Timing Observations of Rotating Radio Transients (2009)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Keane, E. F., Kramer, M., Miller, J. J., Lorimer, D. R., ...
We present radio timing measurements of six rotating radio transient (RRAT) sources discovered in the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey. These provide four new phase-connected timing solutions and two...
Pulsar science with the Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (2009)
Smits, R., Lorimer, D. R., Kramer, M., Manchester, R., Stappers, B., Jin, C. J., ...
With a collecting area of 70 000 m^2, the Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) will allow for great advances in pulsar astronomy. We have performed simulations to estimate the...
Double and single recycled pulsars: an evolutionary puzzle? (2009)
Belczynski, K., Lorimer, D. R., Ridley, J. P., Curran, S. J.
We investigate the statistics of isolated recycled pulsars and double neutron star binaries in the Galactic disk. Since recycled pulsars are believed to form through accretion and spinup in close...
New Limits on Radio Emission from X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars (2009)
Kondratiev, V. I., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Turolla, R., ...
We have carried out a search for radio emission at 820 MHz from six X-ray dim isolated neutron stars with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Radio Telescope. No transient or pulsed emission was found...
Discovery of the energetic pulsar J1747-2809 in the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1 (2009)
Camilo, F., Ransom, S. M., Gaensler, B. M., Lorimer, D. R.
The supernova remnant G0.9+0.1 has long been inferred to contain a central energetic pulsar. In observations with the NRAO Green Bank Telescope at 2 GHz, we have detected radio pulsations from PSR...
Discovery of three new pulsars in a 610 MHz pulsar survey with the GMRT (2009)
Joshi, B. C., McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Ludovici, D. A., Pawar, N. A., Faulkner, A. J., ...
We report on the discovery of three new pulsars in the first blind survey of the north Galactic plane (45 degrees < l < 135 degrees; |b| < 1 degrees with the Giant Meterwave Radio telescope (GMRT) at...
A new technique for timing the double pulsar system (2009)
Freire, P. C. C., Wex, N., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., Stairs, I. H., ...
In 2004, McLaughlin et al. discovered a phenomenon in the radio emission of PSR J0737-3039B (B) that resembles drifting sub-pulses. The repeat rate of the sub-pulses is equal to the spin frequency of...
Crawford, F., Lorimer, D. R., Devour, B. M., Takacs, B. P., Kondratiev, V. I.
X-ray pulsations with a 6.85 s period were recently detected in the SMC and were subsequently identified as originating from the Be/X-ray binary system XTE J0103-728. The recent localization of the...
Arecibo pulsar survey using ALFA: probing radio pulsar intermittency and transients (2009)
Deneva, J. S., Cordes, J. M., McLaughlin, M. A., Nice, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., Crawford, F., ...
We present radio transient search algorithms, results, and statistics from the ongoing Arecibo Pulsar ALFA (PALFA) survey of the Galactic plane. We have discovered seven objects through a search for...
Arecibo pulsar survey using ALFA: probing radio pulsar intermittency and transients (2009)
Deneva, J. S., Cordes, J. M., McLaughlin, M. A., Nice, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., Crawford, F., ...
We present radio transient search algorithms, results, and statistics from the ongoing Arecibo Pulsar ALFA (PALFA) survey of the Galactic plane. We have discovered seven objects through a search for...
Arecibo Pulsar Survey Using ALFA. III. Probing Radio Pulsar Intermittency and Transients (2008)
Deneva, J. S., Cordes, J. M., McLaughlin, M. A., Nice, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., Crawford, F., ...
We present radio transient search algorithms, results, and statistics from the ongoing Arecibo Pulsar ALFA (PALFA) Survey of the Galactic plane. We have discovered seven objects by detecting isolated...
Binary and Millisecond Pulsars (2008)
We review the main properties, demographics and applications of binary and millisecond radio pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to...
Pulsar searches and timing with the SKA (2008)
Smits, R., Kramer, M., Stappers, B., Lorimer, D. R., Cordes, J., Faulkner, A.
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a planned multi purpose radio telescope with a collecting area approaching 1 million square metres. One of the key science objectives of the SKA is to provide...
Hessels, J. W. T., Nice, D. J., Gaensler, B. M., Kaspi, V. M., Lorimer, D. R., Champion, D. J., ...
We present the discovery of the Vela-like radio pulsar J1856+0245 in the Arecibo PALFA survey. PSR J1856+0245 has a spin period of 81ms, a characteristic age of 21kyr, and a spin-down luminosity Edot...
PSR J1410-6132: A young, energetic pulsar associated with EGRET source 3EG J1410-6147 (2008)
O'Brien, J. T., Johnston, S., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Bailes, M., Possenti, A., ...
