The Third Fermi Pulsar Catalog
Abstract
With the number of pulsars detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) now reaching 234, the LAT Collaboration is in the process of compiling its Third Pulsar Catalog (3PC). This builds on the 117 gamma-ray pulsars in 2PC, published in October 2013, and benefits from updated spectral and background models being prepared for the Fourth Fermi LAT Source Catalog (4FGL). In addition to an increase in the number of pulsars, the 3PC also includes novel pulsars, such as the first radio-quiet millisecond pulsar and first extra-Galactic gamma-ray pulsar. Throughout its first decade of operation, the Fermi LAT has proven to be an indispensable tool in the hunt for new and interesting pulsars and shows no signs of slowing down in years to come.
- Publication:
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AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division
- Pub Date:
- March 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019HEAD...1710932L