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

该奖项将支持在电磁波谱上理解脉动中子星特性的努力。研究小组将创建一个种群合成代码，用于表征费米卫星和其他调查中探测到的中子星样本。这些守则将包括对加速/发射几何形状、操作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如何定义射电和伽马射线发射的几何形状，以及它们如何随着脉冲星的年龄而演变。该项目还将为本科生和研究生提供研究机会。霍普学院的本科生将参与美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心的合作访问，并在会议上发表演讲。该小组还概述了推广和公共教育的计划。此外，他们将通过一个网站向社区提供他们的代码，以便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.