686 results on '"Lazio, T. Joseph W."'
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102. A New Radio Detection of the Bursting Source GCRT J1745-3009
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Hyman, Scott D., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Roy, Subhashis, Ray, Paul S., and Kassim, Namir E.
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GCRT J1745-3009 is a transient bursting radio source located in the direction of the Galactic center, discovered in 330 MHz VLA observations from 2002 September 30--October 1 by Hyman et al. We have searched for bursting activity from GCRT J1745-3009 in nearly all of the available 330 MHz VLA observations of the Galactic center since 1989 as well as in 2003 GMRT observations. We report a new radio detection of the source in 330 MHz GMRT data taken on 2003 September 28. A single ~0.5 Jy burst was detected, approximately 3x weaker than the five bursts detected in 2002. Due to the sparse sampling of the 2003 observation, only the decay portion of a single burst was detected. We present additional evidence indicating that this burst is an isolated one, but we cannot completely rule out additional undetected bursts that may have occured with the same ~77 min. periodicity observed in 2002 or with a different periodicity. Assuming the peak emission was detected, the decay time of the burst, ~2 min, is consistent with that determined for the 2002 bursts. Based on the total time for which we have observations, we estimate that the source has a duty cycle of roughly 10%., Comment: 16 pages including 4 figures. Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal
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103. The Exploration of the Unknown
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Wilkinson, P. N., Kellermann, K. I., Ekers, R. D., Cordes, J. M., and Lazio, T. Joseph W.
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The Square Kilometre Array is conceived as a telescope which will both test fundamental physical laws and transform our current picture of the Universe. However, the scientific challenges outlined in this book are today's problems--will they still be the outstanding problems that will confront astronomers in the period 2020 to 2050 and beyond, when the SKA will be in its most productive years? If history is any example, the excitement of the SKA will not be in the old questions which are answered, but the new questions that will be raised by the new types of observations it will permit. The SKA is a tool for as-yet-unborn users and there is an onus on its designers to allow for the exploration of the unknown. We outline a philosophy for the design and operation of the SKA that can lead the radio astronomers in the 21st century to add to the many discoveries of new phenomena made by radio astronomers in the 20th century., Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures in 2 PostScript files; to appear in "Science with the Square Kilometer Array," eds. C. Carilli and S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews (Elsevier: Amsterdam); Figure 1 corrected (again) so that it may print
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- 2004
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104. The Microarcsecond Sky and Cosmic Turbulence
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Cordes, J. M., de Bruyn, A. G., and Macquart, J. -P.
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Radio waves are imprinted with propagation effects from ionized media through which they pass. Owing to electron density fluctuations, compact sources (pulsars, masers, and compact extragalactic sources) can display a wide variety of scattering effects. These scattering effects, particularly interstellar scintillation, can be exploited to provide *superresolution*, with achievable angular resolutions (<~ 1 microarcsecond) far in excess of what can be obtained by very long baseline interferometry on terrestrial baselines. Scattering effects also provide a powerful sub-AU probe of the microphysics of the interstellar medium, potentially to spatial scales smaller than 100 km, as well as a tracer of the Galactic distribution of energy input into the interstellar medium through a variety of integrated measures. Coupled with future gamma-ray observations, SKA observations also may provide a means of detecting fainter compact gamma-ray sources. Though it is not yet clear that propagation effects due to the intergalactic medium are significant, the SKA will either detect or place stringent constraints on intergalactic scattering., Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures in 8 PostScript files, to appear in "Science with the Square Kilometer Array," eds. C. Carilli and S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews (Elsevier: Amsterdam)
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- 2004
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105. The Dynamic Radio Sky
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Cordes, James M., Lazio, T. Joseph W., and McLaughlin, M. A.
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Transient radio sources are necessarily compact and usually are the locations of explosive or dynamic events, therefore offering unique opportunities for probing fundamental physics and astrophysics. In addition, short-duration transients are powerful probes of intervening media owing to dispersion, scattering and Faraday rotation that modify the signals. While radio astronomy has an impressive record obtaining high time resolution, usually it is achieved in quite narrow fields of view. Consequently, the dynamic radio sky is poorly sampled, in contrast to the situation in the X-ray and gamma-ray bands. The SKA has the potential to change this situation, opening up new parameter space in the search for radio transients. We summarize the wide variety of known and hypothesized radio transients and demonstrate that the SKA offers considerable power in exploring this parameter space. Requirements on the SKA to search the parameter space include the abilities to (1) Make targeted searches using beamforming capability; (2) Conduct blind, all-sky surveys with dense sampling of the frequency-time plane in wide fields; (3) Sample the sky with multiple fields of view from spatially well-separated sites in order to discriminate celestial and terrestrial signals; (4) Utilize as much of the SKA's aggregate collecting area as possible in blind surveys, thus requiring a centrally condensed configuration; and (5) Localize repeating transient sources to high angular precision, requiring a configuration with long baselines, thus requiring collecting area in both a centrally condensed "core" array and sufficient area on long baselines., Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures in 4 PostScript files; to appear in "Science with the Square Kilometer Array," eds. C. Carilli and S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews (Elsevier: Amsterdam)
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- 2004
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106. High-Resolution, Wide-Field Imaging of the Galactic Center Region at 330 MHz
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Nord, Michael E., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Kassim, Namir E., Hyman, S. D., LaRosa, T. N., Brogan, C., and Duric, N.
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We present a wide field, sub-arcminute resolution VLA image of the Galactic Center region at 330 MHz. With a resolution of ~ 7" X 12" and an RMS noise of 1.6 mJy/beam, this image represents a significant increase in resolution and sensitivity over the previously published VLA image at this frequency. The improved sensitivity has more than tripled the census of small diameter sources in the region, has resulted in the detection of two new Non Thermal Filaments (NTFs), 18 NTF candidates, 30 pulsar candidates, reveals previously known extended sources in greater detail, and has resulted in the first detection of Sagittarius A* in this frequency range. A version of this paper containing full resolution images may be found at http://lwa.nrl.navy.mil/nord/AAAB.pdf., Comment: Astronomical Journal, Accepted 62 Pages, 21 Figures
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- 2004
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107. A Wide Field, Low Frequency Radio Survey of the Field of M31: I. Construction and Statistical Analysis of the Source Catalog
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Gelfand, Joseph D., Lazio, T. Joseph W., and Gaensler, B. M.
