NICER observation list: Target ID 469402

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