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SPAN512: A new mid-latitude pulsar survey with the Nançay Radio Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Gregory Desvignes ,
Ismaël Cognard ,
David Champion ,
Patrick Lazarus ,
Patrice Lespagnol ,
David A. Smith  and
Gilles Theureau
Gregory Desvignes
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel, 69 D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: gdesvignes@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
Ismaël Cognard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, 3A Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France
David Champion
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel, 69 D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: gdesvignes@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
Patrick Lazarus
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel, 69 D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: gdesvignes@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
Patrice Lespagnol
Affiliation:
Station de radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, 18330 Nançay, France
David A. Smith
Affiliation:
Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, CENBG Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
Gilles Theureau
Affiliation:
Station de radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, 18330 Nançay, France
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Abstract

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We present an ongoing survey with the Nançay Radio Telescope at L-band. The targeted area is 74° ≲ l < 150° and 3.5° < |b| < 5°. This survey is characterized by a long integration time (18 min), large bandwidth (512 MHz) and high time and frequency resolution (64 μs and 0.5 MHz) giving a nominal sensitivity limit of 0.055 mJy for long period pulsars. This is about 2 times better than the mid-latitude HTRU survey, and is designed to be complementary with current large scale surveys. This survey will be more sensitive to transients (RRATs, intermittent pulsars), distant and faint millisecond pulsars as well as scintillating sources (or any other kind of radio faint sources) than all previous short-integration surveys.

Keywords

surveyspulsars: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years , August 2012 , pp. 375 - 377
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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