Abstract
Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) and Pulsar Spigot at 350 MHz, we have surveyed the Northern Galactic Plane for pulsars and radio transients. This survey covers roughly 1000 square degrees of sky within 75°<l<165° and b<5.5°, a region of the Galactic Plane inaccessible to both the Parkes and Arecibo multibeam surveys. The large gain of the GBT along with the high time and frequency resolution provided by the Spigot make this survey more sensitive by factors of about 4 to slow pulsars and more than 10 to millisecond pulsars (MSPs), compared with previous surveys of this area. In a preliminary, reduced-resolution search of all the survey data, we have discovered 33 new pulsars, almost doubling the number of known pulsars in this part of the Galaxy. While most of these sources were discovered by normal periodicity searches, 5 of these sources were first identified through single, dispersed bursts. We discuss the interesting properties of some of these new sources. Data processing using the data's full-resolution is ongoing, with the goal of uncovering MSPs missed by our first, coarse round of processing.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 40 Years Of Pulsars |
Subtitle of host publication | Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More |
Pages | 613-615 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Volume | 983 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 20 2008 |
Event | 40 Years Of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: Aug 12 2007 → Aug 17 2007 |
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Other | 40 Years Of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More |
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Country | Canada |
City | Montreal, QC |
Period | 8/12/07 → 8/17/07 |
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Keywords
- GBT
- Pulsar
- Radio
- RRAT
- Survey
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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The GBT350 survey of the northern galactic plane for radio pulsars and transients. / Hessels, J. W.T.; Ransom, S. M.; Kaspi, V. M.; Roberts, Mallory; Champion, D. J.; Stappers, B. W.
40 Years Of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. Vol. 983 2008. p. 613-615.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AU - Champion, D. J.
AU - Stappers, B. W.
PY - 2008/3/20
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KW - Radio
KW - RRAT
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DO - 10.1063/1.2900310
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