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Pulsar Studies with Comptel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

K. Bennett ,
M. Busetta ,
A. Carramiñana ,
R. Diehl ,
G. Lichti ,
V. Schönfelder ,
A. Strong ,
W. Hermsen ,
L. Kuiper  and
A. Connors
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K. Bennett
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, Postbus 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
M. Busetta
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, Postbus 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
A. Carramiñana
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, Postbus 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
R. Diehl
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-8046 Garching, Germany
G. Lichti
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-8046 Garching, Germany
V. Schönfelder
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-8046 Garching, Germany
A. Strong
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-8046 Garching, Germany
W. Hermsen
Affiliation:
SRON-Leiden, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
L. Kuiper
Affiliation:
SRON-Leiden, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
A. Connors
Affiliation:
ISEOS, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824
J. Ryan
Affiliation:
ISEOS, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824
R. Buccheri
Affiliation:
IFCAI/CNR, Piazza G. Verdi 6, 90139 Palermo, Italy

Abstract

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The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (C-GRO) has completed a full-sky survey during which the number of known γ-ray pulsars has more than doubled. COMPTEL has observed the classical pulsars Crab and Vela on several occasions and has derived detailed pulse patterns and spectral parameters in the 0.7-30 MeV energy interval. The new C-GROγ-ray pulsars have different properties in terms of energy spectra and light-curve shapes, and, in fact, only the Crab is seen by all four C-GRO instruments. This raises intriguing questions about the particle acceleration processes and beaming taking place in the neutron magnetosphere. We have examined the COMPTEL data to add information on these objects in the 0.7-30 MeV energy interval and present evidence for the detection of one of them, PSR B1509-58. We have also undertaken a search for candidate radio pulsars whose ephemerides are well defined. The results of these analyses are presented.

Subject headings: gamma rays: observations — pulsars: general

Type
Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 142: Particle Acceleration Phenomena in Astrophysical Plasmas , 1994 , pp. 823 - 826
Copyright
Copyright © The American Astronomical Society 1994

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