We present the discovery of PSR J1410-6132, a 50-ms pulsar found during a high-frequency survey of the Galactic plane, using a 7-beam 6.3-GHz receiver on the 64-m Parkes radio telescope. The pulsar...
An Eccentric Binary Millisecond Pulsar in the Galactic Plane (2008)
Champion, D. J., Ransom, S. M., Lazarus, P., Camilo, F., Bassa, C., Kaspi, V. M., ...
Binary pulsar systems are superb probes of stellar and binary evolution and the physics of extreme environments. In a survey with the Arecibo telescope, we have found PSR J1903+0327, a radio pulsar...
An eccentric binary millisecond pulsar in the Galactic plane (2008)
Champion, D.J., Ransom, S.M., Lazarus, P., Camilo, F., Bassa, C., Kaspi, V.M., ...
Binary pulsar systems are superb probes of stellar and binary evolution and the physics of extreme environments. In a survey with the Arecibo telescope, we have found PSR J1903+ 0327, a radio pulsar...
The discovery of an eccentric millisecond pulsar in the Galactic plane (2008)
Champion, D.J., Ransom, S.M., Lazarus, P., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V.M., Nice, D.J., ...
The evolution of binary systems is governed by their orbital properties and the stellar density of the local environment. Studies of neutron stars in binary star systems offer unique insights into...
Hessels, J.W.T., Nice, D.J., Gaensler, B.M., Kaspi, V.M., Lorimer, D.R., Champion, D.J., ...
We present the discovery of the Vela-like radio pulsar J1856+0245 in the Arecibo PALFA survey. PSR J1856+0245 has a spin period of 81 ms, a characteristic age of 21 kyr, and a spin-down luminosity...
A 610-MHz Galactic Plane Pulsar Search with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (2007)
Joshi, B. C., McLaughlin, M. A., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Lorimer, D. R., Ludovici, D. A., ...
We report on the discovery of three new pulsars in the first blind survey of the north Galactic plane (45 < l < 135 ; |b| < 1) with the Giant Meterwave Radio telescope (GMRT) at an intermediate...
A Search for Pulsed and Bursty Radio Emission from X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars (2007)
Kondratiev, V. I., Burgay, M., Possenti, A., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Turolla, R., ...
We have carried out a search for radio emission from six X-ray dim isolated neutron stars (XDINSs) observed with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Radio Telescope (GBT) at 820 MHz. No bursty or pulsed...
A bright millisecond radio burst of extragalactic origin (2007)
Lorimer, D. R., Bailes, M., McLaughlin, M. A., Narkevic, D. J., Crawford, F.
Pulsar surveys offer one of the few opportunities to monitor even a small fraction (~0.00001) of the radio sky for impulsive burst-like events with millisecond durations. In analysis of archival...
McLaughlin, M. A., Rea, N., Gaensler, B. M., Chatterjee, S., Camilo, F., Kramer, M., ...
PSR J1819-1458 is a rotating radio transient (RRAT) source with an inferred surface dipole magnetic field strength of 5e13 G and a 4.26-s spin period. We present XMM-Newton observations of the X-ray...
Age constraints in the double pulsar system J0737-3039 (2007)
Lorimer, D. R., Freire, P. C. C., Stairs, I. H., Kramer, M., McLaughlin, M. A., Burgay, M., ...
We investigate the age constraints that can be placed on the double pulsar system using models for the spin-down of the first-born 22.7-ms pulsar A and the 2.77-s pulsar B with characteristic ages of...
PSR J1453+1902 and the radio luminosities of solitary versus binary millisecond pulsars (2007)
Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., Champion, D. J., Stairs, I. H.
We present 3 yr of timing observations for PSR J1453+1902, a 5.79-ms pulsar discovered during a 430-MHz drift-scan survey with the Arecibo telescope. Our observations show that PSR J1453+1902 is...
A flexible format for exchanging pulsar data (2006)
Lorimer, D. R., Seiradakis, John H.
We describe a data format currently in use amongst European institutions for exchanging and archiving pulsar data. The format is designed to be as flexible as possible with regard to present and...
Tests of general relativity from timing the double pulsar (2006)
Kramer, M., Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Ferdman, R. D., ...
The double pulsar system, PSR J0737-3039A/B, is unique in that both neutron stars are detectable as radio pulsars. This, combined with significantly higher mean orbital velocities and accelerations...
Lorimer, D. R., Faulkner, A. J., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Kramer, M., McLaughlin, M. A., ...
[ABRIDGED] We present the discovery and follow-up observations of 142 pulsars found in the Parkes 20-cm multibeam pulsar survey of the Galactic plane. These new discoveries bring the total number of...
