Population Synthesis of Radio and γ‐Ray Millisecond Pulsars from the Galactic Disk

2007/06/30 by Sarah A. Story, Peter L. Gonthier, A. K. Harding +1 · 108 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Globular cluster #Millisecond #Millisecond pulsar #Physics #Population #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/521016

published in The Astrophysical Journal 671(1), 713-726 (IOP Publishing) · 38 pages, 10 figures, accepted in ApJ - new version

arxiv created 2007/08/24 · openalex publication_date 2007/12/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We present results of a population synthesis of millisecond pulsars from the Galactic disk. Excluding globular clusters, we model the spatial distribution of millisecond pulsars by assuming their birth in the Galactic disk with a random kick velocity and evolve them to the present within the Galactic potential. We assume that normal and millisecond pulsars are standard candles described with a common radio luminosity model that invokes a new relationship between radio core and cone emission suggested by recent studies. In modeling the radio emission beams, we explore the relativistic effects of time delay, aberration and sweepback of the open field lines. While these effects are essential in understanding pulse profiles, the phase-averaged flux is adequately described without a relativistic model. We use a polar cap acceleration model for the gamma-ray emission. We present the preliminary results of our recent study and the implications for observing millisecond pulsars with GLAST and AGILE.

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