The Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre (SMART) pulsar survey—III. A census of millisecond pulsars at 154 MHz

Abstract Observations of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) at low radio frequencies play an important role in understanding the Galactic pulsar population and characterising both their emission properties and the effects of the ionised interstellar medium on the received signals. To date, only a relatively small fraction of the known MSP population has been detected at frequencies below 300 MHz, and nearly all previous MSP studies at these frequencies have been conducted with northern telescopes. We present a census of MSPs in the SMART pulsar survey, covering declinations south of $+30^{\circ}$ at a centre frequency of $154\,\mathrm{MHz}$ . We detected 40 MSPs, with 11 being the first published detections below $300\,\mathrm{MHz}$ . For each detection, we provide coherently dedispersed full-polarimetric integrated pulse profiles and mean flux densities. We measured significant Faraday rotation measures for 25 MSPs and identified apparent phase-dependent RM variations for three MSPs. Comparison with published profiles at other frequencies supports previous studies suggesting that the pulse component separations of MSPs vary negligibly over a wide frequency range due to their compact magnetospheres. We observe that integrated pulse profiles tend to be more polarised at low frequencies, consistent with depolarisation due to superposed orthogonal polarisation modes. The results of this census will be a valuable resource for planning future MSP monitoring projects at low frequencies and will also help to improve survey simulations to forecast the detectable MSP population with SKA-Low.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2025.10081
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The Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre (SMART) pulsar survey—III. A census of millisecond pulsars at 154 MHz

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The Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre (SMART) pulsar survey—III. A census of millisecond pulsars at 154 MHz

A. Williams, Bradley W. Meyers, C. P. Lee, N. D. R. Bhat, W. van Straten, N. A. Swainston, S. J. McSweeney, Mengyao Xue, C. M. Tan, G. Sleap, S. E. Tremblay, S. M. Ord
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Abstract Observations of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) at low radio frequencies play an important role in understanding the Galactic pulsar population and characterising both their emission properties and the effects of the ionised interstellar medium on the received signals. To date, only a relatively small fraction of the known MSP population has been detected at frequencies below 300 MHz, and nearly all previous MSP studies at these frequencies have been conducted with northern telescopes. We present a census of MSPs in the SMART pulsar survey, covering declinations south of $+30^{\circ}$ at a centre frequency of $154\,\mathrm{MHz}$ . We detected 40 MSPs, with 11 being the first published detections below $300\,\mathrm{MHz}$ . For each detection, we provide coherently dedispersed full-polarimetric integrated pulse profiles and mean flux densities. We measured significant Faraday rotation measures for 25 MSPs and identified apparent phase-dependent RM variations for three MSPs. Comparison with published profiles at other frequencies supports previous studies suggesting that the pulse component separations of MSPs vary negligibly over a wide frequency range due to their compact magnetospheres. We observe that integrated pulse profiles tend to be more polarised at low frequencies, consistent with depolarisation due to superposed orthogonal polarisation modes. The results of this census will be a valuable resource for planning future MSP monitoring projects at low frequencies and will also help to improve survey simulations to forecast the detectable MSP population with SKA-Low.

Publications of the Astronomical Society of AustraliaVol. 42
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Curtin University (AU), National Radio Astronomy Observatory (US), Manly Hospital (AU), Astronomy and Space (AU), National Astronomical Observatories (CN)
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