Discovery of two pulsars towards the Galactic Centre (2006)
Johnston, Simon, Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., McLaughlin, M., Klein, B., ...
We report the discovery of two highly dispersed pulsars in the direction of the Galactic Centre made during a survey at 3.1 GHz with the Parkes radio telescope. Both PSRs J1745-2912 and J1746-2856...
A periodically active pulsar giving insight into magnetospheric physics (2006)
Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., O'Brien, J. T., Jordan, C. A., Lorimer, D. R.
PSR B1931+24 (J1933+2421) behaves as an ordinary isolated radio pulsar during active phases that are 5-10 days long. However, the radio emission switches off in less than 10 seconds and remains...
Arecibo and the ALFA Pulsar Survey (2006)
Van Leeuwen, J., Cordes, J. M., Lorimer, D. R., Freire, P. C. C., Camilo, F., Stairs, I. H., ...
The recently started Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA) pulsar survey aims to find ~1000 new pulsars. Due to its high time and frequency resolution the survey is especially sensitive to millisecond...
Arecibo pulsar survey using ALFA. II. the young, highly relativistic binary pulsar J1906+0746 (2006)
Lorimer, D.R., Stairs, I.H., Freire, P.C., Deshpande, A.A., Ramachandran, R. Et Al.
Restricted Access till March 2009. (3 year embargo). An open access version is available at arXiv.org.
Arecibo pulsar survey using ALFA. I. survey strategy and first discoveries (2006)
Cordes, J.M., Freire, P.C.C., Lorimer, D.R., Deshpande, A.A., Ramachandran, R. Et Al.
Restricted Access till January 2009. (3 year embargo). An open access version is available at arXiv.org.
Arecibo and the ALFA Pulsar Survey (2006)
Leeuwen, J. Van, Cordes, J.M., Lorimer, D.R., Freire, P.C.C., Camilo, F., Stairs, I.H., ...
The recently started Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA) pulsar survey aims to find ¿ 1000 new pulsars. Due to its high time and frequency resolution the survey is especially sensitive to millisecond...
Arecibo Pulsar Survey Using ALFA. II. The Young, Highly Relativistic Binary Pulsar J1906+0746 (2006)
Lorimer, D.R., Stairs, I.H., Cordes, J.M., Camilo, F., Faulkner, A.J., ...
We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0746, a young 144 ms pulsar in a highly relativistic 3.98 hr orbit with an eccentricity of 0.085 and expected gravitational wave coalescence time of ~300 Myr. The...
Transient radio bursts from rotating neutron stars (2005)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Lorimer, D. R., Kramer, M., Faulkner, A. J., Manchester, R. N., ...
The `radio sky' is relatively unexplored for transient signals, although the potential of radio-transient searches is high, as demonstrated recently by the discovery of a previously unknown type of...
The young, highly relativistic binary pulsar J1906+0746 (2005)
Lorimer, D. R., Stairs, I. H., Freire, P. C. C., Cordes, J. M., Camilo, F., Faulkner, A. J., ...
We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0746, a young 144-ms pulsar in a highly relativistic 3.98-hr orbit with an eccentricity of 0.085 and expected gravitational wave coalescence time of 300 Myr. The...
Binary and Millisecond Pulsars (2005)
We review the main properties, demographics and applications of binary and millisecond radio pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to...
A survey for pulsars in EGRET error boxes (2005)
Champion, D. J., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R.
As part of an effort to associate the unidentified EGRET gamma-ray sources with pulsars, error boxes for 19 sources were searched using Arecibo at 327-MHz. The sources were chosen to be out-of-plane...
PSR J1833-1034: Discovery of the Central Young Pulsar in the Supernova Remnant G21.5-0.9 (2005)
Camilo, F., Ransom, S. M., Gaensler, B. M., Slane, P. O., Lorimer, D. R., Reynolds, J., ...
We have discovered the pulsar associated with the supernova remnant G21.5-0.9. PSR J1833-1034, with spin period P = 61.8 ms and dispersion measure 169 pc/cc, is very faint, with pulse-averaged flux...
Arecibo Pulsar Survey Using ALFA. I. Survey Strategy and First Discoveries (2005)
Cordes, J. M., Freire, P. C. C., Lorimer, D. R., Camilo, F., Champion, D. J., Nice, D. J., ...
We report results from the initial stage of a long-term pulsar survey of the Galactic plane using the Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA), a seven-beam receiver operating at 1.4 GHz with 0.3 GHz...
Arecibo timing and single-pulse observations of 17 pulsars (2005)
Champion, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., Xilouris, K. M., Arzoumanian, Z., Freire, P. C. C., ...
