Population Synthesis of Radio and Gamma-ray Pulsars in the Fermi Era
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2011
Publication Source
Radio pulsars: An astrophysical key to unlock the secrets of the Universe
Volume Number
1357
First Page
245
Last Page
248
Publisher
American Institute ofPhysics
ISSN
0094-243X
Abstract
We present results of our pulsar population synthesis of normal pulsars from the Galactic disk using our previously developed computer code. On the same footing, we use slot gap and outer gap models for gamma-ray emission from normal pulsars to obtain statistics of radio-loud and radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsars. From recently improved understanding of HII and star forming regions in the Galaxy, we develop a new surface density model of the birth location of neutron stars. We explore models of neutron star evolution with magnetic field-decay, and with different initial period and magnetic field distributions. We present preliminary results including simulated population statistics that are compared with recent detections by Fermi of normal, isolated pulsars.
Recommended Citation
Published in: Radio pulsars: An astrophysical key to unlock the secrets of the Universe, Volume 1357, January 1, 2011, pages 245-248. Copyright © 2011 American Institute ofPhysics, Melville, NY. The final published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3615126