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We present here the results of a 325 MHz radio survey of M31, conducted with the A-configuration of the Very Large Array. The survey covered an area of 7.6 deg$^2$, and a total of 405 radio sources between $\la$6\arcsec and 170\arcsec in extent were mapped with a resolution of 6\arcsec and a 1$\sigma$ sensitivity of $\sim$0.6 \mjyb. For each source, its morphological class, major axis $\theta_M$, minor axis $\theta_m$, position angle $\theta_{PA}$, peak flux $I$, integrated flux density $S$, spectral index $\alpha$ and spectral curvature parameter $\phi$ were calculated. A comparison of the flux and radial distribution -- both in the plane of the sky and in the plane of M31 -- of these sources with those of the XMM--LSS and WENSS radio surveys revealed that a vast majority of sources detected are background radio galaxies. As a result of this analysis, we expect that only a few sources are intrinsic to M31. These sources are identified and discussed in an accompanying paper., Comment: 29 pages with 4 tables and 10 figures (JPEGs), accepted for publication in ApJS. Full-resolution images available on request
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- 2004
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108. New Nonthermal Filaments at the Galactic Center: Are They Tracing a Globally Ordered Magnetic Field?
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LaRosa, T. N., Nord, Michael E., Lazio, T. Joseph W., and Kassim, Namir E.
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New high-resolution, wide-field 90 cm VLA observations of the Galactic Center region by Nord et al. have revealed twenty nonthermal filament (NTF) candidates. We report 6 cm polarization observations of six of these. All of the candidates have the expected NTF morphology, and two show extended polarization confirming their identification as NTFs. One of the new NTFs appears to be part of a system of NTFs located in the Sgr B region, 64 pc in projection north of Sgr A. These filaments cross the Galactic plane with an orientation similar to the filaments in the Galactic Center Radio Arc. They extend the scale over which the NTF phenomena is known to occur to almost 300 pc along the Galactic plane. Another NTF was found in the Galactic plane south of the Sgr C filament but with an orientation of 45 degrees to the Galactic plane. This is only the second of 12 confirmed NTFs that is not oriented perpendicular to the Galactic plane. An additional candidate in the Sgr C region was resolved into multiple filamentary structures. Polarization was detected only at the brightness peak of one of the filaments. Several of these filaments run parallel to the Galactic plane and can be considered additional evidence for non-poloidal magnetic fields at the GC. Together the 90 and 6 cm observations indicate that the Galactic center magnetic field may be more complex than a simple globally ordered dipole field., Comment: Astrophysical Journal, Accepted
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- 2004
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109. Detection of Sagittarius A* at 330 MHz with the Very Large Array
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Nord, Michael E., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Kassim, Namir E., Goss, W. M., and Duric, N.
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We report the detection of Sagittarius A*, the radio source associated with our Galaxy's central massive black hole, at 330 MHz with the Very Large Array. Implications for the spectrum and emission processes of Sagittarius A* are discussed and several hypothetical geometries of the central region are considered., Comment: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Accepted
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- 2003
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110. Megachannel Extraterrestrial Assay Candidates: No Transmissions from Intrinsically Steady Sources
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Tarter, Jill, and Backus, Peter R.
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This paper reports new, more sensitive observations of nine of the eleven extrastatistical signals in the Megachannel Extraterrestrial Assay (META). These extrastatistical signals had all of the expected characteristics of a transmission from an extraterrestrial transmitter, except that they did not repeat. Cordes, Lazio, & Sagan showed that this lack of repeatability could be explained by the high detection thresholds used in the reobservations of these candidates combined with interstellar scintillation of intrinsically steady sources. We use the Cordes, Lazio, & Sagan methodology, correcting an error in the original presentation, and our new observations to rule out this scintillation hypothesis at a confidence level of at least 97.8% (for the case of an intrinsically weak source) to a level in excess of 99% (if the source strengths are comparable to that favored by Cordes, Lazio, & Sagan. We also demonstrate that gravitational microlensing cannot account for the initial detection of these candidate signals nor is gravitational lensing likely to play a role in future SETI programs. We conclude that the META candidates do not reflect a large population of powerful, strong beacons., Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX2e with AASTeX 5.2, 1 PostScript figure; accepted for publication in the Astron. J. (2002 July)
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- 2002
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111. Low-Frequency Radio Transients in the Galactic Center
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Hyman, Scott D., Lazio, T. Joseph W., and Kassim, Namir E.
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We report the detection of a new radio transient source, GCRT J1746-2757, located only 1.1 degrees north of the Galactic center. Consistent with other radio transients toward the Galactic center, this source brightened and faded on a time scale of a few months. No X-ray counterpart was detected. We also report new 0.33 GHz measurements of the radio counterpart to the X-ray transient source, XTE J1748-288, previously detected and monitored at higher radio frequencies. We show that the spectrum of XTE J1748-288 steepened considerably during a period of a few months after its peak. We also discuss the need for a more efficient means of finding additional radio transients.
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- 2001
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112. A New System of Parallel Isolated Nonthermal Filaments Near the Galactic Center: Evidence for a Local Magnetic Field Gradient
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LaRosa, T. N., Lazio, T. Joseph W., and Kassim, Namir E.
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We report the discovery of a system of isolated nonthermal filaments approximately 0.5 deg. northwest (75 pc in projection) of Sgr A. Unlike other isolated nonthermal filaments which show subfilamentation, braiding of subfilaments, and flaring at their ends, these filaments are simple linear structures and more closely resemble the parallel bundled filaments in the Galactic center radio arc. However, the most unusual feature of these filaments is that the 20/90 cm spectral index uniformly decreases as a function of length, in contrast to all other nonthermal filaments in the Galactic center. This spectral gradient may not be due to simple particle aging but could be explained by a curved electron energy spectrum embedded in a diverging magnetic field. If so, the scale of the magnetic gradient is not consistent with a large scale magnetic field centered on Sgr A* suggesting that this filament system is tracing a local magnetic field., Comment: 10 pages, AASTeX 5.01 LaTeX2e; 7 figures in 9 PostScript files; scheduled for publication in the 2001 December 10, v. 563 issue of ApJ
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- 2001
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113. Multi-frequency VLBA Observations of the Compact Double B2 2050+36: Constraints on Interstellar Scattering Revisited
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Lazio, T. Joseph W. and Fey, A. L.
