DISCOVERY OF PULSATIONS FROM THE PULSAR J0205+6449 IN SNR 3C 58 WITH THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE

被引:29
作者
Abdo, A. A. [1 ]
Ackermann, M. [2 ,3 ]
Ajello, M. [2 ,3 ]
Atwood, W. B. [4 ,5 ]
Axelsson, M. [6 ,7 ]
Baldini, L. [8 ]
Ballet, J. [9 ]
Barbiellini, G. [10 ,11 ]
Bastieri, D. [12 ,13 ]
Baughman, B. M. [14 ]
Bechtol, K. [2 ,3 ]
Bellazzini, R. [8 ]
Berenji, B. [2 ,3 ]
Blandford, R. D. [2 ,3 ]
Bloom, E. D. [2 ,3 ]
Bonamente, E. [15 ,16 ]
Borgland, A. W. [2 ,3 ]
Bouvier, A. [2 ,3 ]
Bregeon, J. [8 ]
Brez, A. [8 ]
Brigida, M. [17 ,18 ,19 ]
Bruel, P. [20 ]
Burnett, T. H. [21 ]
Caliandro, G. A. [17 ,18 ,19 ]
Cameron, R. A. [2 ,3 ]
Camilo, F. [22 ]
Caraveo, P. A. [23 ]
Casandjian, J. M. [9 ]
Cecchi, C. [15 ,16 ]
Celik, Oe [24 ]
Chekhtman, A. [1 ,25 ]
Cheung, C. C. [24 ]
Chiang, J. [2 ]
Ciprini, S. [15 ,16 ]
Claus, R. [2 ,3 ]
Cognard, I. [26 ,27 ]
Cohen-Tanugi, J. [28 ]
Conrad, J. [6 ,29 ,30 ]
Dermer, C. D. [1 ]
de Angelis, A. [31 ,32 ]
de Palma, F. [17 ,18 ,19 ]
Digel, S. W. [2 ,3 ]
Dormody, M. [4 ,5 ]
do Couto e Silva, E. [2 ,3 ]
Drell, P. S. [2 ,3 ]
Dubois, R. [2 ,3 ]
Dumora, D. [33 ,34 ]
Edmonds, Y. [2 ,3 ]
Espinoza, C. [35 ]
Farnier, C. [28 ]
机构
[1] USN, Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, WW Hansen Expt Phys Lab, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[4] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Phys, Santa Cruz Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[5] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[6] Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmo Particle Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[7] Stockholm Univ, Dept Astron, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[9] Univ Paris Diderot, Lab AIM, CEA Saclay, IRFU,CNRS,CEA,Serv Astrophys, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[11] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[13] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis G Galilei, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[14] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[15] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[16] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[17] Univ Bari, Dipartimento Fis M Merlin, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[18] Politecn Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[19] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[20] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Leprince Ringuet, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[21] Univ Washington, Dept Phys, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[22] Columbia Univ, Columbia Astrophys Lab, New York, NY 10027 USA
[23] INAF Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[24] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[25] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[26] CNRS, LPCE, UMR 6115, Lab Phys & Chem Environm, F-45071 Orleans 02, France
[27] Observ Paris, CNRS, INSU, Stn Radioastron Nancay, F-18330 Nancay, France
[28] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Phys Theor & Astroparticules, Montpellier, France
[29] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[30] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[31] Univ Udine, Dipartimento Fis, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[32] Grp Coll Udine, Sez Trieste, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[33] CEN Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS, IN2P3, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[34] Univ Bordeaux, CEN Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[35] Univ Manchester, Sch Phys & Astron, Jodrell Bank, Ctr Astrophys, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[36] Arecibo Observ, Arecibo, PR 00612 USA
[37] Hiroshima Univ, Dept Phys Sci, Hiroshima 7398526, Japan
[38] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[39] Univ Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[40] CSIRO, Australia Telescope Natl Facil, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
[41] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
[42] Waseda Univ, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1698050, Japan
[43] RIKEN, Cosm Radiat Lab, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[44] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Meguro, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
[45] UPS, CNRS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
[46] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, CRESST, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[47] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[48] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[49] Univ Denver, Dept Phys & Astron, Denver, CO 80208 USA
[50] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
pulsars: general; stars: neutron; SUPERNOVA REMNANT 3C-58; LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE; X-RAY; NOVA REMNANTS; EMISSION; GALAXY; MODEL;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/L102
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report the discovery of gamma-ray pulsations (>= 0.1 GeV) from the young radio and X-ray pulsar PSR J0205 + 6449 located in the Galactic supernova remnant 3C 58. Data in the gamma-ray band were acquired by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST), while the radio rotational ephemeris used to fold gamma-rays was obtained using both the Green Bank Telescope and the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. The light curve consists of two peaks separated by 0.49 +/- 0.01 +/- 0.01 cycles which are aligned with the X-ray peaks. The first gamma-ray peak trails the radio pulse by 0.08 +/- 0.01 +/- 0.01, while its amplitude decreases with increasing energy as for the other gamma-ray pulsars. Spectral analysis of the pulsed gamma-ray emission suggests a simple power law of index -2.1 +/- 0.1 +/- 0.2 with an exponential cutoff at 3.0(-0.7)(+1.1) +/- 0.4 GeV. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The integral gamma-ray photon flux above 0.1 GeV is (13.7 +/- 1.4 +/- 3.0) x 10(-8) cm(-2) s(-1), which implies for a distance of 3.2 kpc and assuming a broad fan-like beam a luminosity of 8.3 x 10(34) erg s(-1) and an efficiency eta of 0.3%. Finally, we report a 95% upper limit on the flux of 1.7 x 10(-8) cm(-2) s(-1) for off-pulse emission from the object.
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页码:L102 / L107
页数:6
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