We herein report that surface modification of metal halide perovskites using graphene would be beneficial to improving the energy conversion efficiencies of perovskite solar cells. The present ...first-principles calculations on MAPbI
with a single vacancy created by removing either I, Pb or MA show that the I and Pb vacancies near the surface result in the formation of Pb-Pb and I-I dimers, respectively. They are predicted to yield mid-gap levels, and would degrade the energy conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells through carrier trapping. The present calculations suggest that when the surface of MAPbI
is covered with a graphene sheet, the formation of the carrier trapping dimers would be suppressed. The origin of the "healing effect" of graphene on the lattice defect is ascribed to electronic interactions on the surface, which prevent charge localization at the lattice defects beneath the surface.
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We report the observations of periodic nulling in PSR B2111+46 at 1250 MHz with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The nulling fractions (NF) as well as ...nulling period of this pulsar were calculated. The NF and nulling period are 17% ± 1% and 62.49 ± 0.99
P
1
, respectively, and the periodic nulling shows variations in periodicity with time. The durations of each consecutive burst and nulling were investigated, which show that the power-law distribution and the indices are −1.11 ± 0.04 and −2.08 ± 0.23. In the observed frequency band, the width of the profile is narrowed with the increase in frequency, and the degree of polarization has no obvious trend with the increase in frequency. We discovered a weak emission component in front of the leading component of this triple-type profile pulsar that was not observed in other bands and by other telescopes. With the fitting of rotation vector model, we obtained that the angles of the magnetic inclination
α
and the line of sight
ζ
are ∼13.°0 and ∼11.°6, respectively. The high-sensitivity observation of FAST improves our understanding of the emission of this pulsar.
Abstract Understanding the jitter noise resulting from single-pulse phase and shape variations is important for the detection of gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays. We present ...measurements of the jitter noise and single-pulse variability of 12 millisecond pulsars that are part of the International Pulsar Timing Array sample using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope. We find that the levels of jitter noise can vary dramatically among pulsars. A moderate correlation with a correlation coefficient of 0.57 between jitter noise and pulse width is detected. To mitigate jitter noise, we perform matrix template matching using all four Stokes parameters. Our results reveal a reduction in jitter noise ranging from 6.7% to 39.6%. By performing longitude-resolved fluctuation spectrum analysis, we identify periodic intensity modulations in 10 pulsars. In PSR J0030+0451, we detect single pulses with energies more than 10 times the average pulse energy, suggesting the presence of giant pulses. We also observe a periodic mode-changing phenomenon in PSR J0030+0451. We examine the achievable timing precision by selecting a subset of pulses with a specific range of peak intensity, but no significant improvement in timing precision is achievable.
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We have carried out a detailed study of polarimetric individual pulse emission from the pulsar J1701−3726 (B1658−37), observed at 1369 MHz using the Parkes 64 m radio telescope. The ...single-pulse sequences reveal the presence of the three major emission phenomena of pulse nulling, mode changing, and subpulse drifting. Trimodal distribution of the pulse energy is present, implying one population of nulls and two others of emission in the phase window. The mean flux density of the normal mode is almost two times that of the abnormal mode. Our data show that, for PSR J1701−3726, 64% of the time was spent in the normal mode and 12% was in the abnormal mode. The single pulses show the presence of two distinct periodic modulations using a fluctuation spectral analysis. About 24% of the nulls are found to create alternating bunches of nulls and bursts in a quasiperiodic manner with a longer periodicity of 48 ± 4 rotational periods. Additionally, the pulsar presents a steady even–odd modulated feature with a stationary longitude within the pulse window. The ramifications for constraining the viewing geometry and understanding the radio emission mechanisms are discussed.
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We present the discovery and timing results of four pulsars discovered in a pilot survey at intermediate Galactic latitudes with the Five-hundred Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST). Among ...these pulsars, two belong to the category of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) with spin periods of less than 20 ms. The other two fall under the classification of “mildly recycled” pulsars, with massive white dwarfs as companions. Remarkably, this small survey, covering an area of 4.7 deg
2
, led to the discovery of four recycled pulsars. Such success underscores the immense potential of future surveys at intermediate Galactic latitudes. In order to assess the potential yield of MSPs, we conducted population simulations and found that both FAST and Parkes new phased array feed surveys, focusing on intermediate Galactic latitudes, have the capacity to uncover several hundred new MSPs.