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We present multi-frequency observations with the Very Long Baseline Array of the compact double radio source B2 2050+36. Our observations are at 0.33, 0.61, 1.67, 2.3, and 8.4 GHz, with the 0.61 GHz observations forming the third epoch of observation of this source at that frequency. At 0.61 GHz, the structure of B2 2050+36 is dominated by two components 56 mas apart. Within the uncertainties of the various measurements, this separation has remained unchanged for the past 16 years. Any differential image wander caused by refractive interstellar scattering is less than 4 mas. Both the lack of differential image wander and the frequency dependence of the angular diameter of B2 2050+36 below 1 GHz indicate that the electron density power spectrum along this line of sight has a spectral index near the Kolmogorov value, with a value of 4 being highly unlikely. We conclude that diffractive scattering dominates along this line of sight; results in the literature indicate that this conclusion also holds true for the line of sight to the pulsar PSR B2020+28 (8.7 deg. from B2 2050+36). Comparison of our 1.67 GHz observations with those obtained 21 years previously place a limit on the projected linear separation velocity of the two components of c., Comment: 19 pages LaTeX2e with AASTeX 5, 3 figures in 7 PostScript files; accepted for publication in the ApJ
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- 2001
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114. Spatially-resolved Thermal Continuum Absorption against the Supernova Remnant W49B
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Lacey, C. K., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Kassim, Namir E., Duric, N., Briggs, D. S., and Dyer, K. K.
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We present sub-arcminute resolution imaging of the Galactic supernova remnant W49B at 74 MHz (25") and 327 MHz (6"), the former being the lowest frequency at which the source has been resolved. While the 327 MHz image shows a shell-like morphology similar to that seen at higher frequencies, the 74 MHz image is considerably different, with the southwest region of the remnant almost completely attenuated. The implied 74 MHz optical depth (~ 1.6) is much higher than the intrinsic absorption levels seen inside two other relatively young remnants, Cas A and the Crab Nebula, nor are natural variations in the relativistic electron energy spectra expected at such levels. The geometry of the absorption is also inconsistent with intrinsic absorption. We attribute the absorption to extrinsic free-free absorption by a intervening cloud of thermal electrons. Its presence has already been inferred from the low-frequency turnover in the integrated continuum spectrum and from the detection of radio recombination lines toward the remnant. Our observations confirm the basic conclusions of those measurements, and our observations have resolved the absorber into a complex of classical HII regions surrounded either partially or fully by low-density HII gas. We identify this low-density gas as an extended HII region envelope (EHE), whose statistical properties were inferred from low resolution meter- and centimeter-wavelength recombination line observations. Comparison of our radio images with HI and H_2CO observations show that the intervening thermal gas is likely associated with neutral and molecular material as well., Comment: 18 pages, LaTeX with AASTeX-5, 5 figures in 7 PostScript files; accepted for publication in the ApJ
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- 2001
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115. A Dual Frequency, Multi-Year Monitoring Program of Compact Radio Sources
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Waltman, E. B., Ghigo, F. D., Fiedler, R. L., Foster, R. S., and Johnston, K. J.
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We present light curves for 149 sources monitored with the Green Bank Interferometer. The light curves are at two radio frequencies (approximately 2.5 and 8.2 GHz) and range from 3 to 15 yrs in length, covering the interval 1979--1996, and have a typical sampling of one flux density measurement every 2 days. We have used these light curves to conduct various variability analysis (rms flux density variations and autoregressive, integrated, moving average modeling) of these sources. We find suggestive, though not unambiguous evidence, that these sources have a common, broadband mechanism for intrinsic variations, in agreement with previous studies of a subset of these source. We also find that the sources generally display a short-term variability (~ 10 d) that arises from radio-wave scattering in an extended medium. These conclusions extend those of Fiedler et al. (1987) who used a sub-sample of these data. The primary motivation for this monitoring program was the identification of extreme scattering events. In an effort to identify ESEs in a systematic manner, we have taken the wavelet transform of the light curves. We find 15 events in the light curves of 12 sources that we classify as probable ESEs. However, we also find that five ESEs previously identified from these data do not survive our wavelet selection criteria. Future identification of ESEs will probably continue to rely on both visual and systematic methods. Instructions for obtaining the data are also presented., Comment: 34 pages, LaTeX with AASTeX-5, 7 figures in 20 PostScript files; because of their length, Table 1 and Figures 8 and 9 can be obtained from http://ese.nrl.navy.mil/GBI/GBI.html
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- 2001
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116. Extreme Scattering Events: An Observational Summary
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Fey, Alan L., and Gaume, R. A.
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We review observational constraints on the structures responsible for extreme scattering events, focussing on a series of observations of the quasar PKS 1741-038. VLA observations were conducted to search for changes in the rotation measure and H I absorption during the ESE, while VLBI observations sought ESE-induced changes in the source's image. No RM changes were found implying B_|| < 12 mG, and no H I opacity changes were found implying N(H I) < 6.4 x 10^{17} cm^{-2}. No multiple imaging was observed, but the diameter of the source increased by 0.7 mas, contrary to what is predicted by simple refractive lens modeling of ESEs. We summarize what these limits imply about the structure responsible for this ESE., Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX2e Kluwer style, 1 PostScript figure; to appear in Ap&SS special section from IAUC 182 "Sources and Scintillation"
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- 2000
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117. Anomalous Radio-Wave Scattering from Interstellar Plasma Structures
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Cordes, J. M. and Lazio, T. Joseph W.
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This paper considers scattering screens that have arbitrary spatial variations of scattering strength transverse to the line of sight, including screens that are spatially well confined, such as disks and filaments. We calculate the scattered image of a point source and the observed pulse shape of a scattered impulse. The consequences of screen confinement include: (1) Source image shapes that are determined by the physical extent of the screen rather than by the shapes of much-smaller diffracting microirregularities. These include image elongations and orientations that are frequency dependent. (2) Variation with frequency of angular broadening that is much weaker than the trademark \nu^{-2} scaling law (for a cold, unmagnetized plasma), including frequency-independent cases; and (3) Similar departure of the pulse broadening time from the usually expected \nu^{-4} scaling law. We briefly discuss applications that include scattering of pulses from the Crab pulsar by filaments in the Crab Nebula; image asymmetries from Galactic scattering of the sources Cyg X-3, Sgr A*, and NGC 6334B; and scattering of background active galactic nuclei by intervening galaxies. We also address the consequences for inferences about the shape of the wavenumber spectrum of electron density irregularities, which depend on scaling laws for the image size and the pulse broadening. Future low-frequency (< 100 MHz) array observations will also be strongly affected by the Galactic structure of scattering material. Our formalism is derived in the context of radio scattering by plasma density fluctuations. It is also applicable to optical, UV and X-ray scattering by grains in the interstellar medium., Comment: 21 pages, LaTeX2e with AASTeX-4.0, 6 PostScript figures, accepted by ApJ, revised version has minor changes to respond to referee comments and suggestions
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- 2000
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118. SunRISE: Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment: Revealing How Energetic Particles Are Accelerated and Released Into Interplanetary Space
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Lazio, T. Joseph W and Kasper, Justin C
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119. SunRISE: Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment: Revealing How Energetic Particles Are Accelerated and Released Into Interplanetary Space
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Kasper, Justin C and Lazio, T. Joseph W
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120. Upper Limits on the Continuum Emission from Geminga at 74 and 326 MHz
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Kassim, Namir E. and Lazio, T. Joseph W.
