High Resolution X-ray Imaging of Supernova Remnant 1987A (2009)
Gaensler, B. M., Murray, S. S., Slane, P. O., Park, S., Staveley-Smith, L., ...
We report observations of the remnant of Supernova 1987A with the High Resolution Camera (HRC) onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. A direct image from the HRC resolves the annular structure of the...
Renaud, M., Marandon, V., Gotthelf, E. V., Rodriguez, J., Terrier, R., Mattana, F., ...
We report the discovery of 31.18 ms pulsations from the INTEGRAL source IGR J14003-6326 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). This pulsar is most likely associated with the bright Chandra...
Pulsar Timing with the Parkes Radio Telescope for the Fermi Mission (2009)
Weltevrede, P., Johnston, S., Manchester, R. N., Bhat, R., Burgay, M., Champion, D., ...
We report here on two years of timing of 168 pulsars using the Parkes radio telescope. The vast majority of these pulsars have spin-down luminosities in excess of 10^34 erg/s and are prime target...
High resolution 36 GHz imaging of the Supernova Remnant of SN1987A (2009)
Potter, T. M., Staveley-Smith, L., Ball, Lewis, Gaensler, B. M., Kesteven, M. J., ...
The aftermath of supernova (SN) 1987A continues to provide spectacular insights into the interaction between a SN blastwave and its circumstellar en- vironment. We here present 36 GHz observations...
Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data (2009)
Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...
We present a search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. For this search ephemerides overlapping the run...
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...
Timing stability of millisecond pulsars and prospects for gravitational-wave detection (2009)
Verbiest, J. P. W., Bailes, M., Coles, W. A., Hobbs, G. B., Van Straten, W., Champion, D. J., ...
Analysis of high-precision timing observations of an array of approx. 20 millisecond pulsars (a so-called ''timing array'') may ultimately result in the detection of a stochastic gravitational-wave...
Discovery of 28 pulsars using new techniques for sorting pulsar candidates (2009)
Keith, M. J., Eatough, R. P., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Possenti, A., Camilo, F., ...
Modern pulsar surveys produce many millions of candidate pulsars, far more than can be individually inspected. Traditional methods for filtering these candidates, based upon the signal-to-noise ratio...
Fermi large area telescope observations of the Vela pulsar (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Atwood, W. B., Axelsson, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., ...
Pulsed gamma-rays from PSR J2021+3651 with the Fermi large area telescope (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Atwood, W. B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., ...
A population of gamma-ray millisecond pulsars seen with the Fermi large area telescope (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Atwood, W. B., Axelsson, M., Baldini, L., ...
Detection of 16 gamma-ray pulsars through blind frequency searches using the Fermi LAT (2009)
Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Anderson, B., Atwood, W. B., Axelsson, M., ...
Gravitational wave detection using pulsars: status of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project (2008)
Hobbs, G. B., Bailes, M., Bhat, N. D. R., Burke-Spolaor, S., Champion, D. J., Coles, W., ...
The first direct detection of gravitational waves may be made through observations of pulsars. The principal aim of pulsar timing array projects being carried out worldwide is to detect ultra-low...
PSR J1753-2240: A mildly recycled pulsar in an eccentric binary system (2008)
Keith, M. J., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Eatough, R. P., Stairs, I. H., Possenti, A., ...
We report the discovery of PSR J1753-2240 in the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey database. This 95-ms pulsar is in an eccentric binary system with a 13.6-day orbital period. Period derivative...
Pulsar Timing for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (2008)
Smith, D. A., Guillemot, L., Camilo, F., Cognard, I., Dumora, D., Espinoza, C., ...
We describe a comprehensive pulsar monitoring campaign for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope} (formerly GLAST). The detection and study of pulsars in gamma...
Pellizzoni, A., Pilia, M., Possenti, A., Fornari, F., Caraveo, P., Del Monte, E., ...
AGILE is a small gamma-ray astronomy satellite mission of the Italian Space Agency dedicated to high-energy astrophysics launched in 2007 April. Its 1 microsecond absolute time tagging capability...
Verbiest, J. P. W., Bailes, M., Van Straten, W., Hobbs, G. B., Edwards, R. T., Manchester, R. N., ...
Analysis of 10 years of high-precision timing data on the millisecond pulsar PSR J0437–4715 has resulted in a model-independent kinematic distance based on an apparent orbital period derivative,...
On the Wind from the SMC B1V Companion to PSR (2007)
Gamma Kaspi, V. M. Kaspi, T. M. Tauris, R. N. Manchester
We report on multi-frequency radio timing observations of the unique binary pulsar PSR J0045\Gamma7319, the only known radio pulsar in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Observations made at epochs near...
Timing Observations Of The Smc Binary Psr (2007)
Gamma Kaspi, V. M. Kaspi, R. N. Manchester, M. Bailes, J. F. Bell
. We describe radio timing observations of the binary pulsar PSR J0045\Gamma7319 made over the past 3.3 yr. We show that a simple timing model involving a standard Keplerian orbit well-describes the...
A Search for Radio Pulsars in Southern Supernova Remnants (2007)
V. M. Kaspi, R. N. Manchester, S. Johnston, A. G. Lyne
We have searched 40 southern Galactic supernova remnants for radio pulsars at 436, 660, and 1520 MHz. Our survey covered each target remnant in its entirety and was sensitive to pulsars with minimum...
Gamma Lyne, A. G. Lyne, V. M. Kaspi, M. Bailes, R. N. Manchester, H. Taylor
One of the largest known glitches has been detected in the young pulsar PSR B1757\Gamma24. The glitch occurred around MJD 49476 and was characterized by a fractional increase in rotation rate of 2...
Discovery of the Young, Energetic Radio Pulsar PSR J1105-6107 (2007)
V. M. Kaspi, M. Bailes, R. N. Manchester, J. S. Sandhu, J. Navarro
We report the discovery and follow-up timing observations of the 63 ms radio pulsar, PSR J1105\Gamma6107. The pulsar is young, having a characteristic age of only 63 kyr and, from its dispersion...
On the Evolution of Pulsar Beams (2007)
Tauris And, T. M. Tauris, R. N. Manchester
We have analyzed polarization data for a large number of isolated pulsars to investigate the evolution of pulsar radio beams. Assuming that a circular beam is directed along the axis of a dipolar...
Manchester Australia, R. N. Manchester
Recent surveys at Parkes, in particular the 70 cm survey of the southern sky, have discovered many pulsars, including 17 millisecond pulsars in the Galactic disk. Timing and polarization observations...
The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (2007)
Detection and study of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources is a major goal of current astrophysics. Ground-based laser-interferometer systems such as LIGO and VIRGO are sensitive to...
Searching for a Pulsar in SN1987A (2007)
SN 1987A offered a unique opportunity to detect a pulsar at the very beginning of its life and to study its early evolution. Despite many searches at radio and optical wavelengths, no pulsar has yet...
Search for Pulsed VHE Gamma-Ray Emission from Young Pulsars with H.E.S.S (2007)
Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A.G., Bazer-Bachi, A.R., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., ...
We present the results of a search for pulsed very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from young pulsars using data taken with the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope system. Data on...
Pulsar Nulling and Mode Changing (2007)
Wang, N., Manchester, R. N., Johnston, S.
With its relatively long observation time per pointing, the Parkes multibeam survey was effective in detecting nulling pulsars. We have made 2-hour observations of 23 pulsars which showed evidence...
Dispersion Measure Variations and their Effect on Precision Pulsar Timing (2007)
You, X. P., Hobbs, G., Coles, W. A., Manchester, R. N., Edwards, R., Bailes, M., ...
We present an analysis of the variations seen in the dispersion measures (DMs) of 20 millisecond pulsars observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project. We carry out a statistically...
Search for pulsed VHE gamma-ray emission from young pulsars with HESS (2007)
Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., ...
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...
Corongiu, A., Possenti, A., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., D'Amico, N., ...
Exploiting a five-year span of data, we present improved timing solutions for the five millisecond pulsars known in the globular cluster NGC 6752. They include proper motion determinations for the...
Jenet, F. A., Hobbs, G. B., Van Straten, W., Manchester, R. N., Bailes, M., Verbiest, J. P. W., ...
