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LOFAR脉冲星观测的散射分析

Scattering analysis of LOFAR pulsar observations

Marisa Geyer, Aris Karastergiou, Vladislav I. Kondratiev, Kimon Zagkouris, Michael Kramer, Benjamin W. Stappers, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, Jason W. T. Hessels, D… 展开作者

Marisa Geyer, Aris Karastergiou, Vladislav I. Kondratiev, Kimon Zagkouris, Michael Kramer, Benjamin W. Stappers, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, Jason W. T. Hessels, Daniele Michilli, Maura Pilia, Charlotte Sobey

摘要:

本文测量了13颗具有简单脉冲形状的射电望远镜的星际散射对平均脉冲轮廓的影响。我们使用LOFAR高频段天线的数据,频率在110和190 MHz之间。我们应用前向拟合技术,并同时确定的内在脉冲形状,假设单高斯分量的档案。我们发现,常数$τ$,与散射由一个单一的薄屏幕,具有幂律依赖于频率$τ\propto ν^{-α}$,与指数范围从$α= 1.50$到$4.0$,尽管最简单的理论模型预测$α= 4.0$或$4.4$。模拟屏幕作为一个各向同性或极端各向异性散射体,我们发现各向异性散射适合导致更大的幂律指数,往往更好地与理论预期值。我们比较的散射模型的基础上推断,频率相关的参数的固有脉冲,以及由此产生的校正的色散测量(DM)。我们强调极端各向异性散射的情况下,适合是有吸引力的,同时强调,数据并不严格有利于任何13个historars模型。的散射显示异常的散射特性,是符合有限的散射屏幕和/或各向异性,但这些数据本身并不提供一个明确的表征屏幕的手段。我们重新审视经验$τ$与DM的关系,并考虑我们的结果如何支持频率依赖性的$α$。甚长基线干涉测量法以及对这些源在较高频率下的散射和闪烁特性的观测将提供进一步的证据。

英文摘要:

We measure the effects of interstellar scattering on average pulse profiles from 13 radio pulsars with simple pulse shapes. We use data from the LOFAR High Band Antennas, at frequencies between 110 and 190~MHz. We apply a forward fitting technique, and simultaneously determine the intrinsic pulse shape, assuming single Gaussian component profiles. We find that the constant $τ$, associated with scattering by a single thin screen, has a power-law dependence on frequency $τ\propto ν^{-α}$, with indices ranging from $α= 1.50$ to $4.0$, despite simplest theoretical models predicting $α= 4.0$ or $4.4$. Modelling the screen as an isotropic or extremely anisotropic scatterer, we find anisotropic scattering fits lead to larger power-law indices, often in better agreement with theoretically expected values. We compare the scattering models based on the inferred, frequency dependent parameters of the intrinsic pulse, and the resulting correction to the dispersion measure (DM). We highlight the cases in which fits of extreme anisotropic scattering are appealing, while stressing that the data do not strictly favour either model for any of the 13 pulsars. The pulsars show anomalous scattering properties that are consistent with finite scattering screens and/or anisotropy, but these data alone do not provide the means for an unambiguous characterization of the screens. We revisit the empirical $τ$ versus DM relation and consider how our results support a frequency dependence of $α$. Very long baseline interferometry, and observations of the scattering and scintillation properties of these sources at higher frequencies, will provide further evidence.

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