Astron. Astrophys. 331, 1002-1010 (1998)

Astron. Astrophys. 331, 1002-1010 (1998)

A search for pulsars in supernova remnants

D.R. Lorimer ¹, A.G. Lyne ² and F. Camilo ²

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
² University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, UK

Received 18 September 1997 / Accepted 20 November 1997

Abstract

We have carried out a sensitive search for young pulsars associated with supernova remnants using the 76-m Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank. The observations were made at 606 MHz using a system with a bandwidth of 8 MHz and a set noise temperature on cold sky of about 50 K. The survey targeted 33 remnants in the northern hemisphere and achieved a nominal sensitivity of [FORMULA] mJy in most cases. Two pulsars were discovered in the course of this survey and the known pulsar PSR B1952+29 was detected. The new pulsars, J0215+6218 and J1957+2831, were found during searches of the supernova remnants G132.7+1.3 and G65.1+0.6 respectively. Based on a statistical analysis of the present sample of proposed pulsar-supernova remnant pairs, we conclude that at most 17 associations are likely to be real. We find no strong evidence for a genuine association between either of the two newly discovered pulsars and their target supernova remnants.

Key words: pulsars: individual (PSRs: J0215+6218, J1957+2831) supernova remnants: individual G132.7+1.3, G65.1+0.6

Send offprint requests to: D.R. Lorimer (e-mail: dunc@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de)

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1. Introduction
2. Survey observations
3. Search sensitivity
4. Results and follow-up observations
5. Discussion
6. Pulsar-Supernova remnant pair statistics
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References

Online publication: March 3, 1998
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A search for pulsars in supernova remnants

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