We report on timing and single-pulse observations of 17 pulsars discovered at the Arecibo observatory. The highlights of our sample are the recycled pulsars J1829+2456, J1944+0907 and the drifting...
Stairs, I. H., Faulkner, A. J., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., ...
We report the discovery of three binary millisecond pulsars during the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey of the Galactic Plane. The objects are highly recycled and are in orbits of many tens of days...
A statistical study of 233 pulsar proper motions (2005)
Hobbs, G., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M.
We present and analyse a catalogue of 233 pulsars with proper motion measurements. The sample contains a wide variety of pulsars including recycled objects and those associated with globular clusters...
Discovery of 10 pulsars in an Arecibo drift-scan survey (2005)
Lorimer, D. R., Xilouris, K. M., Fruchter, A. S., Stairs, I. H., Camilo, F., Vazquez, A. M., ...
We present the results of a 430-MHz survey for pulsars conducted during the upgrade to the 305-m Arecibo radio telescope. Our survey covered a total of 1147 square degrees of sky using a drift-scan...
Testing GR with the Double Pulsar: Recent Results (2005)
Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., McLaughlin, M., Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., ...
This first ever double pulsar system consists of two pulsars orbiting the common center of mass in a slightly eccentric orbit of only 2.4-hr duration. The pair of pulsars with pulse periods of 22 ms...
Long-term variations in the pulse emission from PSR J0737-3039B (2005)
Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Kramer, M., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., ...
Analysis of 20 months of observations at the Parkes radio telescope shows secular changes in the pulsed emission from J0737-3039B, the 2.77 s pulsar of the double-pulsar system. Pulse profiles are...
The Mean Pulse Profile of PSR J0737-3039A (2005)
Manchester, R N, Kramer, M, Possenti, A, Lyne, A G, Burgay, M, Stairs, I H, ...
General relativity predicts that the spin axes of the pulsars in the double-pulsar system (PSR J0737-3039A/B) will precess rapidly, in general leading to a change in the observed pulse profiles. We...
Long-term variations in the pulse emission from PSR J0737-3039B (2005)
Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., ...
No abstract available.
The mean pulse profile of PSR J0737-3039A (2005)
Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, Possenti, A., Lyne, A.G., Burgay, M., Stairs, I.H., ...
No abstract available.
Long-term variations in the pulse emission from PSR J0737-3039B (2005)
Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., ...
Abstract not available.
The mean pulse profile of PSR J0737-3039A (2005)
Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, Possenti, A., Lyne, A. G., Burgay, M., Stairs, I. H., ...
No abstract available.
Long-term variations in the pulse emission from PSR J0737-3039B (2005)
Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., ...
No abstract available.
The mean pulse profile of PSR J0737-3039A (2005)
Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, Possenti, A., Lyne, A.G., Burgay, M., Stairs, I.H., ...
No abstract available.
Long-term variations in the pulse emission from PSR J0737-3039B (2005)
Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., ...
No abstract available.
The mean pulse profile of PSR J0737-3039A (2005)
Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, Possenti, A., Lyne, A.G., Burgay, M., Stairs, I.H., ...
No abstract available.
Long-term variations in the pulse emission from PSR J0737-3039B (2005)
Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., ...
Abstract not available.
The mean pulse profile of PSR J0737-3039A (2005)
Manchester, Richard N., Kramer, Michael, Possenti, A., Lyne, A. G., Burgay, M., Stairs, I. H., ...
No abstract available.
PSR J1756-2251: a new relativistic double neutron star system (2004)
Faulkner, A. J., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., McLaughlin, M. A., Stairs, I. H., ...
We report the discovery during the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey of PSR J1756-2251, a 28.5 ms pulsar in a relativistic binary system. Subsequent timing observations showed the pulsar to have an...
Double pulsar system J0737-039 and its low-frequency observations with GMRT (2004)
Joshi, B. C, McLaughlin, M. A, Lyne, A. G, Kramer, M, Lorimer, D. R, Manchester, R. N, ...
The recent discovery of two radio pulsars, with periods of 23 ms and 2.8 s, in a tight 2.4 hour highly relativistic double neutron star binary, is one of the most significant discoveries of pulsar...
The Double Pulsar System J0737-3039: Modulation of A by B at eclipse (2004)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Lorimer, D. R., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., ...
We have investigated the eclipse of the 23-ms pulsar J0737-3039A by its 2.8-s companion PSR J0737-3039B in the recently discovered double pulsar system using data taken with the Green Bank Telescope...
The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey: V. Finding binary and millisecond pulsars (2004)
Faulkner, A. J., Stairs, I. H., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Hobbs, G., Possenti, A., ...
