Fermi-LAT: An Amazing Pulsar Finding Machine
Paul Ray
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
After three years of operation, the Fermi-LAT has crossed a major
milestone, detecting its 100th gamma-ray pulsar. The pulsars are divided
into 3 approximately equal categories: young radio pulsars, millisecond
pulsars, and young pulsars detected from blind searches of the gamma-ray
data. I will describe the techniques that enabled these discoveries and
discuss some of the implications of this wide variety of pulsars. Finally,
I will speculate on the prospects for even more exciting results, such
as the first radio-quiet millisecond pulsar.
Date: | Mardi, le 15 novembre 2011 |
Heure: | 16:00 |
Lieu: | Université McGill |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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