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Gamma‐ray pulsar visibility

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Venter, Christo
De Jager, Ocker C.
Tiplady, Adrian

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PSR J0437‐4715 is a millisecond pulsar (MSP) thought to be “pair formation starved” (having limited pair cascades due to magnetic photon absorption). Fortunately the general relativistic (GR) electrodynamical model under consideration applicable to this pulsar have few free parameters. We model PSR J0437‐4715’s visibility, using a 3D model which incorporates the variation of the GR E‐field over the polar cap (PC), taking different observer and inclination angles into account. Using this pulsar as a case study, one may generalize to conducting a pulsar population visibility study. We lastly comment on the role of the proposed South African SKA (Square Kilometre Array) prototype, KAT (Karoo Array Telescope), for GLAST γ‐ray pulsar identification

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Venter, C. et al. 2005. Gamma‐ray pulsar visibility. (In Bulik, T., Rudak, B. & Madejski, G., eds. Astrophysical sources of high energy particles and radiation). AIP conference series, 801:278-281. [https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2141880]

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