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Monitoring the Vela Pulsar with a Phased Array Feed (PAF) Receiver

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

John M. Sarkissian ,
John E. Reynolds ,
George Hobbs  and
Lisa Harvey-Smith
John M. Sarkissian
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 276, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia
John E. Reynolds
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 276, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia
George Hobbs
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 276, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia
Lisa Harvey-Smith
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 276, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia
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Abstract

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We have observed the Vela pulsar for 1 year using a Phased Array Feed (PAF) receiver on the 12-m antenna of the Parkes Test-Bed Facility (PTF). These observations have allowed us to investigate the stability of the PAF beam weights over time, to demonstrate that pulsars can be timed over long periods using PAF technology and to detect and study the most recent glitch event that occurred on 12 December 2016. The beam weights are shown to be stable to 1% on time scales on the order of three weeks.

Keywords

pulsars: generalinstrumentation: miscellaneous
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S337: Pulsar Astrophysics the Next Fifty Years , September 2017 , pp. 408 - 409
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018