We present 294 pulsars found in GeV data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Another 33 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered in deep radio searches of LAT sources will likely reveal pulsations once phase-connected rotation ephemerides are achieved. A further dozen optical and/or X-ray binary systems colocated with LAT sources also likely harbor gamma-ray MSPs. This catalog thus reports roughly 340 gamma-ray pulsars and candidates, 10% of all known pulsars, compared to <= 11 known before Fermi. Half of the gamma-ray pulsars are young. Of these, the half that are undetected in radio have a broader Galactic latitude distribution than the young radio-loud pulsars. The others are MSPs, with six undetected in radio. Overall, >= 236 are bright enough above 50 MeV to fit the pulse profile, the energy spectrum, or both. For the common two-peaked profiles, the gamma-ray peak closest to the magnetic pole crossing generally has a softer spectrum. The spectral energy distributions tend to narrow as the spindown power E decreases to its observed minimum near 1033 erg s-1, approaching the shape for synchrotron radiation from monoenergetic electrons. We calculate gamma-ray luminosities when distances are available. Our all-sky gamma-ray sensitivity map is useful for population syntheses. The electronic catalog version provides gamma-ray pulsar ephemerides, properties, and fit results to guide and be compared with modeling results.

The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars / Smith, D.a., Abdollahi, S., Ajello, M., Bailes, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Baring, M.g., Bassa, C., Gonzalez, J.b., Bellazzini, R., Berretta, A., Bhattacharyya, B., Bissaldi, E., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Burgay, M., Burnett, T.h., Cameron, R.a., et al.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 958:2(2023). [10.3847/1538-4357/acee67]

The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars

Bissaldi, E;Giglietto, N;Panzarini, G;Pillera, R;
2023

Abstract

We present 294 pulsars found in GeV data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Another 33 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered in deep radio searches of LAT sources will likely reveal pulsations once phase-connected rotation ephemerides are achieved. A further dozen optical and/or X-ray binary systems colocated with LAT sources also likely harbor gamma-ray MSPs. This catalog thus reports roughly 340 gamma-ray pulsars and candidates, 10% of all known pulsars, compared to <= 11 known before Fermi. Half of the gamma-ray pulsars are young. Of these, the half that are undetected in radio have a broader Galactic latitude distribution than the young radio-loud pulsars. The others are MSPs, with six undetected in radio. Overall, >= 236 are bright enough above 50 MeV to fit the pulse profile, the energy spectrum, or both. For the common two-peaked profiles, the gamma-ray peak closest to the magnetic pole crossing generally has a softer spectrum. The spectral energy distributions tend to narrow as the spindown power E decreases to its observed minimum near 1033 erg s-1, approaching the shape for synchrotron radiation from monoenergetic electrons. We calculate gamma-ray luminosities when distances are available. Our all-sky gamma-ray sensitivity map is useful for population syntheses. The electronic catalog version provides gamma-ray pulsar ephemerides, properties, and fit results to guide and be compared with modeling results.
2023
The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars / Smith, D.a., Abdollahi, S., Ajello, M., Bailes, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Baring, M.g., Bassa, C., Gonzalez, J.b., Bellazzini, R., Berretta, A., Bhattacharyya, B., Bissaldi, E., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Burgay, M., Burnett, T.h., Cameron, R.a., et al.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 958:2(2023). [10.3847/1538-4357/acee67]
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