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The Pulsar Birth Rate from the Parkes Multibeam Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

N. Vranesevic
N. Vranesevic*
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, School of Physics, NSW 2006, Australia, & ATNF-CSIRO, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia

Abstract

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We report on calculations of the pulsar birth rate based on the results of the Parkes multibeam survey. Prom the observed sample of more than 800 pulsars, we compute the pulsar current, accounting as accurately as possible for all known selection effects. The main goal of this work is to understand the pulsar birth rate as a function of the surface dipole magnetic field strength. We show that pulsars with magnetic fields greater than 1012.5 G account for about half of the total birth rate.

Type
Part 3: Pulsars: Surveys and Galactic Distribution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 218: Young Neutrons Stars and their Environments , 2004 , pp. 121 - 122
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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