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We report a search for radio continuum emission from the gamma-ray pulsar Geminga. We have used the VLA to image the location of the optical counterpart of Geminga at 74 and 326 MHz. We detect no radio counterpart. We derive upper limits to the pulse-averaged flux density of Geminga, taking diffractive scintillation into account. We find that diffractive scintillation is probably quenched at 74 MHz and does not influence our upper limit, S < 56 mJy (2\sigma), but that a 95% confidence level at 326 MHz is S < 5 mJy. Owing to uncertainties on the other low-frequency detections and the possibility of intrinsic variability or extrinsic variability (refractive interstellar scintillation) or both, our non-detections are nominally consistent with these previous detections., Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX2e with AASTeX 4.0, 3 figures; to be published in ApJ
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- 1999
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121. The Extreme Scattering Event Toward PKS 1741-038: VLBI Images
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Fey, A. L., and Dennison, Brian
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(Abridged) We report multi-epoch VLBI observations of the source PKS 1741-038 as it underwent an extreme scattering event. Observations at four epochs were obtained, and images were produced at three of these. During the event the source consisted of a dominant, compact component, essentially identical to the structure seen outside the event. However, the source's diameter increased slightly at 13 cm during the ESE. An increase in the source's diameter is inconsistent with a simple refractive model. We also see no evidence for ESE-induced substructure within the source or the formation of multiple images, as would occur in a strongly refractive lens. However, a model in which the decrease in flux density during the ESE occurs solely because of stochastic broadening within the lens requires a larger broadening diameter during the ESE than is observed. Thus, the ESE toward 1741-038 involved both stochastic broadening and refractive defocussing within the lens. If the structure responsible for the ESE has a size of order 1 AU, the level of scattering within an ESE lens may be a factor of 10^7 larger than that in the ambient medium. A filamentary structure could reduce the difference between the strength of scattering in the lens and ambient medium, but we conclude that, if ESEs arise from filamentary structures, they occur when the filamentary structures are seen lengthwise. We predict the amount of pulse broadening that would result from a comparable lens passing in front of a pulsar. The pulse broadening would be no more than 1.1 microseconds, consistent with the lack of pulse broadening detected during ESEs toward the pulsars PSR B1937+21 and PSR J1643-1224., Comment: 19 pages, LaTeX2e with AASTeX-4.0, 1 LaTeX table and 5 figures in 9 PostScript files, to be published in the ApJ, minor change in Figures 2a, 3a, and 4a to correct a label
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- 1999
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122. G359.87+0.18: An FR II Radio Galaxy 15 Arcminutes from Sgr A*. Implications for the Scattering Region in the Galactic Center
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Anantharamaiah, K. R., Goss, W. M., Kassim, Namir E., and Cordes, James M.
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G359.87+0.18 is an enigmatic object located 15' from Sgr A*. It has been variously classified as an extragalactic source, Galactic jet source, and young supernova remnant. We present new observations of G359.87+0.18 between 0.33 and 15 GHz and use these to argue that this source is an Faranoff-Riley II radio galaxy. We are able to place a crude limit on its redshift of z > 0.1. The source has a spectral index \alpha < -1 (S \propto \nu^\alpha), suggestive of a radio galaxy with a redshift z >~ 2. The scattering diameters of Sgr A* and several nearby OH masers (~ 1" at 1 GHz) indicate that a region of enhanced scattering is along the line of sight to the Galactic center. If the region covers the Galactic center uniformly, the implied diameter for a background source is at least 600" at 0.33 GHz, in contrast with the observed 20" diameter of G359.87+0.18. Using the scattering diameter of a nearby OH maser OH 359.762+0.120 and the widths of two, nearby, non-thermal threads, G0.08+0.15 and G359.79+0.17, we show that a uniform scattering region should cover G359.87+0.18. We therefore conclude that the Galactic center scattering region is inhomogeneous on a scale of 5' (~ 10 pc at a distance of 8.5 kpc). This scale is comparable to the size scale of molecular clouds in the Galactic center. The close agreement between these two lengths scales is an indication that the scattering region is linked intimately to the Galactic center molecular clouds., Comment: Accepted for publication in the ApJ, vol. 515, LaTeX2e manuscript using aaspp4 macro, 19 pages, 8 figures in 11 PostScript files
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123. Hyperstrong Radio-Wave Scattering in the Galactic Center. II. A Likelihood Analysis of Free Electrons in the Galactic Center
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Lazio, T. Joseph W. and Cordes, James M.
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The scattering diameters of Sgr A* and several nearby OH masers (~ 1" at 1 GHz) indicate that a region of enhanced scattering is along the line of sight to the Galactic center. We combine radio-wave scattering data and free-free emission and absorption measurements in a likelihood analysis that constrains the following parameters of the GC scattering region: The GC-scattering region separation, d; the angular extent of the region, \psi_l; the outer scale on which density fluctuations occur, l_0; and the gas temperature, T. The maximum likelihood estimates of these parameters are d = 133_{-80}^{+200} pc, 0.5 degrees <= \psi_l <~ 1 degrees, and (l_0/1 pc)^{2/3}T^{-1/2} = 10^{-7 +/- 0.8}. As host media for the scattering, we consider the photoionized surface layers of molecular clouds and the interfaces between molecular clouds and the 10^7 K ambient gas. We are unable to make an unambiguous determination, but we favor an interface model in which the scattering medium is hot (T ~ 10^6 K) and dense (n_e ~ 10 cm^{-3}). The GC scattering region produces a 1 GHz scattering diameter for an extragalactic source of 90", if the region is a single screen, or 180", if the region wraps around the GC, as appears probable. We modify the Taylor-Cordes model for the Galactic distribution of free electrons in order to include an explicit GC component. Pulsars seen through this region will have a dispersion measure of approximately 2000 pc cm^{-3}, of which 75% arises from the GC component. We stress the uniqueness of the GC scattering region, probably resulting from the high-pressure environment in the GC., Comment: 39 pages with 9 PostScript figures; LaTeX2e with AASTeX macro aaspp4, to be published in ApJ
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- 1998
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124. Hyperstrong Radio-Wave Scattering in the Galactic Center. I. A Survey for Extragalactic Sources Seen Through the Galactic Center
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Lazio, T. Joseph W. and Cordes, James M.
