
   several  AXPs  (JVL)
   Fermi  sources  (TC)
   
   Cycle  0  Proposed:
   8  sources,  @    4  hour  each
   
   
   

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7. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
   Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Science  –  TS  2
   High-­‐‑energy  sources
   
   Pulsar  wind  nebulae
   
   

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8. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
   Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Science  –  TS  2
   High-­‐‑energy  sources
   
   Supernova  remnants
   
   

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9. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
   Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
   Science  –  TS  2
   High-­‐‑energy  sources
   
   Unidentified  Fermi  sources  (MSPs)
   
   

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10. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Science  –  TS  2
    High-­‐‑energy  sources
    
    SNRs,  PNWe,  Fermi  UNID
    
    
    
    
    Cycle  0  proposed:
    
    ~10  of  the  newest  nebulae,  SNRs,  
    Fermi  unidentified  sources.
    
    3-­‐‑hr  integrations  with  the  
    single-­‐‑clock    core,  competitive  
    and  at  lower  frequency.
    

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11. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Science  –  TS  3
    Nearby  galaxies  and  globular  clusters
    
    GC  M15
    
    

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12. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Science  –  TS  3
    Nearby  galaxies  and  globular  clusters
    
    127  beams  on  M31
    
    

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13. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Science  –  TS  3
    Nearby  galaxies  and  globular  clusters
    
    127  beams  on  M31
    
    

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14. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Science  –  TS  3
    Nearby  galaxies  and  globular  clusters
    
    
    
    
    
    5  highest-­‐‑ranked  candidates  from  vL&S10,
    based  on  mass  and  collision  number.
    
    Cycle  0  proposed:  4  hrs  each
    

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15. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Science  –  TS  4
    Promising  imaging  sources
    
    
    
    For  beam-­‐‑formed  follow-­‐‑up  of  sources  such  as  ILT  J0320.3+5512.
    ~20  sources/semester,  @  30-­‐‑min  integrations  totals  10  hrs
    
    

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16. Van  Leeuwen TKP  DEC  12
    Targeted  Searches  for  Pulsars  and  Fast  Transients
    Summary
    
    Deep  pulsar  searches  towards  promising  associations  –  90  hrs  total
    
    

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