The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey is the most successful survey of the Galactic plane ever performed, finding over 600 pulsars in the initial processing. We report on reprocessing of all 40,000...
McLaughlin, M. A., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Lorimer, D. R., Stairs, I. H., Possenti, A., ...
We have analyzed single pulses from PSR J0737-3039B, the 2.8-s pulsar in the recently discovered double pulsar system, using data taken with the Green Bank Telescope at 820 and 1400 MHz. We report...
The Very Young Radio Pulsar J1357-6429 (2004)
Camilo, F., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Gaensler, B. M., Possenti, A., D'Amico, N., ...
We report the discovery of a radio pulsar with a characteristic age of 7300 years, making it one of the 10 apparently youngest Galactic pulsars known. PSR J1357-6429, with a spin period of P = 166 ms...
Hobbs, G., Faulkner, A., Stairs, I. H., Camilo, F., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., ...
The Parkes multibeam pulsar survey has led to the discovery of more than 700 pulsars. In this paper, we provide timing solutions, flux densities and pulse profiles for 180 of these new discoveries....
The Highly Relativistic Binary Pulsar PSR J0737-3039A: Discovery and Implications (2004)
Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Joshi, B. C., ...
PSR J0737-3039A is a millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 22.7 ms included in a double-neutron star system with an orbital period of 2.4 hrs. Its companion has also been detected as a radio...
The double pulsar -- A new testbed for relativistic gravity (2004)
Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Burgay, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., ...
The first ever double pulsar, discovered by our team a few months ago, consists of two pulsars, one with period of 22 ms and the other with a period of 2.7 s. This binary system with a period of only...
Lorimer, D. R., Freire, P. C. C.
Following a brief review of the principles of the strong equivalence principle (SEP) and tests for its violation in the strong and weak gravitational field regimes, we present preliminary results of...
Lorimer, D. R., Burgay, M., Freire, P. C. C., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Possenti, A., ...
As discussed elsewhere in these proceedings, the double pulsar system is a magnificent laboratory for gravitational physics and for studying pulsar magnetospheres. Here we consider the uses of having...
New Binary and Millisecond Pulsars from Arecibo Drift-Scan Searches (2004)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Champion, D. J., Arzoumanian, Z., Backer, D. C., Cordes, J. M., ...
We discuss four recycled pulsars found in Arecibo drift-scan searches. PSR J1944+0907 has a spin period of 5.2 ms and is isolated. The 5.8-ms pulsar J1453+19 may have a low-mass companion. We discuss...
PSR J1829+2456: a relativistic binary pulsar (2004)
Champion, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., Cordes, J. M., Arzoumanian, Z., Weisberg, J. M., ...
We report the discovery of a new binary pulsar, PSR J1829+2456, found during a mid-latitude drift-scan survey with the Arecibo telescope. Our initial timing observations show the 41-ms pulsar to be...
X-Ray Emission from the Double Pulsar System J0737-3039 (2004)
McLaughlin, M. A., Camilo, F., Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., Joshi, B. C., Kramer, M., ...
We report on a 10 ksec observation of the double pulsar system J0737-3039 obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer. We detect the system as a point source with...
A Double-Pulsar System - A Rare Laboratory for Relativistic Gravity and Plasma Physics (2004)
Lyne, A. G., Burgay, M., Kramer, M., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., ...
The clock-like properties of pulsars moving in the gravitational fields of their unseen neutron-star companions have allowed unique tests of general relativity and provided evidence for gravitational...
The double pulsar system J0737-3039: modulation of A by B at eclipse (2004)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Lorimer, D. R., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., ...
We have investigated the eclipse of the 23 ms pulsar, PSR J0737-3039A, by its 2.8 s companion PSR J0737-3039B in the recently discovered double pulsar system using data taken with the Green Bank...
The double pulsar system J0737-3039: modulation of A by B at eclipse (2004)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lyne, A. G., Lorimer, D. R., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., ...
We have investigated the eclipse of the 23 ms pulsar, PSR J0737-3039A, by its 2.8 s companion PSR J0737-3039B in the recently discovered double pulsar system using data taken with the Green Bank...
The Cosmic Coalescence Rates for Double Neutron Star Binaries (2003)
Kalogera, V., Kim, C., Lorimer, D. R., Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., ...
This manuscript is an updated version of Kalogera et al. (2004) published in ApJ Letters to correct our calculation of the Galactic DNS in-spiral rate. The details of the original erratum submitted...
Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Joshi, B. C., ...
The merger of close binary systems containing two neutron stars should produce a burst of gravitational waves, as predicted by the theory of general relativity. A reliable estimate of the...