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The scattering diameters of Sgr A* and several nearby OH masers (~ 1" at 1 GHz) indicate that a region of enhanced scattering is along the line of sight to the Galactic center. The scattering diameter of an extragalactic source seen through this scattering region is larger by the ratio (Sun-GC distance)/(GC-scattering region separation). This ratio could be a factor of a few, if the scattering region is far from the GC and only a random superposition with it, to more than 100, if the scattering region is within the GC. We have used the VLA to survey 10 (11) fields at 20 cm (6 cm) ranging from 7' to 137' from Sgr A*. Our objective was to identify extragalactic sources and measure their scattering diameters so as to constrain this ratio. In order to find sources within these fields, we have employed pdfCLEAN, an algorithm in which sources are identified in an image by comparing the intensity histogram of the image to that expected from a noise-only image. We found over 100 sources, with the faintest sources being 3 mJy. The average number of sources per field is approximately 10, though fields close to Sgr A* tend to contain fewer sources. In a companion paper we use this survey in assessing the likelihood that the scattering region is within the GC. A number of Galactic sources are included in our source catalog. We discuss a double-lobed source, potentially an X-ray quiet version of 1E1740.7-2942, a shell-like structure with a central point source, and a possible radio transient., Comment: 36 pages with 6 figures in 7 PostScript files; LaTeX2e with AASTeX macro aaspp4, to be published in ApJS; two tables in separate files which use apjpt4 and should be printed in landscape mode
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- 1998
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125. The Radial Extent and Warp of the Ionized Galactic Disk. I. A VLBA Survey of Extragalactic Sources Toward the Anticenter
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Lazio, T. Joseph W. and Cordes, James M.
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We report multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array observations of twelve active galactic nuclei seen toward the Galactic anticenter. All of the sources are at |b| < 10 degrees and seven have |b| < 0.5 degrees. Our VLBA observations can detect an enhancement in the angular broadening of these sources due to an extended H II disk, if the orientation of the H II disk in the outer Galaxy is similar to that of the H I disk. Such an extended H II disk is suggested by the C IV absorption in a quasar's spectrum, the appearance of H I disks of nearby spiral galaxies, and models of Ly-alpha cloud absorbers and the Galactic fountain. We detect eleven of the twelve sources at one or more frequencies; nine of the sources are compact and suitable for an angular broadening analysis. A preliminary analysis of the observed angular diameters suggests that the H II disk does not display considerable warping or flaring and does not extend to large Galactocentric distances (R >~ 100 kpc). A companion paper (Lazio & Cordes 1997) combines these observations with those in the literature and presents a more comprehensive analysis., Comment: 19 pages, LaTeX2e with AASTeX macro aaspp4, accepted for publication in ApJS, Vol. 115, 1998 April; Figures 1, 3, and 4 included, for figures of individual sources see http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/students/lazio/Anticenter/anticenterI.html
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126. The Radial Extent and Warp of the Ionized Galactic Disk. II. A Likelihood Analysis of Radio-Wave Scattering Toward the Anticenter
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Lazio, T. Joseph W. and Cordes, James M.
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We use radio-wave scattering data to constrain the distribution of ionized gas in the outer Galaxy. Like previous models, our model for the H II disk includes parameters for the radial scale length and scale height of the H II, but we allow the H II disk to warp and flare. Our model also includes the Perseus arm. We use a likelihood analysis on 11 extragalactic sources and 7 pulsars. Scattering in the Perseus arm is no more than 60% of the level contributed by spiral arms in the inner Galaxy, equivalent to a 1 GHz scattering diameter of 1.5 mas. Our analysis favors an unwarped, nonflaring disk with a 1 kpc scale height, though this may reflect the non-uniform and coarse coverage provided by the available data. The lack of a warp indicates that VLBI observations near 1 GHz with an orbiting station having baseline lengths of a few Earth diameters will not be affected by interstellar scattering at Galactic latitudes |b| ~ 15 degrees. The radial scale length is 15--20 kpc, but the data cannot distinguish between a gradual decrease in the electron density and a truncated distribution. We favor a truncated one, because we associate the scattering with massive star formation, which is also truncated near 20 kpc. The distribution of electron density turbulence decreases more rapidly with Galactocentric distance than does the hydrogen distribution. Alternate ionizing and turbulent agents---the intergalactic ionizing flux and satellite galaxies passing through the disk---do not contribute significantly to scattering. We cannot exclude the possibility that a largely ionized, but quiescent disk extends to >~ 100 kpc, similar to that for some Ly-alpha absorbers., Comment: 34 pages, LaTeX2e with AASTeX aaspp4 macro, 9 figures in 9 PostScript files, accepted for publication in ApJ
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127. The Gaussian Plasma Lens in Astrophysics. Refraction
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Clegg, Andrew W., Fey, Alan L., and Lazio, T. Joseph W.
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We consider the geometrical optics for refraction of a distant radio source by an interstellar plasma lens, with application to a lens with a Gaussian electron column density profile. The refractive properties of the lens are specified completely by a dimensionless parameter, alpha, which is a function of the wavelength of observation, the lens' electron column density, the lens-observer distance, and the transverse diameter of the lens. Relative motion of the observer and lens produces modulations in the source's light curve. Plasma lenses are diverging so the light curve displays a minimum, when the lens is on-axis, surrounded by enhancements above the unlensed flux density. Lensing can also produce caustics, multiple imaging, and angular position wander of the background source. If caustics are formed, the separation of the outer caustics can constrain alpha, while the separation of the inner caustics can constrain the size of the lens. We apply our analysis to 0954+654, a source for which we can identify caustics in its light curve, and 1741-038, for which polarization observations were obtained during and after the scattering event. We find general agreement between modelled and observed light curves at 2.25 GHz, but poor agreement at 8.1 GHz. The discrepancies may result from a combination of lens substructure or anisotropic shape, a lens that only grazes the source, or unresolved source substructure. Our analysis places the following constraints on the lenses: Toward 0954+654 (1741-038) the lens was 0.38 AU (0.065 AU) in diameter, with a peak column density of 0.24 pc cm^{-3} (1E-4 pc cm^{-3}) and an electron density of 1E5 cm^{-3} (300 cm^{-3}). The angular wander caused by the lens was 250 mas (0.4 mas) at 2.25 GHz. For 1741-038, we place an upper limit of 100 mG on the lens' magnetic field., Comment: 26 pages, LaTeX2e using AASTeX macro aaspp4, 11 PostScript figures; to be published in ApJ
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128. Scintillation-Induced Intermittency in SETI
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Cordes, James M., Lazio, T. Joseph W., and Sagan, Carl
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We consider interstellar scintillations as a cause of intermittency in radio signals from extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). We demonstrate that scintillations are very likely to allow initial detections of narrowband signals from distant sources (> 100 pc), while making redetections improbable. We consider three models in order to assess the non-repeating, narrowband events found in recent SETI and to analyze large surveys in general: (I) Radiometer noise; (II) A population of constant Galactic sources undergoing interstellar scintillation,; and (III) Real, transient signals (or hardware errors) of either terrestrial or ET origin. We apply likelihood and Bayesian tests of the models to The Planetary Society/Harvard META data. We find that Models II and III are both highly preferred to Model I, but that Models II and III are about equally likely. Ruling out Model II in favor of Model III requires many more reobservations than were conducted in META *or* the reobservation threshold must be much lower than was used in META. *We cannot rule out the possibility that META events are real, intrinsically steady ETI signals.* We recommend that future surveys use thresholds far below the typical false-alarm threshold to lessen the effects of intermittency. The threshold level is best defined in terms of the recording and computational technology that is available at a cost commensurate with other survey costs., Comment: 59 pages, LaTeX using aaspp4 style file, 12 figures in 14 PostScript figures, ApJ, in press, 1997 Oct. 1
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129. Finding Radio Pulsars in and Beyond the Galactic Center
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Cordes, James M. and Lazio, T. Joseph W.
