NICER observation list: Target ID 469402
- Proposal Number = 4694
- Target ID = 469402
- Target Name = PSR_J1658-5324
- Proposal Title = COMPLETING THE CENSUS OF SPIN-POWERED MILLISECOND PULSARS WITH NICER
- PI = MEGAN DECESAR
- Proposal Category = MAGNETARS AND ROTATION-POWERED PULSARS
- Cycle number = 4
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
Observations of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars (RMSPs) with NICER can be used to increasingly constrain the dense matter equation of state; to measure RMSP timing stability; and to study the X-ray emission mechanism and magnetic field geometry through radio/X-ray alignment and light curve modeling. NICER has discovered pulsations from 7 RMSPs, and re-detected pulsations from 9 others. Toward the goal of completing the census of X-ray RMSPs and thus expanding the dataset for these studies, we propose NICER pulsation searches in 3 RMSPs with X-ray counterparts. Among RMSPs with unpulsed X-ray counterparts, these 3 sources have the brightest X-ray fluxes (excluding Black Widows and Redbacks), making them the best targets for NICER pulsation searches in the RMSP sample.
| Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of modules |
Status of Processing |
Date of Processing |
Public date |
| 4694020101 |
254.669 |
-53.404 |
334.86909 |
-6.62884 |
59358.5616 |
59358.9002 |
6597.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59369.7 |
59372 |
| 4694020102 |
254.669 |
-53.403 |
334.86957 |
-6.62877 |
59359.5354 |
59359.7994 |
1468.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59375.6 |
59373 |
| 4694020103 |
254.671 |
-53.402 |
334.87116 |
-6.62905 |
59360.5042 |
59360.8328 |
2241.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59373.7 |
59374 |
| 4694020104 |
254.665 |
-53.401 |
334.86983 |
-6.62570 |
59361.2796 |
59361.9370 |
5389.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59371.7 |
59375 |
| 4694020105 |
254.668 |
-53.403 |
334.86933 |
-6.62835 |
59361.9963 |
59362.6380 |
3436.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59372.7 |
59376 |
| 4694020106 |
254.665 |
-53.401 |
334.86989 |
-6.62565 |
59363.4174 |
59363.9414 |
1928.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59373.8 |
59377 |