Beyond the 2nd Fermi Pulsar Catalog

Over thirteen times more gamma-ray pulsars have now been studied with the Large Area Telescope on NASA's Fermi satellite than the ten seen with the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory in the nineteen-nineties. The large sample is diverse, allowing better understanding both of the pulsars themselves and of their roles in various cosmic processes. Here we explore the prospects for even more gamma-ray pulsars as Fermi enters the 2nd half of its nominal ten-year mission. New pulsars will naturally tend to be fainter than the first ones discovered. Some of them will have unusual characteristics compared to the current population, which may help discriminate between models. We illustrate a vision of the future with a sample of six pulsars discovered after the 2nd Fermi Pulsar Catalog was written.

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Source ISSN: 0004-6337
Author Hou, X., Smith, D.A., Reposeur, T., Rousseau, R.
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 15:15 (UTC)
Created May 5, 2026, 15:15 (UTC)
Identifier in2p3-00977416
Language en
contributor FERMI ; Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG) ; Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Hou, X.
date 2014-05-05T00:00:00
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