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Radio-wave scattering is enhanced dramatically for Galactic center sources in a region with radius >~ 15 arc min. Using scattering from Sgr A* and other sources, we show that pulse broadening for pulsars in the Galactic center is {\em at least} 6.3 \nu^{-4} seconds (\nu = radio frequency in GHz) and is most likely 50--200 times larger because the relevant scattering screen appears to be within the Galactic center region itself. Pulsars beyond---but viewed through---the Galactic center suffer even greater pulse broadening and are angularly broadened by <~ 2 {\em arc min}. Periodicity searches at radio frequencies are likely to find only long period pulsars and, then, only if optimized by using frequencies >~ 7 GHz and by testing for small numbers of harmonics in the power spectrum. The optimal frequency is $\nu ~ 7.3 GHz (\Delta_{0.1}P\sqrt{\alpha})^{-1/4}$ where \Delta_{0.1} is the distance of the scattering region from Sgr A* in units of 0.1 kpc, P is the period (seconds), and \alpha is the spectral index. A search for compact sources using aperture synthesis may be far more successful than searches for periodicities because the angular broadening is not so large as to desensitize the survey. We estimate that the number of {\em detectable} pulsars in the Galactic center may range from <= 1 to 100, with the larger values resulting from recent, vigorous starbursts. Such pulsars provide unique opportunities for probing the ionized gas, gravitational potential, and stellar population near Sgr A*., Comment: 13 pages, 4 PS figures, LaTeX and requires AASTeX macro aas2pp4, accepted by ApJ, also available as http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/SPIGOT/papers/pulsar/gc_psr.web/
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130. Images of HCO+ (1-0) Emission in a Molecular Cloud near 1E1740.7-2942
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Phillips, J. A. and Lazio, T. Joseph W.
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We have observed the hard X-ray source 1E1740.7-2942 in the HCO+ (1-0) line using the Owens Valley millimeter interferometer. Previous single dish observations have found HCO+ emission coincident with the location of the radio continuum hot spots of the radio source associated with 1E1740.7-2942. Our higher resolution observations show a 15 arcsec offset between the HCO+ emission and the location of the radio hot spots. We propose that the lack of emission results from a large ionization rate, exceeding $10^{-15}$ s$^{-1}$, in the neighborhood of 1E1740.7-2942., Comment: 7 pages + 3 figures, AAS LaTeX macros, submitted to ApJL, uuencode'd, tar'ed, gzip'ed PostScript figures also available
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131. System Level Availability Budget for the Multi-Vehicle Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment
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Didion, Alan M., primary, Heneghan, Cate, additional, and Lazio, T. Joseph W., additional
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132. Transient Phenomena: Opportunities for New Discoveries
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Barbosa, Domingos, editor, Anton, Sonia, editor, Gurvits, Leonid, editor, and Maia, Dalmiro, editor
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133. An unusual pulse shape change event in PSR J1713+0747 observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME: Profile data and figure reproduction scripts
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Jennings, Ross J., Cordes, James M., Chatterjee, Shami, McLaughlin, Maura A., Demorest, Paul B., Arzoumanian, Zaven, Baker, Paul T., Blumer, Harsha, Brook, Paul R., Cohen, Tyler, Crawford, Fronefield, Cromartie, H. Thankful, DeCesar, Megan E., Dolch, Timothy, Ferrara, Elizabeth C., Fonseca, Emmanuel, Good, Deborah C., Hazbound, Jeffrey S., Jones, Megan L., Kaplan, David L., Lam, Michael T., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Lorimer, Duncan R., Luo, Jing, Lynch, Ryan S., McKee, James W., Madison, Dustin R., Meyers, Bradley W., Mingarelli, Chiara M. F., Nice, David J., Pennucci, Timothy T., Perera, Benetge B. P., Pol, Nihan S., Ransom, Scott M., Ray, Paul S., Shapiro Albert, Brent J., Siemens, Xavier, Stairs, Ingrid H., Stinebring, Daniel R., Swiggum, Joseph K., Tan, Chia Min, Taylor, Stephen R., Vigeland, Sarah J., and Witt, Caitlin A.
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This Zenodo entry contains data used in the paper "An unusual pulse shape change event in PSR J1713+0747 observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME", submitted to the Astrophysical Journal October 21, 2022. This includes minimally processed profile data in PSRFITS format, as well as pulsar ephemerides (.par files), time-of-arrival estimates (.tim files), and scripts which can be used to reproduce the figures and tables in the paper. For more information, see README.md.
