Detection of 16 Gamma-Ray Pulsars Through Blind Frequency Searches Using the Fermi LAT

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作者
Abdo, A. A. [2 ]
Ackermann, M. [3 ,4 ]
Ajello, M. [3 ,4 ]
Anderson, B. [1 ,55 ]
Atwood, W. B. [1 ,55 ]
Axelsson, M. [5 ,6 ]
Baldini, L. [7 ]
Ballet, J. [8 ]
Barbiellini, G. [9 ,10 ]
Baring, M. G. [11 ]
Bastieri, D. [12 ,13 ]
Baughman, B. M. [14 ]
Bechtol, K. [3 ,4 ]
Bellazzini, R. [7 ]
Berenji, B. [3 ,4 ]
Bignami, G. F. [15 ]
Blandford, R. D. [3 ]
Bloom, E. D. [4 ]
Bonamente, E. [16 ,17 ]
Borgland, A. W. [3 ,4 ]
Bregeon, J. [7 ]
Brez, A. [7 ]
Brigida, M. [18 ,19 ,56 ]
Bruel, P. [20 ]
Burnett, T. H. [21 ]
Caliandro, G. A. [18 ,19 ,56 ]
Cameron, R. A. [3 ,4 ]
Caraveo, P. A. [22 ]
Casandjian, J. M. [8 ]
Cecchi, C. [16 ,17 ]
Celik, Oe [23 ]
Chekhtman, A. [24 ]
Cheung, C. C. [23 ]
Chiang, J. [3 ,4 ]
Ciprini, S. [16 ,17 ]
Claus, R. [3 ,4 ]
Cohen-Tanugi, J. [25 ]
Conrad, J. [5 ,26 ,27 ]
Cutini, S. [28 ]
Dermer, C. D. [2 ]
de Angelis, A. [29 ,57 ]
de Luca, A. [15 ]
de Palma, F. [18 ,19 ,56 ]
Digel, S. W. [3 ,4 ]
Dormody, M. [1 ,55 ]
do Couto e Silva, E. [3 ,4 ]
Drell, P. S. [3 ,4 ]
Dubois, R. [3 ,4 ]
Dumora, D. [30 ,31 ]
Farnier, C. [25 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Inst Particle Phys, Dept Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[2] USN, Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[4] Stanford Univ, WW Hansen Expt Phys Lab, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[5] Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmo Particle Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[6] Stockholm Univ, Dept Astron, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[8] Univ Paris Diderot, Lab AIM, CEA Saclay, CEA IRFU,Serv Astrophys, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[10] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[11] Rice Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Houston, TX 77251 USA
[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, I-35121 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 Univ Studi Super, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[17] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[18] Univ Bari, Dipartimento Fis M Merlin, 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] INAF Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[23] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[24] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[25] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Phys Theor & Astroparticules, Montpellier, France
[26] Royal Inst Technol KTH, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[27] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[28] ASI, Sci Data Ctr, I-00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
[29] Univ Udine, Dipartimento Fis, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[30] Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS, IN2P3, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[31] Univ Bordeaux, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[32] Hiroshima Univ, Dept Phys Sci, Hiroshima 7398526, Japan
[33] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[34] Univ Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[35] Waseda Univ, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1698050, Japan
[36] Inst Phys & Chem Res RIKEN, Cosm Radiat Lab, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[37] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Meguro, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
[38] UPS, CNRS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
[39] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[40] Univ Denver, Dept Phys & Astron, Denver, CO 80208 USA
[41] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[42] Sterrekundig Inst Anton Pannekoek, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[43] Inst Ciencies Espai IEEC CSIC, Barcelona 08193, Spain
[44] NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Div Space Sci, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA
[45] NYCB Real Time Comp Inc, Lattingtown, NY 11560 USA
[46] Purdue Univ Calumet, Dept Chem & Phys, Hammond, IN 46323 USA
[47] JAXA, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[48] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany
[49] Inst Catalana Recerca & Estudis Avancats, Barcelona, Spain
[50] Consorzio Interuniv Fis Spaziale, I-10133 Turin, Italy
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE; TIME-DIFFERENCING TECHNIQUE; UNIDENTIFIED EGRET SOURCES; X-RAY; SUPERNOVA REMNANT; 3EG J1835+5918; RADIO; GEMINGA; CATALOG; COUNTERPART;
D O I
10.1126/science.1175558
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars emitting radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Although there are more than 1800 known radio pulsars, until recently only seven were observed to pulse in gamma rays, and these were all discovered at other wavelengths. The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) makes it possible to pinpoint neutron stars through their gamma-ray pulsations. We report the detection of 16 gamma-ray pulsars in blind frequency searches using the LAT. Most of these pulsars are coincident with previously unidentified gamma-ray sources, and many are associated with supernova remnants. Direct detection of gamma-ray pulsars enables studies of emission mechanisms, population statistics, and the energetics of pulsar wind nebulae and supernova remnants.
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页码:840 / 844
页数:5
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