Collaborative Research: Radio, X-ray and Gamma-Ray Emission from Neutron Stars

这一奖项将支持理解脉动中子星在整个电磁光谱中的性质的努力。研究小组将创建一个种群合成代码，用于描述费米卫星和其他调查中探测到的中子星样本的特征。这些代码将包括对加速/排放几何形状、运行辐射机制和人口特征的处理。这项编码工作的主要目标是确定射电和伽马射线发射的几何形状是如何定义的，以及它们如何随着脉冲年龄的变化而演变。该项目还将为本科生和研究生提供研究机会。来自霍普学院的本科生将在NASA戈达德太空飞行中心进行合作访问，并在会议上发表演讲。该小组还概述了外展和公共教育计划。此外，他们将通过一个网站向社区提供他们的代码，该网站将便于将他们的工作与其他小组的工作进行比较。

This award will support an effort to understand the properties of pulsating neutron stars across the electromagnetic spectrum. The research team will create a population synthesis code that will be used to characterize the sample of neutron stars detected by the Fermi satellite and in other surveys. The codes will incorporate treatments of the acceleration/emission geometry, operating radiation mechanisms and population characteristics. The principal goal of this coding effort is to determine how the geometries of the radio and gamma-ray emission are defined and how they evolve with the age of the pulsar.The project will also provide research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates from Hope College will engage in collaborative visits at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and make presentations at meetings. The team also outlines plans for outreach and public education. In addition, they will make their codes available to the community via a website that will facilitate comparison between their work and that of other groups.