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PSR J1717-4054的三个离散零时标

The Three Discrete Nulling Timescales of PSR J1717-4054

Matthew Kerr, George Hobbs, Ryan Shannon, Mitchell Kiczynski, Robert Hollow, Simon Johnston

摘要:

PSR J1717-4054是在中间(~小时)时间尺度上无效的小类雷达之一。这类双极星代表了经典零化星和间歇性双极星之间的重要联系,前者的发射在几个旋转周期内消失,后者则会持续数月甚至数年。利用Parkes射电望远镜和澳大利亚望远镜紧凑阵,我们研究了PSR J1717-4054在单脉冲到数年的时间间隔内的发射。我们已经确定和特点零在三个离散的时间尺度:脉冲星发射在“活动状态”期间由零持续数千次旋转,而活动状态本身被中断的零与双峰分布的持续时间;一到两个旋转,或数十次旋转。我们没有检测到子脉冲结构或通量密度变化在活跃状态,我们把严格的限制(<0.1%的平均活跃通量密度)的脉冲发射在非活跃状态。最后,我们的高质量数据还使我们能够首次测量PSR J1717-4054的许多重要特性,包括它的位置,自旋下降率,光谱,偏振特性和脉冲展宽在星际介质中。

英文摘要:

PSR J1717-4054 is one of the small class of pulsars which null on intermediate (~hour) timescales. Such pulsars represent an important link between classical nullers, whose emission vanishes for a few rotations, and the intermittent pulsars which null for months and years. Using the Parkes radio telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array, we have studied the emission from PSR J1717-4054 over intervals from single pulses to years. We have identified and characterised nulling at three discrete timescales: the pulsar emits during "active states" separated by nulls lasting many thousands of rotations, while active states themselves are interrupted by nulls with a bimodal distribution of durations; one to two rotations, or tens of rotations. We detect no subpulse structure or flux density variations during active states, and we place stringent limits (<0.1% of the mean active flux density) on pulsed emission during inactive states. Finally, our high-quality data have also allowed us to measure for the first time many important properties of PSR J1717-4054, including its position, spindown rate, spectrum, polarization characteristics, and pulse broadening in the interstellar medium.

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