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134. Radio Observations as an Exoplanet Discovery Method
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., primary
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135. The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: High-Precision Timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars
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Arzoumanian, Zaven, Brazier, Adam, Burke-Spolaor, Sarah, Chamberlin, Sydney, Chatterjee, Shami, Christy, Brian, Cordes, James M, Cornish, Neil J, Crawford, Fronefield, Cromartie, H. Thankful, Crowter, Kathryn, DeCesar, Megan E, Demorest, Paul B, Dolch, Timothy, Ellis, Justin A, Ferdman, Robert D, Ferrara, Elizabeth C, Fonseca, Emmanuel, Garver-Daniels, Nathan, Gentile, Peter A, Halmrast, Daniel, Huerta, E. A, Jenet, Fredrick A, Jessup, Cody, Jones, Glenn, Jones, Megan L, Kaplan, David L, Lam, Michael T, Lazio, T. Joseph W, Levin, Lina, Lommen, Andrea, Lorimer, Duncan R, Luo, Jing, Lynch, Ryan S, Madison, Dustin, Matthews, Allison M, McLaughlin, Maura A, McWilliams, Sean T, Mingarelli, Chiara, Ng, Cherry, Nice, David J, Pennucci, Timothy T, Ransom, Scott M, Ray, Paul S, Siemens, Xavier, Simon, Joseph, Spiewak, Renée, Stairs, Ingrid H, Stinebring, Daniel R, Stovall, Kevin, Swiggum, Joseph K, Taylor, Stephen R, Vallisneri, Michele, van Haasteren, Rutger, Vigeland, Sarah J, and Zhu, Weiwei
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We present high-precision timing data over time spans of up to 11 years for 45 millisecond pulsars observed as part of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) project, aimed at detecting and characterizing low-frequency gravitational waves. The pulsars were observed with the Arecibo Observatory and/or the Green Bank Telescope at frequencies ranging from 327 MHz to 2.3 GHz. Most pulsars were observed with approximately monthly cadence, and six high-timing-precision pulsars were observed weekly. All were observed at widely separated frequencies at each observing epoch in order to fit for time-variable dispersion delays. We describe our methods for data processing, time-of-arrival (TOA) calculation, and the implementation of a new, automated method for removing outlier TOAs. We fit a timing model for each pulsar that includes spin, astrometric, and (for binary pulsars) orbital parameters; time-variable dispersion delays; and parameters that quantify pulse-profile evolution with frequency. The timing solutions provide three new parallax measurements, two new Shapiro delay measurements, and two new measurements of significant orbital-period variations. We fit models that characterize sources of noise for each pulsar. We find that 11 pulsars show significant red noise, with generally smaller spectral indices than typically measured for non-recycled pulsars, possibly suggesting a different origin. A companion paper uses these data to constrain the strength of the gravitational-wave background
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136. A lunar L2-Farside exploration and science mission concept with the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and a teleoperated lander/rover
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Burns, Jack O., Kring, David A., Hopkins, Joshua B., Norris, Scott, Lazio, T. Joseph W., and Kasper, Justin
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137. Extreme Scattering Events: An Observational Summary
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Lazio, T. Joseph W., Fey, Alan L., Gaume, R. A., Strom, R., editor, Bo, P., editor, Walker, M., editor, and Rendong, N., editor
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138. The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) Mission
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Kasper, Justin, Lazio, T. Joseph W., Romero-Wolf, Andrew, Lux, James P., Neilsen, Tim, Kasper, Justin, Lazio, T. Joseph W., Romero-Wolf, Andrew, Lux, James P., and Neilsen, Tim
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The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) will provide an entirely new view on particle acceleration and transport in the inner heliosphere by creating the first dedicated low radio frequency interferometer in space to localize heliospheric radio emissions. By imaging and determining the location of decametric-hectometric (DH, 0.1 MHz-23 MHz) solar radio bursts, SunRISE will provide key information on particle acceleration mechanisms associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the magnetic field topology from active regions into interplanetary space. The SunRISE Observatory will consist of six space vehicles in a passive formation, in orbits designed to keep them within approximately 10 km of each other, and flying in a supersynchronous orbit, about 400 km or more above geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). Each space vehicle consists of a Solar DH-GNSS payload and a 6U form factor spacecraft. The SunRISE Observatory together with significant ground-based processing, will enable imaging of the Sun in a portion of the spectrum that is blocked by the ionosphere and cannot be observed from Earth. Key aspects that enable this mission are that only position knowledge of the space vehicles is required, not active control, and that the architecture involves a modest amount of on-board processing coupled with significant ground-based processing for navigation, position determination, and science operations. Mission-enabling advances in software-defined radios, GPS navigation and timing, and small spacecraft technologies, developed and flown on the DARPA High Frequency Research (DHFR) and the Community Initiative for Continuing Earth Radio Occultation (CICERO) have made this mission affordable and low-risk. The SunRISE mission will exploit the multiple spacecraft per aperture (MSPA) capability of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), for more efficient data transfers of larger data volumes, and utilize commercial access to space, in which the SunRISE space vehicle
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139. Enabling a Larger Deep Space Mission Suite: A Deep Space Network Queuing Antenna for Demand Access
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Sanchez Net, Marc, Wyatt, Jay, Castano, Rebecca, Townes, Stephen A., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Malphrus, Benjamin K., Kruth, Jeffrey A., Hart, Chloe, Mattle, Emily, Sanchez Net, Marc, Wyatt, Jay, Castano, Rebecca, Townes, Stephen A., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Malphrus, Benjamin K., Kruth, Jeffrey A., Hart, Chloe, and Mattle, Emily
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The advent of deep space small spacecraft, as exemplified by the Mars Cubesat One (MarCO), Lunar Trailblazer, Janus, the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), and the thirteen Artemis 1 missions, opens the possibility that a much larger number of deep space space-craft may be launched over the next 10 years and beyond. While scientifically exciting, the prospect of a (much) larger mission suite raises significant challenges for the current approach to ground stations and mission operations. We have been investigating an integrated approach for ground stations and missions operations to enable new modes of operation while maintaining the capabilities of the current operational techniques. This integrated approach is built around three core capabilities: (1) A queuing antenna that enables monitoring the status of a much larger number of spacecraft, and allows spacecraft to transmit requests for telemetry with NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN); (2) a flexible scheduling system that expands the current DSN scheduling services to enable allocating time on DSN antennas in near realtime; and (3) a cloud-based ground data system that can be spun up and down according to how tracks are assigned by the flexible scheduling system. We shall show that an 18 meter DSN queuing antenna equipped with cyrogenic receivers would enable use of the DSN Demand Access Service for small spacecraft throughout the inner Solar System, thus providing service to a large mission suite. We first discuss the architecture of the queuing antenna and its supporting systems, including, for instance, the service required to generate the schedule for the queueing antenna (which dictates how it slews to monitor multiple spacecraft in a day of operations). Next, we describe the signaling scheme used to encode a request, which is inherited from the already operational DSN Beacon Tone Service, and describe two alternative ways to detect the incoming tone at the ground station, one b
