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Using two observations obtained with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), we present a detailed single-pulse analysis of the high-nulling pulsar PSR J1820-0509. We measure an exceptionally high nulling fraction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-30 Zefeng Tu , Rushuang Zhao , Hui Liu , Biping Gong , D. Li , P. Wang , Chenchen Miao , Q. J. Zhi , S. J. Dang , S. D. Wang , Q. Zhou , Z. J. Zhang , Xu Zhu , R. W. Tian , H. W. Xu , Yi Zhou , D. Y. Yan

Periodic modulations are seen in normal period pulsars ($P >$ 0.1 sec) over timescales ranging from a few seconds to several minutes. Such modulations have usually been associated with the phenomenon of subpulse drifting. A number of recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 Rahul Basu , Dipanjan Mitra , Giorgi I. Melikidze

We report new results from a nulling study of PSR~B0751+32 (PSR J0754+3231), observed at 1250~MHz with the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). Our analysis confirms the presence of periodic nulling in this pulsar.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-10 W. M. Yan , N. Wang , F. F. Kou , Z. Y. Liu , J. P. Yuan , Z. G. Wen S. N. Sun , M. Y. Zou , Y. R. Wen , X. J. Chen

The study of pulsar glitch phenomena serves as a valuable probe into the dynamic properties of matter under extreme high-density conditions, offering insights into the physics within neutron stars. Providing theoretical explanations for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-07 Pei-Xin Zhu , Xiao-Ping Zheng

Pulsars are famed for their rotational clock-like stability and their highly-repeatable pulse shapes. However, it has long been known that there are unexplained deviations (often termed "timing noise") from the rate at which we predict…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-06-29 Andrew Lyne , George Hobbs , Michael Kramer , Ingrid Stairs , Ben Stappers

We report detailed investigation of nulling and drifting behavior of two pulsars PSRs J1741-0840 and J1840-0840 observed from the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope at 625 MHz. PSR J1741-840 was found to show nulling fraction (NF) of around…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-27 Gajjar Vishal , J. P. Yuan , R. Yuen , Z. G. Wen , Z. Y. Liu , N. Wang

Young pulsars deviate from a perfectly regular spin-down by two non-deterministic phenomena: impulsive glitches and timing noise. Both phenomena are interesting per se, and may provide insights into the superfluid properties of neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-17 Marco Antonelli , Avishek Basu , Brynmor Haskell

We performed simultaneous observations at 326.5 MHz with the Ooty Radio Telescope and at 326, 610 and 1308 MHz with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope for a sample of 12 pulsars, where frequency dependent single pulse behaviour was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 Arun Naidu , Bhal Chandra Joshi , P. K Manoharan , M. A Krishnakumar

Aims. To make a detailed study of the nulling and subpulse drifting in PSR J1727$-$2739 for investigation of its radiation properties. Methods. The observations were carried out on 20 March, 2004 using the Parkes 64-m radio telescope, with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Z. G. Wen , N. Wang , J. P. Yuan , W. M. Yan , R. N. Manchester , R. Yuen , V. Gajjar

Pulsars are known to manifest complex phenomena, such as nulling, sub-pulse drifting, and periodicity. Within the purview of this investigation, we have harnessed the wavelet analysis technique to scrutinize the multifaceted periodicities…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Peng-Fu Tian , Ping Zhang , Wen Yang , Wei Wang , Pei Wang

We have made polarimetric monitoring observations of millisecond pulsars visible from the northern hemisphere at 1410 MHz. Their emission properties are compared with those of normal pulsars. Although we demonstrated in paper I that…

PSR J1717-4054 is one of the small class of pulsars which null on intermediate (~hour) timescales. Such pulsars represent an important link between classical nullers, whose emission vanishes for a few rotations, and the intermittent pulsars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Matthew Kerr , George Hobbs , Ryan Shannon , Mitchell Kiczynski , Robert Hollow , Simon Johnston

We have carried out a detailed study of single pulse emission from the pulsar B2000+40 (J2002+4050), observed at 1.6 GHz frequencies using the Effelsberg radio telescope. The pulsar has three components which are not well separated, with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-14 Rahul Basu , Wojciech Lewandowski , Jarosław Kijak

$\sim 6\%$ of all known pulsars have been observed to exhibit sudden spin-up events, known as glitches. For more than fifty years, these phenomena have played an important role in helping to understand pulsar (astro)physics. Based on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-28 Shiqi Zhou , Erbil Gügercinoğlu , Jianping Yuan , Mingyu Ge , Cong Yu

Many pulsars in the known population exhibit nulling, which is characterised by a sudden cessation and subsequent restoration of radio emission. In this work, we present the localization, timing, and emission properties of a GHRSS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-12 Shubham Singh , Jayanta Roy , Shyam Sunder , Bhaswati Bhattacharyya , Sanjay Kudale

Single pulse observations, characterizing in detail, the nulling behaviour of PSR B1706$-$16 are being reported for the first time in this paper. Our regular long duration monitoring of this pulsar reveals long nulls of 2 to 5 hours with an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 Arun Naidu , Bhal Chandra Joshi , P. K Manoharan , M. A Krishnakumar

In addition to coherent pulsation, many accreting neutron stars exhibit flaring activity and strong aperiodic variability on time scales similar to or shorter than their pulsation period. Such a behavior shows that the accretion flow in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 D. Klochkov , A. Santangelo , R. Staubert , R. E. Rothschild

Pulsars are known to display short-term variability. Recently, examples of longer-term emission variability have emerged that are often correlated with changes in the rotational properties of the pulsar. To further illuminate this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 P. R. Brook , A. Karastergiou , S. Johnston , M. Kerr , R. M. Shannon , S. J. Roberts

The timing properties of radio pulsars provide a unique probe of neutron star interiors. Recent observations have uncovered quasiperiodicities in the timing and pulse properties of some pulsars, a phenomenon that has often been attributed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-29 D. I. Jones , G. Ashton , R. Prix

A large sample of pulsars has been observed to study their subpulse modulation at an observing wavelength (when achievable) of both 21 and 92 cm using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. In this paper we present the 92-cm data and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Weltevrede , B. W. Stappers , R. T. Edwards