Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2011
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 742, Issue 2, article id. 126 (2011).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Gamma Rays: Stars, Pulsars: General
Scientific paper
We quantitatively establish the sensitivity to the detection of young to middle-aged, isolated, gamma-ray pulsars through blind searches of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data using a Monte Carlo simulation. We detail a sensitivity study of the time-differencing blind search code used to discover gamma-ray pulsars in the first year of observations. We simulate 10,000 pulsars across a broad parameter space and distribute them across the sky. We replicate the analysis in the Fermi LAT First Source Catalog to localize the sources, and the blind search analysis to find the pulsars. We analyze the results and discuss the effect of positional error and spin frequency on gamma-ray pulsar detections. Finally, we construct a formula to determine the sensitivity of the blind search and present a sensitivity map assuming a standard set of pulsar parameters. The results of this study can be applied to population studies and are useful in characterizing unidentified LAT sources.
Atwood William B.
Belfiore Andrea
Dormody Michael
Grenier Isabelle A.
Johnson Randall P.
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