New Pulsars Discovered in Arecibo Drift-Scan Searches (2003)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Champion, D. J., Xilouris, K., Arzoumanian, Z., Backer, D. C., ...
We report on new pulsars discovered in Arecibo drift-scan data. Processing of 2200 square degrees of data has resulted in the detection of 41 known and 12 new pulsars. New pulsars include two...
Two Radio Pulsars with Magnetar Fields (2003)
McLaughlin, M. A., Kaspi, V. M., Stairs, I. H., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., ...
PSRs J1847-0130 and J1718-37184 have inferred surface dipole magnetic fields greater than those of any other known pulsars and well above the ``quantum critical field'' above which some models...
Pulsar Birthrate from Parkes Multi-beam Survey (2003)
Vranesevic, N., Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G. B., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., ...
We report on calculations of the pulsar birthrate based on the results of the Parkes multibeam survey. From the observed sample of more than 800 pulsars, we compute the pulsar current, accounting as...
The Galactic population and birth rate of radio pulsars (2003)
We review current understanding of the underlying, as opposed to the observed, pulsar population. The observed sample is heavily biased by selection effects, so that surveys see less than 10% of all...
PSR J0609+2130: A disrupted binary pulsar? (2003)
Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., Arzoumanian, Z., Xilouris, K. M., Cordes, J. M., Lommen, A. N., ...
We report the discovery and initial timing observations of a 55.7-ms pulsar, J0609+2130, found during a 430-MHz drift-scan survey with the Arecibo radio telescope. With a spin-down rate of $3.1...
PSR J1847-0130: A Radio Pulsar with Magnetar Spin Characteristics (2003)
McLaughlin, M. A., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M., Lorimer, D. R., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., ...
We report the discovery of PSR J1847-0130, a radio pulsar with a 6.7-s spin period, in the Parkes multibeam survey of the Galactic plane. The slowdown rate for the pulsar, 1.3x10^{-12} s/s, is high...
Kramer, M., Bell, J. F., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Camilo, F., Stairs, I. H., ...
The Parkes multibeam pulsar survey has unlocked vast areas of the Galactic plane which were previously invisible to earlier low-frequency and less-sensitive surveys. The survey has discovered more...
Yet MORE PM Survey Discoveries....? (2003)
Faulkner, A. J., Kramer, M., Hobbs, G., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., ...
The Parkes Multibeam (PM) survey has found nearly 50% of the >1400 known pulsars and detected 20% of the pulsars in binary systems (75% within the survey area), few of these are millisecond pulsars...
Recent discoveries of energetic young radio pulsars (2003)
The observed population of young radio pulsars has grown substantially in recent years due to a combination of large-scale surveys and deep targeted searches. Many of the pulsars are associated with...
New Pulsars from Arecibo Drift-Scan Searches (2002)
McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Arzoumanian, Z., Backer, D. C., Cordes, J. M., Fruchter, A., ...
We report new pulsars discovered in drift-scan data taken by two collaborations (Berkeley/Cornell and STScI/NAIC) during the latter stages of the Arecibo upgrade period. The data were taken with the...
Recent Globular Cluster Searches with Arecibo and the Green Bank Telescope (2002)
Ransom, S. M., Hessels, J. W. T., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M., Backer, D. C., Greenhill, L. J., ...
We report the discovery of seven new millisecond pulsars during 20 cm searches of 19 globular clusters using the recently upgraded Arecibo Telescope and the new Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Five of...
Millisecond Radio Pulsars in 47 Tucanae (2002)
Lorimer, D. R., Camilo, F., Freire, P., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., ...
We review the properties of the 22 millisecond radio pulsars currently known in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, and their implications for the mass and gas content of the cluster. Further details...
Camilo, F., Manchester, R. N., Gaensler, B. M., Lorimer, D. R.
We report the discovery of PSR J1747-2958, a radio pulsar with period P = 98 ms and dispersion measure DM = 101 pc/cc, in a deep observation with the Parkes telescope of the axially-symmetric "Mouse"...
Kim, C., Kalogera, V., Lorimer, D. R.
Estimates of the Galactic coalescence rate (R) of close binaries with two neutron stars (NS-NS) are known to be uncertain by large factors (about two orders of magnitude) mainly due to the small...
Discovery of a 136 millisecond radio and X-ray pulsar in SNR G54.1+0.3 (2002)
Camilo, F., Lorimer, D. R., Bhat, N. D. R., Gotthelf, E. V., Halpern, J. P., Wang, Q. D., ...
We report the discovery of a pulsar with period P = 136 ms and dispersion measure 308 pc/cc in a deep observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) G54.1+0.3 with the Arecibo radio telescope. Timing...
