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PSR B1828-11 is a radio pulsar that undergoes periodic modulations (~500 days) of its spin-down rate and beam width, providing a valuable opportunity to understand the rotational dynamics of neutron stars. The periodic modulations have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-20 Adriana Dias , Gregory Ashton , Julianna Ostrovska , David Ian Jones , Michael Keith

Measurements of average pulse profiles made with a single linear polarization over the range 41-112 MHz are presented for PSR B0950+08. We show that the observed variable structure of the pulse profiles is a result of Faraday sinusoidal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. V. Shabanova , Yu. P. Shitov

We present a detailed single pulse study of PSR B1055-52 based on observations at the Parkes radio telescope. The radio emission is found to have a complex modulation dominated by a periodicity of ~20 times its rotational period P (0.197s),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Patrick Weltevrede , Geoff Wright , Simon Johnston

The analysis of variations in the emission intensity of the pulsar B0950+08 from 2014 to 2022 with scales from minutes to years was carried out. The observations were obtained in a round-the-clock daily survey conducted on the Large Phased…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-19 T. V. Smirnova , M. O. Toropov , S. A. Tyul'bashev

We present a detailed single-pulse study of the long-period pulsar PSR J2129+4119 using high-sensitivity FAST observations. Despite locating well below the traditional death line, the pulsar exhibits sustained and multi-modal emission…

Radio pulsar PSR B1946+35 is a classical example of a core/cone triple pulsar where the observer's line-of-sight cuts the emission beam centrally. In this paper we perform a detailed single-pulse polarimetric analysis of B1946+35 using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-31 Dipanjan Mitra , Joanna Rankin

Here we report on observations of the radio magnetar PSR J1622-4950 at frequencies from 1.4 to 17 GHz. We show that although its flux density is varying up to a factor of ~10 within a few days, it has on average decreased by a factor of 2…

This paper reports on polarimetric radiation properties based on the switching modes of normal PSR B2020+28 by analysing the data acquired from the Nanshan 25-m radio telescope at 1556 MHz. With nearly 8 hours quasi-continuous observation,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-20 Z. G. Wen , N. Wang , W. M. Yan , J. P. Yuan , Z. Y. Liu , M. Z. Chen , J. L. Chen

We have studied the variability of PSR J0529-6652, a radio pulsar in the LMC, using observations conducted at 1390 MHz with the Parkes 64-m telescope. PSR J0529-6652 is detectable as a single pulse emitter, with amplitudes that classify the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Fronefield Crawford , Dean Altemose , Hannan Li , Duncan R. Lorimer

We have studied the variability of the black-widow type binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1311$-$3430 from optical to gamma-ray energies. We confirm evidence for orbital modulation in the weak off-pulse $\ge$200-MeV emission, with a peak at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 Hongjun An , Roger W. Romani , Tyrel Johnson , Matthew Kerr , Colin J. Clark

The single-pulse properties of the millisecond radio pulsar PSR B1937+21 are studied in the 1410 MHz radio band. Aside from occasional ``giant pulses'' occurring in restricted regions of pulse phase, the emission appears to be remarkably…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fredrick A. Jenet , Janusz Gil

We report on radiation properties of extreme nulling pulsar J1502-5653, by analyzing the data acquired from the Parkes 64-m telescope at 1374 MHz. The radio emission from this pulsar exhibits sequences of several tens to several hundreds…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Li , A. Esamdin , R. N. Manchester , M. F. Qian , H. B. Niu

The phenomenon of profile mode switching in pulsars, where the stable average pulse profile changes to another stable state on the timescale of a pulsar's period, remains poorly understood. We sought to understand how pulsars undergo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-13 Casey Brinkman , Dipanjan Mitra , Joanna Rankin

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are known as highly stable celestial clocks. Nevertheless, recent studies have revealed the unstable nature of their integrated pulse profiles, which may limit the achievable pulsar timing precision. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Liu , R. Karuppusamy , K. J. Lee , B. W. Stappers , M. Kramer , R. Smits , M. B. Purver , G. H. Janssen , D. Perrodin

In recent years periodic amplitude modulation has emerged as a unique emission feature in the single pulse sequence of pulsars alongside periodic nulling and subpulse drifting. Despite ample evidence for the uniqueness of this phenomenon,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-05 Rahul Basu , Dipanjan Mitra , George I. Melikidze

The bright pulsar PSR B0329+54 was previously known for many years to have two emission modes. Sensitive observations of individual pulses reveal that the central component of pulse profile, which is called core component, is found to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Tao Wang , J. L. Han , C. Wang , P. F. Wang , D. J. Zhou

The mode switching phenomenon of PSR B0329+54 is investigated based on the long-term monitoring from September 2003 to April 2009 made with the Urumqi 25m radio telescope at 1540 MHz. At that frequency, the change of relative intensity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. L. Chen , H. G. Wang , N. Wang , A. Lyne , Z. Y. Liu , A. Jessner , J. P. Yuan , M. Kramer

We present a principal component analysis method which tracks and compensates for short-timescale variability in pulsar profiles, with a goal of improving pulsar timing precision. We couple this with a fast likelihood technique for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Hsiu-Hsien Lin , Kiyoshi Masui , Ue-Li Pen , Jeffrey B. Peterson

Eclipsing pulsar binaries and binaries with a high mass companion are ideal systems for studying and understanding the properties of plasma in magneto-ionic environments. In this work, the first paper of a series, we present MeerKAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-03 Jaikhomba Singha , Dongzi Li , Marisa Geyer , Maciej Serylak , Federico Abbate , Senate Lekomola , Robert Main , Andrea Possenti , Amanda Weltman

We investigate the radio emission behaviour of PSR B0823+26, a pulsar which is known to undergo pulse nulling, using an 153-d intensive sequence of observations. The pulsar is found to exhibit both short (~min) and unusually long-term…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 N. J. Young , B. W. Stappers , P. Weltevrede , A. G. Lyne , M. Kramer