1999/11/26 by N. D'Amico, N. D’Amico, A. G. Lyne +21
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #GNSS positioning and interference #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9911482
4 pages, 2 figures, to be published in proceedings of: "X-ray Astronomy '999", Bologna, Italy, 1999
arxiv created 1999/11/26 · openalex publication_date 1999/11/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A high-frequency survey of the Galactic plane for radio pulsars is in progress, using the multibeam receiver on the 64-m Parkes radiotelescope. We describe the survey motivations, the observing plan and the inital results. The survey is discovering many pulsars, more than 500 so far. Eight of the new pulsars are binary, one with a massive companion. At least eight are young, with characteristic ages of less than 100 kyr. Two of these (Kaspi et al, this Conference) have surface dipole magnetic field strengths greater than any other known radio pulsar.