Camilo, F., Stairs, I. H., Lorimer, D. R., Backer, D. C., Ransom, S. M., Klein, B., ...
We report the discovery with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope of 65 ms radio pulsations from the X-ray pulsar J0205+6449 at the center of supernova remnant 3C58, making this possibly the youngest radio...
PSR J1124-5916: discovery of a young, energetic pulsar in the supernova remnant G292.0+1.8 (2002)
Camilo, F., Manchester, R. N., Gaensler, B. M., Lorimer, D. R., Sarkissian, J.
We report the discovery with the Parkes radio telescope of a pulsar associated with the ~ 1700 yr-old oxygen-rich composite supernova remnant G292.0+1.8. PSR J1124-5916 has period 135 ms and period...
PSR J1740+1000: A Young Pulsar Well Out of the Galactic Plane (2002)
McLaughlin, M.A., Arzoumanian, Z., Cordes, J.M., Backer, D.C., Lommen, A.N., Lorimer, D.R., ...
An Arecibo Drift-Scan Search for Rapidly Rotating Radio Pulsars (2002)
Lorimer, D.R., McLaughlin, M.A., Xilouris, K., Backer, D.C., Cordes, J.M., Arzoumanian, Z., ...
Camilo, F., Stairs, I. H., Lorimer, D. R., Backer, D. C., Ransom, S. M., Klein, B., ...
We report the discovery with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope of 65 ms radio pulsations from the X-ray pulsar J0205+6449 at the center of supernova remnant 3C 58, making this possibly the youngest...
Discovery of a 136 millisecond radio and X-ray pulsar in supernova remnant G54.1+0.3 (2002)
Camilo, F., Lorimer, D. R., Bhat, N. D. R., Gotthelf, E. V., Halpern, J. P., Wang, Q. D., ...
We report the discovery of a pulsar with period P = 136 ms and dispersion measure 308 cm-3 pc in a deep observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) G54.1+0.3 with the Arecibo radio telescope. Timing...
Arecibo observations of parkes multibeam pulsars (2002)
Bhat, N. D. R., Camilo, F., Cordes, J. M., Nice, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., Chatterjee, S.
The on-going Parkes multibeam survey has been astoundingly successful (Manchester et al. 2001), and its discovery of over 600 pulsars has opened up new avenues for probing the Galaxy's electron...
Discovery of a 136 millisecond radio and X-ray pulsar in supernova remnant G54.1+0.3 (2002)
Camilo, F., Lorimer, D. R., Bhat, N. D. R., Gotthelf, E. V., Halpern, J. P., Wang, Q. D., ...
We report the discovery of a pulsar with period P = 136 ms and dispersion measure 308 cm-3 pc in a deep observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) G54.1+0.3 with the Arecibo radio telescope. Timing...
Arecibo observations of parkes multibeam pulsars (2002)
Bhat, N. D. R., Camilo, F., Cordes, J. M., Nice, D. J., Lorimer, D. R., Chatterjee, S.
The on-going Parkes multibeam survey has been astoundingly successful (Manchester et al. 2001), and its discovery of over 600 pulsars has opened up new avenues for probing the Galaxy's electron...
Anomalous scattering of highly dispersed pulsars (2001)
Loehmer, O., Kramer, M., Mitra, D., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G.
We report multifrequency measurements of scatter broadening times for nine highly dispersed pulsars over a wide frequency range (0.6 -- 4.9 GHz). We find the scatter broadening times to be larger...
Karastergiou, A., Von Hoensbroech, A., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Doroshenko, O., ...
We present the first results from a programme of multi-frequency simultaneous single pulse observations carried out as part of the European Pulsar Network. We detail the main data analysis methods...
PSR J1740+1000: A Young Pulsar Well Out Of The Galactic Plane (2001)
McLaughlin, M. A., Arzoumanian, Z., Cordes, J. M., Backer, D. C., Lommen, A. N., Lorimer, D. R., ...
We discuss PSR J1740+1000, one of five pulsars recently discovered in a search of 470 square degrees at 430 MHz during the upgrade of the 305-m Arecibo telescope. The period of 154 ms and period...
Binary and Millisecond Pulsars at the New Millennium (2001)
We review the properties and applications of binary and millisecond pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to successful surveys which have...
Timing the millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae (2001)
Freire, P. C., Camilo, F., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., D'Amico, N.
In the last 10 years 20 millisecond pulsars have been discovered in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Hitherto, only 3 of these had published timing solutions. Here we improve upon these 3 and present...
The Effelsberg Search for Pulsars in the Galactic Centre (2000)
Kramer, M., Klein, B., Lorimer, D. R., Mueller, P., Jessner, A., Wielebinski, R.
