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| Discovery of a New Millisecond Pulsar |
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The Fermi Space Telescope has detected a large excess of gamma-ray emission towards the galactic center. The leading hypothesis is that this emission originates from a population of pulsars at the galactic center. However, these pulsars cannot be easily detected by looking for radio pulsations due to the large angular scattering that smears the pulsed emission at the galactic center. We thus searched for radio sources within a 2.5 degree radius of the galactic center, and identified as pulsar candidates the ones whose power-law spectra is characteristic of pulsars. After creating a list of potential candidates, we conducted radio observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array to identify whether our candidates could be a plausible pulsar candidate. Following this, we conducted pulsation searches at different frequencies with the Green Bank Telescope, to identify whether the candidate is a pulsar. I will be presenting on our method of identifying pulsar candidates, the radio observations and our findings. Following this, I will be explaining how this hybrid method applies into one of my current graduate projects. |
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11 |
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Science Building Texas Tech University, Physics & Astronomy Department, Box 41051, Lubbock, TX 79409-1051
Room: 103/106 - board #: G2-4 |
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| 06-Oct-2017 |
14:00 (America/Chicago) |
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02h00' |
| Primary Authors: |
BHAKTA, Deven (TTU Graduate Student) |
| Presenters: |
BHAKTA, Deven |
| Material: |
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| Included in session: |
Group 2 |
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