Pilot pulsar surveys with LOFAR
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| Publication date | 20-03-2013 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |
| Event | IAU Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years |
| Volume | Issue number | 8 | S291 |
| Pages (from-to) | 229-232 |
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| Abstract | We are performing two complementary pilot pulsar surveys as part of LOFAR commissioning. The LOFAR Pilot Pulsar Survey (LPPS) is a shallow all-sky survey using an incoherent combination of LOFAR stations. The LOFAR Tied-Array Survey (LOTAS) is a deeper pilot survey using 19 simultaneous tied-array beams. These will inform a forthcoming deep survey of the entire northern hemisphere, which is expected to discover hundreds of pulsars. Here we present early results from LPPS and LOTAS, among which are two independent pulsar discoveries. |
| Document type | Article |
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On behalf of the LOFAR Pulsar Working Group Proceedings title: Neutron stars and pulsars: challenges and opportunities after 80 years: proceedings of the 291st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Beijing, China, 20-24 August 2012 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Place of publication: Cambridge ISBN: 9781107033801 Editors: J. van Leeuwen |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921312023721 |
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