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Before Launch of Fermi
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Before launch of Fermi, pulsars were almost the exclusive domain of radio astronomy. However, since June 2008, the LAT onboard the Fermi satellite
Nearby energetic pulsars.
A large fraction of g ray pulsars are radio quiet
117 detections in three years of LAT survey (2nd fermi lat catalogue of gamma ray pulsars)
radio follow up: provides constraints on the relative beaming fractions