LOFAR: A powerful tool for pulsar studies

Details LOFAR: A powerful tool for pulsar studies LOFAR: A powerful tool for pulsar studies

2007-01-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701229v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Proceedings of the 363. WE-Heraeus Seminar on: Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Posters and contributed talks) Physikzentrum Bad Hon

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The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR, will have the sensitivity, bandwidth, frequency range and processing power to revolutionise low-frequency pulsar studies. We present results of simulations that indicate that a LOFAR survey will find approximately 1500 new pulsars. These new pulsars will give us a much better understanding of the low end of the luminosity function and thus allow for a much more precise estimate of the true total local pulsar population. The survey will also be very sensitive to the ultra-steep spectrum pulsars, RRATs, and the pulsed radio emission from objects like Geminga and AXPs. We will also show that by enabling us to observe single pulses from hundreds of pulsars, including many millisecond pulsars, LOFAR opens up new possibilities for the study of emission physics.

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