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We presented timing results of PSR B2035+36 using ∼9-yr observations with the Nanshan 25-m radio telescope. PSR B2035+36 was reported to exhibit significant changes in pulse profile ...correlated with spin-down state variations. We found that the pulsar underwent a glitch with a jump in frequency of $\Delta {\nu }\sim 12.4(5)\, \rm nHz$ around MJD 52950. Unusually, the spin-down rate increased persistently over 800 d after the glitch, and the average spin-down rate post-glitch was about $9.6 \, {per\,cent}$ larger than that pre-glitch. After the glitch activity, the pulse profile became narrower and the pulsar began to switch between two emission modes, with pulse widths ($W_{\ 50 \rm mean}$) of 8.5(7)° and 3.7(3)°, respectively. In addition to that, the relatively narrow pulse profile gradually became dominant. All of the observations indicate that there should be a connection between magnetospheric behaviour and glitch activity. We discuss one possibility of magnetosphere fluctuation triggered by the glitch event.
Abstract We report two phenomena detected in PSR J0344−0901 from two observations conducted at frequencies centered at 1.25 GHz using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. The ...first phenomenon manifests as the pulse emission shifting to later longitudinal phases and then gradually returning to its original location. The event lasts for about 216 pulse periods, with an average shift of about 0.°7 measured at the peak of the integrated profile. Changes in the polarization position angle (PPA) are detected around the trailing edge of the profile, together with an increase in the profile width. The second phenomenon is characterized by the apparent movement of subpulses, which results in different subpulse track patterns across the profile window. For the first time in this pulsar, we identify four emission modes, each with unique subpulse movement, and determine the pattern periods for three of them. Pulse nulling was not detected. Modeling of the changes in the PPA using the rotating vector model gives an inclination angle of 75.°12 ± 3.°80 and an impact parameter of −3.°17 ± 5.°32 for this pulsar. We speculate that the subpulse movement may be related to the shifting of the pulse emission.
Abstract This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the spectral properties of 886 pulsars across a wide frequency range from 20 MHz–343.5 GHz, including a total of 86 millisecond pulsars ...(MSPs). The majority of the pulsars exhibit power-law behavior in their spectra, although some exceptions are observed. Five different spectral models, namely, simple power law, broken power law, low-frequency turnover, high-frequency cutoff, and double turnover, were employed to explore the spectral behaviors. The average spectral index for pulsars modeled with a simple power law is found to be −1.64 ± 0.80, consistent with previous studies. Additionally, significant correlations between the spectral index and characteristic parameters are observed, particularly in MSPs, while no strong correlation is observed in normal pulsars. Different models show variations in the most influential characteristic parameters associated with the spectral index, indicating diverse dominant radiation mechanisms in MSPs. Finally, this study identifies 22 pulsars of the gigahertz-peaked spectra type for the first time based on the Akaike information criterion.
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Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), we have recorded over 1.2 × 10
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single pulses from PSR B0823+26 (J0826+2637) at 1.25 GHz with 500 MHz bandwidth. ...These high-sensitivity observations detected with FAST are unprecedented. We investigated potentially interesting emission features by analyzing the polarimetric individual pulses during the bright state. The average pulse profile has a weak postcursor component and a wide interpulse along with a narrow main pulse. The pulse energy distribution of the main pulse shows the presence of triple emission modes. When the emission ceases in the main pulse component, low-level emission in the interpulse component is detected, whereas the absence of any emission in the postcursor component is shown. In the postcursor emission region, bright pulses are detected in 422 rotations with the relative pulse energy described by a power-law distribution with index of −2.52 ± 0.09, while the peak flux density ratio appears to follow a logarithmic normal distribution. The intervals between bright pulses can be described with a Poisson process with the occurrence rate estimated to be one bright pulse every 14 s. The fluctuation spectral analysis reveals the existence of a form of periodic amplitude modulation unrelated to subpulse drifting in both the main pulse and interpulse components. Furthermore, the modulation patterns in the main pulse and interpulse are found to be locked in pulse longitude, signifying some information transfer between the two magnetic polar regions.
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