GBT26A-376

Giant Pulse Emission from an Isolated MSP

Abstract

Single pulse emission studies of pulsars provide a unique avenue to probe pulsar emission mechanism. Giant pulses (GPs) have a flux much greater than the regular single pulses and are emitted through a separate emission mechanism as well. There are only four MSPs which are known to emit GPs. More GPs detected from a variety of different pulsars would help model the physical processes behind this phenomenon. We have recently detected GPs from the MSP, J1944+0907, as part of the GREENBURST project. This MSP has not been reported as a GP emitter before. In this project, we propose to conduct full stokes observation of this pulsar at two different frequencies to probe its single pulse and GP emission.

Investigators

Name	Institution
Dunc Lorimer	West Virginia University
Shawaiz Tabassum *	West Virginia University

* indicates the PI