PULSED GAMMA RAYS FROM THE MILLISECOND PULSAR J0030+0451 WITH THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE

被引:38
作者
Abdo, A. A. [1 ]
Ackermann, M. [2 ,3 ]
Atwood, W. B. [4 ,5 ]
Axelsson, M. [7 ]
Baldini, L. [8 ]
Ballet, J. [9 ]
Barbiellini, G. [10 ]
Bastieri, D. [12 ,13 ]
Battelino, M. [6 ,14 ]
Baughman, B. M. [15 ]
Bechtol, K. [2 ,3 ]
Bellazzini, R. [8 ]
Berenji, B. [2 ,3 ]
Bloom, E. D. [2 ,3 ]
Bonamente, E. [16 ,17 ]
Borgland, A. W. [2 ,3 ]
Bregeon, J. [8 ]
Brez, A. [8 ]
Brigida, M. [18 ,19 ]
Bruel, P. [20 ]
Burnett, T. H. [21 ]
Caliandro, G. A. [18 ,19 ]
Cameron, R. A. [2 ,3 ]
Caraveo, P. A. [22 ]
Casandjian, J. M. [9 ]
Cecchi, C. [16 ,17 ]
Charles, E. [2 ,3 ]
Chekhtman, A. [1 ,23 ]
Cheung, C. C.
Chiang, J. [2 ,3 ]
Ciprini, S. [16 ,17 ]
Claus, R. [2 ,3 ]
Cognard, I. [24 ,25 ]
Cohen-Tanugi, J. [26 ]
Cominsky, L. R. [27 ]
Conrad, J. [6 ,14 ,28 ]
Cutini, S. [29 ]
Dermer, C. D. [1 ]
De Angelis, A. [30 ,31 ]
De Palma, F. [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. [32 ,33 ]
Farnier, C. [26 ]
Favuzzi, C. [18 ,19 ]
Focke, W. B. [2 ,3 ]
Frailis, M. [30 ,31 ]
机构
[1] USN, Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, WW Hansen Expt Phys Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, SLAC Natl 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, CNRS, CEA IRFU,LAB AIM, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezi 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] Royal Inst Technol KTH, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[15] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[17] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[18] Univ Politecn 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] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[24] CNRS, LPCE, UMR 6115, Lab Phys & Chem Environm, F-45071 Orleans 02, France
[25] CNRS INSU, Observ Paris, Stn Radioastron Nancay, F-18330 Nancy, France
[26] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Phys Theor & Astroparticules, Montpellier, France
[27] Sonoma State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Rohnert Pk, CA 94928 USA
[28] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[29] Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI Sci Data Ctr, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[30] Univ Udine, Dipartimento Fis, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[31] Grp Collegato Udine, Sez Trieste, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[32] CNRS IN2P3, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[33] Univ Bordeaux, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, UMR 5797, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[34] Hiroshima Univ, Dept Phys Sci, Higashihiroshima 7398526, Japan
[35] Hiroshima Univ, Hiroshima Astrophys Sci Ctr, Higashihiroshima 7398526, Japan
[36] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[37] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
[38] RIKEN, Cosm Radiat Lab, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[39] CNRS UPS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
[40] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Ctr Res & Explorat Space Sci & Technol CRESST, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[41] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[42] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[43] Univ Denver, Dept Phys & Astron, Denver, CO 80208 USA
[44] Inst Ciencies Espai IEEC CSIC, Barcelona 08193, Spain
[45] NYCB Real Time Comp Inc, Lattingtown, NY 11560 USA
[46] Purdue Univ Calumet, Dept Chem & Phys, Hammond, IN 46323 USA
[47] ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
[48] CIFS, I-10133 Turin, Italy
[49] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[50] Univ Kalmar, Sch Pure & Appl Nat Sci, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
gamma rays: observations; pulsars: general; pulsars: individual (PSR J0030+0451); DRIFT SCAN SEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPE; PSR J0218+4232; X-RAYS; EMISSION; CATALOG;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/1171
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 from the nearby isolated millisecond pulsar (MSP) PSR J0030+0451 with the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST). This discovery makes PSR J0030+0451 the second MSP to be detected in gamma rays after PSR J0218+4232, observed by the EGRET instrument on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The spin-down power (E) over dot = 3.5 x 10(33) erg s(-1) is an order of magnitude lower than the empirical lower bound of previously known gamma-ray pulsars. The emission profile is characterized by two narrow peaks, 0.07 +/- 0.01 and 0.08 +/- 0.02 wide, respectively, separated by 0.44 +/- 0.02 in phase. The first gamma-ray peak falls 0.15 +/- 0.01 after the main radio peak. The pulse shape is similar to that of the "normal" gamma-ray pulsars. An exponentially cutoff power-law fit of the emission spectrum leads to an integral photon flux above 100 MeV of (6.76 +/- 1.05 +/- 1.35) x 10(-8) cm(-2) s(-1) with cutoff energy (1.7 +/- 0.4 +/- 0.5) GeV. Based on its parallax distance of (300 +/- 90) pc, we obtain a gamma-ray efficiency L-gamma/E similar or equal to 15% for the conversion of spin-down energy rate into gamma-ray radiation, assuming isotropic emission.
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页码:1171 / 1177
页数:7
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