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140. Characterizing the Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxy Population and its Connection to Transients in the Local and Extragalactic Universe
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Bhandari, Shivani, Heintz, Kasper E., Aggarwal, Kshitij, Marnoch, Lachlan, Day, Cherie K., Sydnor, Jessica, Burke-Spolaor, Sarah, Law, Casey J., Prochaska, J. Xavier, Tejos, Nicolas, Bannister, Keith W., Butler, Bryan J., Deller, Adam T., Ekers, R. D., Flynn, Chris, Fong, Wen-fai, James, Clancy W., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Luo, Rui, Mahony, Elizabeth K., Ryder, Stuart D., Sadler, Elaine M., Shannon, Ryan M., Han, Jinlin, Lee, Kejia, Zhang, Bing, Bhandari, Shivani, Heintz, Kasper E., Aggarwal, Kshitij, Marnoch, Lachlan, Day, Cherie K., Sydnor, Jessica, Burke-Spolaor, Sarah, Law, Casey J., Prochaska, J. Xavier, Tejos, Nicolas, Bannister, Keith W., Butler, Bryan J., Deller, Adam T., Ekers, R. D., Flynn, Chris, Fong, Wen-fai, James, Clancy W., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Luo, Rui, Mahony, Elizabeth K., Ryder, Stuart D., Sadler, Elaine M., Shannon, Ryan M., Han, Jinlin, Lee, Kejia, and Zhang, Bing
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We present the localization and host galaxies of one repeating and two apparently nonrepeating fast radio bursts (FRBs). FRB 20180301A was detected and localized with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array to a star-forming galaxy at z = 0.3304. FRB20191228A and FRB20200906A were detected and localized by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder to host galaxies at z = 0.2430 and z = 0.3688, respectively. We combine these with 13 other well-localized FRBs in the literature, and analyze the host galaxy properties. We find no significant differences in the host properties of repeating and apparently nonrepeating FRBs. FRB hosts are moderately star forming, with masses slightly offset from the star-forming main sequence. Star formation and low-ionization nuclear emission-line region emission are major sources of ionization in FRB host galaxies, with the former dominant in repeating FRB hosts. FRB hosts do not track stellar mass and star formation as seen in field galaxies (more than 95% confidence). FRBs are rare in massive red galaxies, suggesting that progenitor formation channels are not solely dominated by delayed channels which lag star formation by gigayears. The global properties of FRB hosts are indistinguishable from core-collapse supernovae and short gamma-ray bursts hosts, and the spatial offset (from galaxy centers) of FRBs is mostly inconsistent with that of the Galactic neutron star population (95% confidence). The spatial offsets of FRBs (normalized to the galaxy effective radius) also differ from those of globular clusters in late- and early-type galaxies with 95% confidence.
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141. Planetary radar and radio astronomy
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Lazio, T. Joseph W
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142. Solar system ephemerides, pulsar timing, and navigation
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Vallisneri, M, Taylor, S, Ely, T, Ellis, J, Park, R, Folkner, W, Cutler, C, Bhaskaran, S, and Lazio, T. Joseph W
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143. Solar system ephemerides, pulsar timing, and navigation
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Lazio, T. Joseph W, Bhaskaran, S, Cutler, C, Folkner, W, Park, R, Ellis, J, Ely, T, Taylor, S, and Vallisneri, M
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- 2017
144. The Sun Radio Imaging Space Experiment (SunRISE)
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Lazio, T. Joseph W, Kasper, Justin, Alibay, Farah, Amiri, Nikta, Bastian, Tim, Cohen, Christina, Landi, Enrico, Manchester, Ward, Reinard, Alysha, Schwadron, Nathan, Cecconi, Baptiste, Hallinan, Gregg, Hegedus, Alex, Krupar, Vratislav, Maksimovic, Milan, and Zaslavsky, Arnaud
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145. The Sun Radio Imaging Space Experiment (SunRISE)
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Zaslavsky, Arnaud, Maksimovic, Milan, Krupar, Vratislav, Hegedus, Alex, Hallinan, Gregg, Cecconi, Baptiste, Schwadron, Nathan, Reinard, Alysha, Manchester, Ward, Landi, Enrico, Cohen, Christina, Bastian, Tim, Amiri, Nikta, Alibay, Farah, Kasper, Justin, and Lazio, T. Joseph W
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Radio emission from coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is a di- rect tracer of particle acceleration in the inner heliosphere and potential magnetic connections from the lower solar corona to the larger heliosphere. Energized electrons excite Langmuir waves, which convert into radio emission at the local plasma frequency, with the most intense acceleration thought to occur within 20 RS, but many aspects of this par- ticle acceleration and transport remain poorly constrained. Ground-based arrays would be quite capable of tracking the radio emission associated with CMEs, but absorption by the Earth’s ionosphere limits the frequency coverage of ground-based arrays (n > 15 MHz), which in turn limits the altitudes over which they can track the radio emission ( < 3RS). The state-of-the-art for tracking such emission from space is defined by single antennas (Wind/WAVES, Stereo/SWAVES), in which the tracking is accomplished by assuming a frequency-to-density mapping; there has been some success in triangulating the emission between the spacecraft, but considerable uncertainties remain. We describe the Sun Radio Imaging Space Experiment (Sun- RISE) mission concept: A constellation of small spacecraft in a geostationary graveyard orbit designed to localize and track radio emissions in the inner heliosphere. Each space- craft would carry a receiving system for observations be- low 25 MHz, and SunRISE would image CMEs more than a few solar radii from the Sun.
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146. The ngVLA in the solar system: planetary radar and spacecraft telecommunications and tracking
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Jones, Dayton L, Velazco, Jose, Slade, Martin, Margot, Jean-Luc, Brozovic, Marina, and Lazio, T. Joseph W
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147. The ngVLA in the solar system: planetary radar and spacecraft telecommunications and tracking
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Lazio, T. Joseph W, Brozovic, Marina, Margot, Jean-Luc, Slade, Martin, Velazco, Jose, and Jones, Dayton L
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148. The host galaxy and persistent radio counterpart of FRB 20201124A
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Ravi, Vikram, primary, Law, Casey J, additional, Li, Dongzi, additional, Aggarwal, Kshitij, additional, Bhardwaj, Mohit, additional, Burke-Spolaor, Sarah, additional, Connor, Liam, additional, Lazio, T Joseph W, additional, Simard, Dana, additional, Somalwar, Jean, additional, and Tendulkar, Shriharsh P, additional
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- 2022
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149. Comparison of Deep Space Navigation Using Optical Imaging, Pulsar Time-of-Arrival Tracking, and/or Radiometric Tracking
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Ely, Todd, primary, Bhaskaran, Shyam, additional, Bradley, Nicholas, additional, Lazio, T. Joseph W., additional, and Martin-Mur, Tomas, additional
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150. Enabling a Larger Deep Space Mission Suite: A Deep Space Network Queuing Antenna for Demand Access
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Net, Marc Sanchez, primary, Wyatt, Jay, additional, Castano, Rebecca, additional, Townes, Stephen A., additional, Lazio, T. Joseph W., additional, Malphrus, Benjamin K., additional, Kruth, Jeffrey A., additional, Hart, Chloe, additional, and Mattle, Emily, additional
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- 2022
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