RADIO AND gamma-RAY CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMISSION GEOMETRY AND BIRTHPLACE OF PSR J2043+2740

Noutsos A, Abdo AA, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Baring MG, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bregeon J, Brez A, Brigida M, Bruel P, Buehler R, Busetto G, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Camilo F, Caraveo PA, Casandjian JM, Cecchi C, Celik O, Chaty S, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cognard I, Cohen-Tanugi J, Colafrancesco S, Cutini S, Dermer CD, De Palma F, Drell PS, Dumora D, Ea CM, Favuzzi C, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Frailis M, Freire PCC, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Germani S, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Godfrey G, Grandi P, Grenier IA, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Harding AK, Hughes RE, Jackson MS, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson TJ, Johnson WN, Johnston S, Kamae T, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Knoedlseder J, Kramer M, Kuss MW, Lande J, Lee SH, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Lyne AG, Makeev A, Marelli M, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Mehault J, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Naumann-Godo M, Nolan PL, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Okumura A, Omodei N, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Panetta JH, Parent D, Pelassa V, Pepe M, Persic M, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Porter TA, Raino S, Ray PS, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Romani RW, Sadrozinski HFW, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Stappers BW, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Takahashi HH, Tanaka T, Theureau G, Thompson DJ, Thorsett SE, Tibolla O, Torres DF, Tramacere A, Usher TL, Vandenbroucke J, Vianello G, Vilchez N, Villata M, Vitale V, Von Kienlin A, Waite AP, Wang P, Watters K, Weltevrede P, Winer BL, Wood KS, Ziegler M (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Book Volume: 728

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/77

Abstract

We report on the first year of Fermi gamma-ray observations of pulsed high-energy emission from the old PSR J2043 + 2740. The study of the gamma-ray efficiency of such old pulsars gives us an insight into the evolution of pulsars' ability to emit in gamma rays as they age. The gamma-ray light curve of this pulsar above 0.1 GeV is clearly defined by two sharp peaks, 0.353 +/- 0.035 periods apart. We have combined the gamma-ray profile characteristics of PSR J2043 + 2740 with the geometrical properties of the pulsar's radio emission, derived from radio-polarization data, and constrained the pulsar-beam geometry in the framework of a two-pole caustic (TPC) and an outer gap (OG) model. The ranges of magnetic inclination and viewing angle were determined to be {alpha, zeta} similar to {52 degrees-57 degrees, 61 degrees-68 degrees} for the TPC model, and {alpha, zeta} similar to {62 degrees-73 degrees, 74 degrees-81 degrees} and {alpha, zeta} similar to {72 degrees-83 degrees, 60 degrees-75 degrees} for the OG model. Based on this geometry, we assess possible birth locations for this pulsar and derive a likely proper motion, sufficiently high to be measurable with VLBI. At a characteristic age of 1.2 Myr, PSR J2043 + 2740 is the third oldest of all discovered, non-recycled, gamma-ray pulsars: it is twice as old as the next oldest, PSR J0357 + 32, and younger only than the recently discovered PSR J1836 + 5925 and PSR J2055 + 25, both of which are at least five and ten times less energetic, respectively.

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Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Germany (DE) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Rice University United States (USA) (US) University of Bari Aldo Moro / Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) Spain (ES) Columbia University United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Perugia Italy (IT) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) Université Bordeaux 1, Sciences et Technologies France (FR) University of Manchester United Kingdom (GB) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum Sweden (SE) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia (AU) Waseda University / 早稲田大学 Japan (JP) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Germany (DE) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS) Italy (IT)

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APA:

Noutsos, A., Abdo, A.A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G.,... Ziegler, M. (2011). RADIO AND gamma-RAY CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMISSION GEOMETRY AND BIRTHPLACE OF PSR J2043+2740. Astrophysical Journal, 728(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/77

MLA:

Noutsos, A., et al. "RADIO AND gamma-RAY CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMISSION GEOMETRY AND BIRTHPLACE OF PSR J2043+2740." Astrophysical Journal 728.2 (2011).

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