A Statistical Analysis of Crab Pulsar Giant Pulse Rates

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Main Authors: Doskoch, Graham M., Basuroski, Andrea, Halley, Kriisa, Sookram, Avinash, Rodriguez-Ramos, Iliomar, Nahata, Valmik, Rahman, Zahi, Zhang, Maureen, Uhlmann, Ashish, Lynch, Abby, Lewandowska, Natalia, Miranda, Nohely, Schmiedekamp, Ann, Schmiedekamp, Carl, McLaughlin, Maura A., Reichart, Daniel E., Haislip, Joshua B., Kouprianov, Vladimir V., White, Steve, Ghigo, Frank, Heatherly, Sue Ann
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author Doskoch, Graham M.
Basuroski, Andrea
Halley, Kriisa
Sookram, Avinash
Rodriguez-Ramos, Iliomar
Nahata, Valmik
Rahman, Zahi
Zhang, Maureen
Uhlmann, Ashish
Lynch, Abby
Lewandowska, Natalia
Miranda, Nohely
Schmiedekamp, Ann
Schmiedekamp, Carl
McLaughlin, Maura A.
Reichart, Daniel E.
Haislip, Joshua B.
Kouprianov, Vladimir V.
White, Steve
Ghigo, Frank
Heatherly, Sue Ann
author_facet Doskoch, Graham M.
Basuroski, Andrea
Halley, Kriisa
Sookram, Avinash
Rodriguez-Ramos, Iliomar
Nahata, Valmik
Rahman, Zahi
Zhang, Maureen
Uhlmann, Ashish
Lynch, Abby
Lewandowska, Natalia
Miranda, Nohely
Schmiedekamp, Ann
Schmiedekamp, Carl
McLaughlin, Maura A.
Reichart, Daniel E.
Haislip, Joshua B.
Kouprianov, Vladimir V.
White, Steve
Ghigo, Frank
Heatherly, Sue Ann
contents A small number of pulsars are known to emit giant pulses, single pulses much brighter than average. Among these is PSR J0534+2200, also known as the Crab pulsar, a young pulsar with high giant pulse rates. Long-term monitoring of the Crab pulsar presents an excellent opportunity to perform statistical studies of its giant pulses and the processes affecting them, potentially providing insight into the behavior of other neutron stars that emit bright single pulses. Here, we present an analysis of a set of 24,985 Crab giant pulses obtained from 88 hours of daily observations at a center frequency of 1.55 GHz by the 20-meter telescope at the Green Bank Observatory, spread over 461 days. We study the effects of refractive scintillation at higher frequencies than previous studies and compare methods of correcting for this effect. We also search for deterministic patterns seen in other single-pulse sources, possible periodicities seen in several rotating radio transients and fast radio bursts, and clustering of giant pulses like that seen in the repeating fast radio burst FRB121102.
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spellingShingle A Statistical Analysis of Crab Pulsar Giant Pulse Rates
Doskoch, Graham M.
Basuroski, Andrea
Halley, Kriisa
Sookram, Avinash
Rodriguez-Ramos, Iliomar
Nahata, Valmik
Rahman, Zahi
Zhang, Maureen
Uhlmann, Ashish
Lynch, Abby
Lewandowska, Natalia
Miranda, Nohely
Schmiedekamp, Ann
Schmiedekamp, Carl
McLaughlin, Maura A.
Reichart, Daniel E.
Haislip, Joshua B.
Kouprianov, Vladimir V.
White, Steve
Ghigo, Frank
Heatherly, Sue Ann
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
A small number of pulsars are known to emit giant pulses, single pulses much brighter than average. Among these is PSR J0534+2200, also known as the Crab pulsar, a young pulsar with high giant pulse rates. Long-term monitoring of the Crab pulsar presents an excellent opportunity to perform statistical studies of its giant pulses and the processes affecting them, potentially providing insight into the behavior of other neutron stars that emit bright single pulses. Here, we present an analysis of a set of 24,985 Crab giant pulses obtained from 88 hours of daily observations at a center frequency of 1.55 GHz by the 20-meter telescope at the Green Bank Observatory, spread over 461 days. We study the effects of refractive scintillation at higher frequencies than previous studies and compare methods of correcting for this effect. We also search for deterministic patterns seen in other single-pulse sources, possible periodicities seen in several rotating radio transients and fast radio bursts, and clustering of giant pulses like that seen in the repeating fast radio burst FRB121102.
title A Statistical Analysis of Crab Pulsar Giant Pulse Rates
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15996