Using a statistically rigorous analysis method, we place limits on the existence of an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background using pulsar timing observations. We consider backgrounds...
A Study of Giant Pulses from PSR J1824-2452A (2006)
Knight, H. S., Bailes, M., Manchester, R. N., Ord, S. M.
We have searched for microsecond bursts of emission from millisecond pulsars in the globular cluster M28 using the Parkes radio telescope. We detected a total of 27 giant pulses from the known...
Tempo2, a new pulsar timing package. II: The timing model and precision estimates (2006)
Edwards, R. T., Hobbs, G. B., Manchester, R. N.
Tempo2 is a new software package for the analysis of pulsar pulse times of arrival. In this paper we describe in detail the timing model used by tempo2, and discuss limitations on the attainable...
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 14 radio pulsars in a survey of the Magellanic Clouds (2006)
Manchester, R N, Fan, G, Lyne, A G, Kaspi, V M
A systematic survey of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds for radio pulsars using the Parkes radio telescope and the 20-cm multibeam receiver has resulted in the discovery of 14 pulsars and the...
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...
Timing measurements and proper motions of 74 pulsars using the Nanshan radio telescope (2005)
Zou, W. Z., Hobbs, G., Wang, N., Manchester, R. N., Wu, X. J., Wang, H. X.
We have measured the positions of 74 pulsars from regular timing observations using the Nanshan radio telescope at Urumqi Observatory between 2000 January and 2004 August (MJD 51500 -- 53240). Proper...
Imaging of the Radio Remnant of SN 1987A at 12 mm Wavelength (2005)
Manchester, R. N., Gaensler, B. M., Staveley-Smith, L., Kesteven, M. J., Tzioumis, A. K.
Observations of the radio remnant of Supernova 1987A using the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the 12-mm band on 2003 July 31 (day 6002.7 after the explosion) give the first fully resolved radio...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Search for Pulsars in Quiescent Soft X-Ray Transients. I (2003)
Burgay, M., Burderi, L., Possenti, A., D'Amico, N., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., ...
We have carried out a deep search at 1.4 GHz for radio pulsed emission from six soft X-ray transient sources observed during their X-ray quiescent phase. The commonly accepted model for the formation...
Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Camilo, F., Bell, J. F., Kaspi, V. M., D'Amico, N., ...
The Parkes multibeam pulsar survey is a sensitive survey of a strip along the Galactic plane with |b|
Polarization Properties of Nine Southern Radio Pulsars (2001)
Crawford, F., Manchester, R. N., Kaspi, V. M.
We report on radio polarimetry observations for nine southern pulsars. Six of the nine in the sample are young, with characteristic ages under 100 kyr and high spin-down luminosities. All six show a...
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...
A test of general relativity from the three-dimensional orbital geometry of a binary pulsar (2001)
Van Straten, W., Bailes, M., Britton, M. C., Kulkarni, S. R., Anderson, S. B., Manchester, R. N., ...
Binary pulsars provide an excellent system for testing general relativity because of their intrinsic rotational stability and the precision with which radio observations can be used to determine...
A radio supernova remnant associated with the young pulsar J1119-6127 (2000)
Crawford, Fronefield, Gaensler, B. M., Kaspi, V. M., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., Lyne, A. G., ...
We report on Australia Telescope Compact Array observations in the direction of the young high magnetic-field pulsar J1119-6127. In the resulting images we identify a non-thermal radio shell of...
Radio Pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds (2000)
Crawford, F., Kaspi, V. M., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Camilo, F., D'Amico, N.
We report the results of a survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) for radio pulsars conducted with the 20-cm multibeam receiver of the Parkes 64-meter telescope. This survey targeted a more...
Discovery of a Young Radio Pulsar in a Relativistic Binary Orbit (2000)
Kaspi, V. M., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Crawford, F., Camilo, F., Bell, J. F., ...
We report on the discovery of PSR J1141-6545, a radio pulsar in an eccentric, relativistic 5-hr binary orbit. The pulsar shows no evidence for being recycled, having pulse period P = 394 ms,...
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...