Accession Number:

ADA538703

Title:

Pulsar Timing with the Fermi LAT

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Ray, Paul S.
• Kerr, Matthew
• Parent, Damien

Report Date:

2010-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

We present an overview of precise pulsar timing using data from the Large Area Telescope LAT on Fermi. We describe the analysis techniques including a maximum likelihood method for determining pulse times of arrival from unbinned photon data. In addition to determining the spindown behavior of the pulsars and detecting glitches and timing noise, such timing analyses allow the precise determination of the pulsar position, thus enabling detailed multiwavelength follow up.

Descriptors:

• *PULSARS
• *TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
• RADIO TELESCOPES
• RADIO SOURCES(ASTRONOMY)
• GAMMA RAYS
• SYMPOSIA
• SPACE BASED

Subject Categories:

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE