New Pulsars Coincident With Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources

Abstract

We present the results of radio searches for pulsars within unidentified EGRET source error boxes. Using the Parkes multibeam system, we have surveyed 56 sources at Galactic latitudes |b| > 5 deg which do not appear to be associated with blazars. This population has been suggested to be distributed like the local star forming region known as the Gould Belt, the Galactic Halo, and/or the millisecond pulsars. We have discovered several new pulsars in this survey, including three new binary systems.

4 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and their Environment, International Astronomical Union. Symposium no. 218, held 14-17 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia