FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE DETECTION OF PULSED γ-RAYS FROM THE VELA-LIKE PULSARS PSR J1048-5832 AND PSR J2229+6114

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作者
Abdo, A. A. [1 ,2 ]
Ackermann, M. [3 ,4 ]
Ajello, M. [3 ,4 ]
Atwood, W. B. [5 ,6 ]
Axelsson, M. [7 ,8 ]
Baldini, L. [9 ]
Ballet, J. [10 ]
Barbiellini, G. [11 ,12 ]
Baring, M. G. [13 ]
Bastieri, D. [14 ,15 ]
Baughman, B. M. [16 ]
Bechtol, K. [3 ,4 ]
Bellazzini, R. [9 ]
Berenji, B. [3 ,4 ]
Bloom, E. D. [3 ,4 ]
Bonamente, E. [17 ,18 ]
Borgland, A. W. [3 ,4 ]
Bregeon, J. [9 ]
Brez, A. [1 ,9 ]
Brigida, M. [19 ,20 ]
Bruel, P. [21 ]
Caliandro, G. A. [19 ,20 ]
Cameron, R. A. [3 ,4 ]
Camilo, F. [22 ]
Caraveo, P. A. [23 ]
Casandjian, J. M. [10 ]
Cecchi, C. [17 ,18 ]
Chekhtman, A. [1 ,24 ]
Cheung, C. C.
Chiang, J. [3 ,4 ]
Ciprini, S. [17 ,18 ]
Claus, R. [3 ,4 ]
Cognard, I. [26 ,27 ]
Cohen-Tanugi, J. [28 ]
Conrad, J. [8 ,29 ]
de Angelis, A. [30 ,31 ]
de Palma, F. [19 ,20 ]
Dormody, M. [5 ,6 ]
do Couto e Silva, E. [3 ,4 ]
Drell, P. S. [3 ,4 ]
Dubois, R. [3 ,4 ]
Dumora, D. [32 ,33 ]
Farnier, C. [28 ]
Favuzzi, C. [19 ,20 ]
Frailis, M. [30 ,31 ]
Freire, P. C. C. [34 ]
Fukazawa, Y. [35 ]
Funk, S. [3 ,4 ]
Fusco, P. [19 ,20 ]
Gargano, F. [20 ]
机构
[1] USN, Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[2] Natl Acad Sci, Natl Res Council Res Associate, Washington, DC 20001 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, WW Hansen Expt Phys Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[4] Stanford Univ, SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[5] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Inst Particle Phys, Dept Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[6] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[7] Stockholm Univ, Dept Astron, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[8] Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[10] Univ Paris Diderot, Lab AIM, IRFU, CNRS,Serv Astrophys,CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[12] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[13] Rice Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Houston, TX 77251 USA
[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[15] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis G Galilei, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[16] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[17] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[18] Univ Perugia, Dept Fis, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[19] Univ Politecn Bari, Dipartimento Fis M Merlin, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[21] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Leprince Ringuet, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[22] Columbia Univ, Columbia Astrophys Lab, New York, NY 10027 USA
[23] INAF Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[24] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[25] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, CRESST, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[26] CNRS, UMR 6115, LPCE, F-45071 Orleans 02, France
[27] CNRS, INSU, Observ Paris, Stn Radioastron Nancay, F-18330 Nancay, France
[28] Univ Montpellier 2, Lab Phys Theor & Astroparticules, CNRS, IN2P3, Montpellier, France
[29] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[30] Univ Udine, Dipartimento Fis, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[31] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, Grp Collegato Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[32] Univ Bordeaux, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[33] CNRS, IN2P3, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[34] Arecibo Observ, Arecibo, PR 00612 USA
[35] Hiroshima Univ, Dept Phys Sci, Hiroshima 7398526, Japan
[36] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[37] Univ Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[38] CSIRO, Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
[39] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Meguro, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
[40] Waseda Univ, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1698050, Japan
[41] RIKEN, Cosm Radiat Lab, Inst Phys & Chem Res, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[42] Univ Washington, Dept Phys, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[43] UPS, CNRS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
[44] Univ Manchester, Sch Phys & Astron, Jodrell Bank, Ctr Astrophys, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[45] Max Planck Inst Radioastron, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
[46] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[47] Univ Denver, Dept Phys & Astron, Denver, CO 80208 USA
[48] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[49] JAXA, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[50] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词
gamma rays: observations; pulsars: general; pulsars: individual (PSR J1048-5832; PSr J222+6114); GALACTIC-PLANE; YOUNG; DISCOVERY; CATALOG; J2021+3651; EVOLUTION; RADIATION; EMISSION; NEBULA; MODEL;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/1331
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report the detection of gamma-ray pulsations (>= 0.1GeV) from PSR J2229+ 6114 and PSR J1048-5832, the latter having been detected as a low-significance pulsar by EGRET. Data in the gamma-ray band were acquired by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, while the radio rotational ephemerides used to fold the gamma-ray light curves were obtained using the Green Bank Telescope, the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank, and the Parkes Telescope. The two young radio pulsars, located within the error circles of the previously unidentified EGRET sources 3EG J1048-5840 and 3EG J2227+6122, present spin-down characteristics similar to the Vela pulsar. PSR J1048-5832 shows two sharp peaks at phases 0.15 +/- 0.01 and 0.57 +/- 0.01 relative to the radio pulse confirming the EGRET light curve, while PSR J2229+ 6114 presents a very broad peak at phase 0.49 +/- 0.01. The gamma-ray spectra above 0.1 GeV of both pulsars are fit with power laws having exponential cutoffs near 3 GeV, leading to integral photon fluxes of (2.19 +/- 0.22 +/- 0.32) x 10(-7) cm(-2) s(-1) for PSR J1048-5832 and (3.77 +/- 0.22 +/- 0.44) x 10(-7) cm(-2) s(-1) for PSR J2229+6114. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. PSR J1048-5832 is one of the two LAT sources whichwere entangled together as 3EG J1048-5840. These detections add to the growing number of young gamma-ray pulsars that make up the dominant population of GeV gamma-ray sources in the Galactic plane.
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页码:1331 / 1340
页数:10
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