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Oxford University Press (OUP), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, p. no-no

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19041.x

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17- and 24-GHz observations of southern pulsars

Journal article published in 2011 by M. J. Keith, S. Johnston, L. Levin, M. Bailes ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

We present observations of PSRs J0437-4715, J0738-4042, J0835-4510,J0908-4913, J1048-5832, J1622-4950, J1644-4559, J1721-3532 andJ1740-3015 at 17 GHz using the Parkes radio telescope. All nine weredetected at 17 GHz, additionally, we detected PSR J0835-4510 andJ1622-4950 at 24 GHz. Polarization profiles of each pulsar and thevariation with frequency are discussed. In general, we find that thehighly polarized edge components of young pulsars continue to dominatetheir profiles at 17 GHz. Older pulsars ({\gsim}10$^{5}$ yr) appearto be almost completely depolarized. Our detection of PSR J0437-4715 isthe highest frequency observation of a millisecond pulsar to date, andimplies a luminosity at 17 GHz of 14 {$μ$}Jy kpc$^{2}$, and a meanspectral index of 2.2.We find that the spectral index of the magnetar PSR J1622-4950 is flatbetween 1.4 and 24 GHz, similar to the other known radio magnetars XTEJ1810-197 and 1E 1547.0-5408. The profile is similar to that at 3.1 GHz,and is highly linearly polarized. Analysis of the frequency evolution ofthe profile of PSR J0835-4510 show that the profile is made of fourcomponents that vary with frequency only in their amplitude. The widthand separation of the components remain fixed and the spectral index ofeach component can be determined independently.