Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 492, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 923-931

  Smith, D A ^a,b   Guillemot, L ^a,b   Camilo, F ^c   Cognard, I ^d   Dumora, D ^a,b   Espinoza, C ^f   Freire, P C C ^g   Gotthelf, E V ^c   Harding, A K ^h   Hobbs, G B ⁱ   Johnston, S ⁱ   Kaspi, V M ^j   Kramer, M ^f   Livingstone, M A ^j   Lyne, A G ^f   Manchester, R N ^j   Marshall, F E ^f   McLaughlin, M A ⁱ   Noutsos, A ^h   Ransom, S M ^k   Roberts, M S E ^f   Romani, R W ^l   Stappers, B W ^m   Theureau, G ^d,e   Thompson, D J ^h,n   Thorsett, S E ^o   Wang, N ^p   Weltevrede, P ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^c CNRS/INSU ^*  (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^m EUREKA SCIENTIFIC   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Ephemerides; Gamma rays: observations; Space vehicles: instruments; Stars: pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACE TELESCOPES; TIMING CIRCUITS; VERIFICATION;

EPHEMERIDES; GAMMA RAYS:OBSERVATION; GIANT RADIO PULSE; LARGE AREA TELESCOPES; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PULSAR WIND NEBULAE; SPACE VEHICLES: INSTRUMENTS; STARS: PULSARS: GENERAL;

PULSARS;

EID: 57649245566     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810285     Document Type: Article

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