Mode switching of PSR B0329+54 with LOFAR PL-612 station

Sławomir Białkowski, Wojciech Lewandowski, Jarosław Kijak, Leszek Błaszkiewicz and Andrzej Krankowski

We present the results of 60 hours of observations of PSR B0329+54 with the LOFAR PL-612 station located in Bałdy Poland, and managed by University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM). Observations were conducted in 2016 and 2017, at the central frequency of about 140 MHz, and they were conducted in form of six 10-hour semi-continuous observing sessions. The main goal of the analysis was the study the mode switching phenomenon in this pulsar. Our results show that the abnormal profile mode is present for about 12% of time on average at the observed frequency. Such result is similar to the analysis of a very large set of 1.5 GHz observations performed at Urumqi Observatory in 2011. The results shown in this paper also demonstrate the first scientific output concerning pulsar observations with the PL-612 station.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 7, 100-103 (2018)

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