A Phase-Binning CCD Camera for Optical Pulsar Detection

用于光学脉冲星探测的相位合并 CCD 相机

• 批准号: 9618880
• 负责人: Christopher Martin
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-11-01 至 1998-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9618880&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Phase; Binning; CCD; Camera; Optical

Abstract MARTIN, C. AST-9618880 An existing CCD system will be modified for the detection of pulsations in the optical light of isolated, rotation powered pulsars. The detection of pulsations will 1. provide unambiguous identification of the optical counterpart of pulsars where the counterpart is believed to be known and in those where it is definitely not; 2. distinguish between thermal and non-thermal emission mechanisms producing the optical light; 3. allow a measurement of the temperature of old neutron stars which are weak or absent in the X-ray band; and 4. permit a search for evidence of heating by exotic processes such as magnetic monopoles.

摘要MARTIN， C. AST-9618880将改进现有的CCD系统，用于检测孤立的旋转动力脉冲星的光学脉冲。脉动的检测将1。对脉冲星的光学对应物提供明确的识别，其中对应物被认为是已知的，而在那些对应物肯定不是；2. 区分产生光学光的热辐射和非热辐射机制；3. 允许测量在x射线波段中较弱或不存在的老中子星的温度；和4。允许寻找由奇异过程如磁单极子加热的证据。