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Crab Pulsar Timing

The CRABTIME database contains the Crab Pulsar Monthly Ephemeris covering the period from Feb 15 1982 (MJD=45015) to (close to) the present that was created Dr. Andrew Lyne and collaborators at Jodrell Bank Observatory. This database is periodically updated to include recent data as these become available. To assist astronomers, the HEASARC has created two new parameters which were not present in the original Jodrell Bank tables, the pulsar period and its first derivative, using the standard relations between period (P) and frequency 'Nu' (P=1./Nu) and their first derivatives (P_dot = -Nu_dot/Nu<sup>2</sup>). The assumed pulsar position used in the reductions is <pre> RA (1950.0) 05 31 31.406 DEC (1950.0) +21 58 54.391 RA (2000.0) 05 34 31.973 DEC (2000.0) +22 00 52.061 </pre> This HEASARC version of the "Jodrell Bank Crab Pulsar Timing Results, Monthly Ephemeris" is updated within one week of any changes to the tables available on the Web at <a href="http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/pulsar/crab.html">http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/pulsar/crab.html</a>. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

LAT Second Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

The LAT Second Pulsar Catalog is available as a .tgz (tarred and zipped) archive file. The archive includes a main catalog FITS file with the data from the paper tables, images of the light curve and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for each pulsar, FITS files containing the data points used in those images, and the timing parameters used in the analysis. A full description of the online archive is given in Appendix B of the preprint. Upon final publication, this catalog will also be generated as a BROWSE table that will be linked to this page.

Pulsar Catalog

This database is based on the 1995 May 3 electronic version of the Taylor et al. Pulsar Catalog and contains data on 706 pulsars, i.e., it contains 25% more entries than the version published by Taylor et al. in 1993 ApJS. The HEASARC obtained this electronic version from the Princeton University FTP site. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

CGRO/BATSE Pulsar Observations

BATSE data are divided into four groups: trigger, daily, occultation, and pulsar. Each group has structured directories beneath it containing data ordered by an appropriate criterion. Typically, several files of data are necessary to form a complete set of data for a particular entity. The BATSE pulsar data are organized similarly to the OCCULTATION data set, with the difference being in the filename extensions: 'olc' files contain on-board folded light curves, whereas 'pll' files (available in the HEASARC anonymous FTP area, but not via this database table) contain pulsar low level data. This database table allows the user to select 'olc' files or GIFs created from these files for 8 out of the several dozen pulsars for which BATSE data are available. This database table was created by the HEASARC based on information supplied by the CGRO Project. The last update was in March 2003. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

LAT Second Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

Pulsar Ephemerides for Timing LAT Pulsars

Timing pulsars with the LAT requires the use of an ephemeris that covers the time period being analyzed. Below are several resources to provide this useful input to your analysis.

GBM Accreting Pulsar Histories

For each source we plot the history of pulse frequency and pulsed flux measured using the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) NaI detectors. For these measurements we use the CTIME data which normally has 0.256 s time bins, and eight energy channels. Our analysis normally uses channels 1 (12-25 keV) and 2 (25-50 keV). The integration interval used varies from source to source, ranging from one to four days. For eclipsing systems each egress to ingress interval is divided into an integral number of equal parts, with no measurement made during the eclipse. The measured frequencies are barycentered. For sources where the binary orbit is known, the frequencies are corrected for the binary motion. The R.M.S. pulsed flux is given in the energy band in which the pulse search was made.

PSRPI Mapping the Galactic distribution of pulsars with the VLBA

Observations for the initial PSRPI sample of 60 pulsars have now concluded. 84.7 hours were observed on the VLBA (plus 12 hours from a pilot project) searching for in-beam calibrators around 245 pulsars, and 690.2 hours were utilised for 285 astrometric observations.

LAT Second Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars