Gamma radiation from PSR B1055-52

D.J. Thompson; M. Bailes; D.L. Bertsch; J. Cordes; N. D'Amico; J.A. Esposito; J. Finley; R.C. Hartman; W. Hermsen; G. Kanbach; V.M. Kaspi; D.A. Kniffen; L. Kuiper; Y.C. Lin; A. Lyne; R. Manchester; S.M. Matz; H.A. Mayer-Hasselwander; P.F. Michelson; P.L. Nolan; H. Ogelman; M. Pohl; P.V. Ramanamurthy; P. Sreekumar; O. Reimer; J.H. Taylor; M. Ulmer

Gamma radiation from PSR B1055-52

D.J. Thompson
, M. Bailes
, D.L. Bertsch
, J. Cordes
, N. D'Amico
, J.A. Esposito
, J. Finley
, R.C. Hartman
, W. Hermsen
, G. Kanbach
, V.M. Kaspi
, D.A. Kniffen
, L. Kuiper
, Y.C. Lin
, A. Lyne
, R. Manchester
, S.M. Matz
, H.A. Mayer-Hasselwander
, P.F. Michelson
, P.L. Nolan

H. Ogelman, M. Pohl, P.V. Ramanamurthy, P. Sreekumar, O. Reimer, J.H. Taylor, M. Ulmer

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Abstract

The telescopes on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) have observed PSR B1055-52 a number of times between 1991 and 1998. From these data a more detailed picture of the gamma radiation from this source has been developed, showing several characteristics that distinguish this pulsar: the light curve is complex; there is no detectable unpulsed emission; the energy spectrum is hat, with no evidence of a sharp high-energy cutoff up to greater than 4 GeV. Comparisons of the gamma-ray data with observations at longer wavelengths show that no two of the known gamma-ray pulsars have quite the same characteristics; this diversity males interpretation in terms of theoretical models difficult.

Original language	English
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	516
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	297-306
ISSN	0004-637X
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

pulsars : individual (PSR B1055-52)
gamma rays : observations

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Thompson, D. J., Bailes, M., Bertsch, D. L., Cordes, J., D'Amico, N., Esposito, J. A., Finley, J., Hartman, R. C., Hermsen, W., Kanbach, G., Kaspi, V. M., Kniffen, D. A., Kuiper, L., Lin, Y. C., Lyne, A., Manchester, R., Matz, S. M., Mayer-Hasselwander, H. A., Michelson, P. F., ... Ulmer, M. (1999). Gamma radiation from PSR B1055-52. Astrophysical Journal, 516(1), 297-306.

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Gamma radiation from PSR B1055-52

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