FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF PSR J1836+5925

Abdo AA, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Atwood B, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Baring MG, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Belfiore A, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bregeon J, Brez A, Brigida M, Bruel P, Burnett TH, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Camilo F, Caraveo PA, Carrigan S, Casandjian JM, Cecchi C, Celik O, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, De Angelis A, De Luca A, De Palma F, Digel SW, Dormody M, Do Couto E Silva E, Drell PS, Dubois R, Dumora D, Edmonds Y, Farnier C, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Focke WB, Fortin P, Frailis M, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Gehrels N, Germani S, Giavitto G, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Gwon C, Hadasch D, Harding AK, Hays E, Horan D, Hughes RE, Jackson MS, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson RP, Johnson TJ, Johnson WN, Kamae T, Kanai Y, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Kawai N, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kuss MW, Lande J, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Madejski GM, Makeev A, Marelli M, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Meurer C, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nolan PL, Norris JP, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Omodei N, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Parent D, Pelassa V, Pepe M, Pesce-Rollins M, Pierbattista M, Piron F, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Ransom SM, Ray PS, Razzano M, Rea N, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Rochester LS, Rodriguez AY, Romani RW, Roth M, Ryde F, Sadrozinski HFW, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Scargle JD, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Takahashi HH, Tanaka T, Thayer JB, Thayer JG, Thompson DJ, Thorsett SE, Tibaldo L, Tibolla O, Torres DF, Tosti G, Tramacere A, Usher TL, Van Etten A, Vasileiou V, Venter C, Vilchez N, Vitale V, Waite AP, Wang P, Watters K, Winer BL, Wolff MT, Wood KS, Ylinen T, Ziegler M (2010)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Journal

Book Volume: 712

Pages Range: 1209-1218

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/712/2/1209

Abstract

The discovery of the gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1836+5925, powering the formerly unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1835+5918, was one of the early accomplishments of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Sitting 25 degrees off the Galactic plane, PSR J1836+5925 is a 173 ms pulsar with a characteristic age of 1.8 million years, a spindown luminosity of 1.1 x 10(34) erg s(-1), and a large off-peak (OP) emission component, making it quite unusual among the known gamma-ray pulsar population. We present an analysis of one year of LAT data, including an updated timing solution, detailed spectral results, and a long-term light curve showing no indication of variability. No evidence for a surrounding pulsar wind nebula is seen and the spectral characteristics of the OP emission indicate it is likely magnetospheric. Analysis of recent XMM-Newton observations of the X-ray counterpart yields a detailed characterization of its spectrum, which, like Geminga, is consistent with that of a neutron star showing evidence for both magnetospheric and thermal emission.

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Stanford University United States (USA) (US) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) 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) University of Washington United States (USA) (US) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) 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) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia Italy (IT) Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) France (FR) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Germany (DE) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) / Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies Spain (ES) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum Sweden (SE) Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan (JP) Waseda University / 早稲田大学 Japan (JP) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier France (FR) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Germany (DE) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) United States (USA) (US) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE)

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APA:

Abdo, A.A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Atwood, B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J.,... Ziegler, M. (2010). FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF PSR J1836+5925. Astrophysical Journal, 712(2), 1209-1218. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/712/2/1209

MLA:

Abdo, A. A., et al. "FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF PSR J1836+5925." Astrophysical Journal 712.2 (2010): 1209-1218.

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