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Parkes observations for project P1011 semester 2019APRS_10

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Title Parkes observations for project P1011 semester 2019APRS_10
 
Creator Fabian Jankowski
 
Subject Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
 
Description Pulsars with features in their radio spectra, such as curvature or breaks seem to be special cases among the known pulsar population, with only about 20 per cent exhibiting them. Unfortunately, reliable flux density measurements besides at 1.4 GHz are often unavailable, so that their spectral morphologies and features cannot be determined accurately. We propose to utilize the unique capabilities of the newly commissioned UWL receiver at the Parkes telescope, its extremely wide instantaneous frequency coverage from about 700 to 4000 MHz together with its high sensitivity, to determine the spectra of 26 radio pulsars. These have previously been identified to exhibit spectral features or show hints thereof. The new Parkes data are crucial to determine their spectral morphologies in that frequency range, to characterize their spectral features and to resolve these within the recorded bandwidth. Our aim is to understand the physical origin of the features, namely, whether these are perhaps intrinsic to the pulsar emission in these sources, are caused by absorption processes inside the pulsar's magnetosphere, or along the line of sight.
 
Publisher CSIRO
 
Contributor Benjamin Stappers
Evan Keane
 
Date 2019-06-02
 
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Identifier csiro:39985
 
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