Searching for γ-ray emission from LOTAAS pulsars

The LOw-Frequency ARray(LOFAR)has recently conducted a survey(LOFAR Tied-Array Allsky Survey;LOTAAS)for pulsars in the Northern hemisphere that resulted in discoveries of 73 new pulsars.For the purpose of studying the properties of these pulsars,we search for theirγ-ray counterparts using the all-sky survey data obtained with the Large Area Telescope(LAT)onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope(Fermi).We analyze the LAT data for 70 LOTAAS pulsars(excluding two millisecond pulsars and one with the longest known spin period of 23.5 s).We find one candidate counterpart to PSR J1017+30,which should be searched for theγ-ray pulsation signal once its timing solution is available.For other LOTAAS pulsars,we derive their 0.3-500 GeV flux upper limits.In order to compare the LOTAAS pulsars with the knownγ-ray pulsars,we also derive the 0.3-500 GeVγ-ray fluxes for 112 of the latter contained in the Fermi LAT fourth source catalog.Based on the properties of theγ-ray pulsars,we derive upper limits on the spin-down luminosities of the LOTAAS pulsars.The upper limits are not very constraining but help suggest that most of the LOTAAS pulsars probably have<10³³ erg s^-1 spin-down luminosities and are not expected to be detectable with Fermi LAT.     

蜘蛛脉冲星掩食现象的研究进展

蜘蛛脉冲星的发现是研究毫秒脉冲星演化的重要进展,它们被认为可能是孤立毫秒脉冲星的来源之一。蜘蛛脉冲星系统含有丰富的观测现象,其中最重要的就是脉冲星的掩食。掩食脉冲星的研究可以帮助理解脉冲双星的演化、球状星团的形成和星际介质等。介绍了近年来脉冲星掩食研究的主要进展,包括脉冲星的掩食特点,掩食脉冲星系统的统计和举例,并阐述了常用的掩食机制。在未来10年里,随着超高灵敏度和超快巡天速度的射电望远镜的投入使用,如平方公里阵列射电望远镜(Square Kilometre Array, SKA)等,掩食脉冲星的研究有望打开新局面,并对掩食机制理论的发展产生积极的影响,帮助解决一些未解之谜。