Population synthesis of radio and gamma-ray millisecond pulsars from the Galactic disk

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dc.creatorStory, Sarah A.
dc.creatorGonthier, Peter L.
dc.creatorHarding, Alice K.
dc.date2007-06-20
dc.date2007-08-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:41:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:41:19Z
dc.descriptionWe 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.
dc.description38 pages, 10 figures, accepted in ApJ - new version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3041
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3041
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.671:713-726,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/521016
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/200496
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titlePopulation synthesis of radio and gamma-ray millisecond pulsars from the Galactic disk
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