We report the status of a search for pulsars in the Galactic Centre, using a completely revised and improved high-sensitivity double-horn system at 4.85-GHz. We also present calculations about the...
Neutron Star Birth Rates (1999)
A crucial test any proposed evolutionary scenario must pass is can the birth rate of the sources we see be sustained by the proposed progenitor population? In this review, I investigate the methods...
Radio Pulsars - An Observer's Perspective (1999)
Pulsar astronomy is currently enjoying one of the most productive phases in its history. In this review, I outline some of the basic observational aspects and summarise some of the latest results of...
IAU 177 - A week in review (1999)
A look back at the recent IAU meeting "Pulsar Astronomy 2000 and beyond" held in Bonn.
Observations of 20 millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae at 20 cm (1999)
Camilo, F., Lorimer, D. R., Freire, P., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N.
We have used a new observing system on the Parkes radio telescope to carry out a series of pulsar observations of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae at 20-cm wavelength. We detected all 11 previously...
Detection of new emission components in PSR B0329+-54 (1999)
Gangadhara, R. T., Gupta, Y., Lorimer, D. R.
To study the structure of emission beam, we have analysed the single pulse data of PSR B0329+-54 at 325 and 606 MHz. In order to unambiguously detect the weak emission components, we have developed a...
Puzzling Pulsars and Supernova Remnants (1999)
Lorimer, D. R., Ramachandran, R.
The fact that the majority of the youngest radio pulsars are surrounded by expanding supernova remnants is strong evidence that neutron stars are produced in the supernovae of massive stars. In many...
Slow pulsars from the STScI/NAIC drift scan search (1999)
Xilouris, K., Fruchter, A., Lorimer, D. R., Eder, J., Vazquez, A.
The unique sensitivity of the Arecibo telescope at 430 MHz motivated a drift scan search of the visible sky divided up into eight declination strips. Based on an analysis of the data collected in the...
Timing of the young pulsar J1907+0918 (1999)
We have extensively searched for periodic signals in the area of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1900+14, at 430 and 1410 MHz with the Arecibo telescope. Our observations did not reveal the 5.16-s...
A 1400-MHz pilot search for young pulsars (1999)
Lorimer, D. R., Kramer, M., Mueller, P., Wex, N., Jessner, A., Lange, C., ...
We have used the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope to conduct a 1400-MHz ($\lambda$ 21-cm) search for young and rapidly rotating radio pulsars along a 2 deg$^2$ strip of the northern Galactic plane...
The characteristics of millisecond pulsar emission: III.From low to high frequencies (1999)
Kramer, M., Lange, C., Lorimer, D. R., Backer, D. C., Xilouris, K. M., Jessner, A., ...
In this paper we present the first observations of a large sample of millisecond pulsars at frequencies of 2.7 GHz and 4.9 GHz. Our new flux measurements extend the known spectra for millisecond...
Profile instabilities of the millisecond pulsar PSR J1022+1001 (1999)
Kramer, M., Xilouris, K. M., Camilo, F., Nice, D. J., Backer, D. C., Lange, C., ...
We present evidence that the integrated profiles of some millisecond pulsars exhibit severe changes that are inconsistent with the moding phenomenon as known from slowly rotating pulsars. We study...
Pulsar Searches - Tricks of the Trade (1998)
The study of pulsars has come a long way since their accidental discovery as ``scruff'' on pen chart recordings of the radio sky at 81 MHz by Jocelyn Bell and Anthony Hewish at Cambridge some thirty...
A search for pulsars in supernova remnants (1998)
Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Camilo, F.
We have carried out a sensitive search for young pulsars associated with supernova remnants using the 76-m Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank. The observations were made at 606 MHz using a system...
A flexible format for exchanging pulsar data (1998)
Lorimer, D. R., Jessner, A., Seiradakis, J. H., Lyne, A. G., D'Amico, N., Athanasopoulos, A., ...
We describe a data format currently in use amongst European institutions for exchanging and archiving pulsar data. The format is designed to be as flexible as possible with regard to present and...
SGR 1900+14 and PSR J1907+09 (1998)
Xilouris, K., Kouveliotou, C., Lorimer, D.R., Ramachandran, R., Paradijs, J.A. Van
Origin of pulsar radio emission -- I. High frequency data (1997)
M. Kramer, Kramer Xilouris, A. Jessner, D. R. Lorimer, R. Wielebinski, A. G. Lyne
. Using the pulse arrival times from pulsar observations made between 1.4 and 32 GHz, we constrain the location and size of the emission region. We demonstrate that for normal pulsars the magnetic...