Brief description
Globular clusters can harbour many compact objects including intermediate mass black holes and a zoo of neutron star systems. Mercer 5 is a newly identified globular cluster whose gamma-ray emission properties suggest it may host 200 or more millisecond pulsars. If this is the case it could be the most abundant system known by some distance, opening up several avenues of study on fundamental astrophysical questions. Using the UWL receiver we propose to perform deep searches of the cluster with Parkes to identify the pulsar population.Data time period: 2020-10-01 to 2021-03-31
Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences |
Astronomical and Space Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified |
Physical Sciences |
pulsars, neutron stars, compact binaries and/or black-holes, transients, P1082_2020OCTS |
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Identifiers
- Local : 102.100.100/388672
- DOI : 10.25919/dpk9-wc19