Egret observations of high-energy gamma radiation from psr B1706-44

D. J. Thompson; M. Bailes; D. L. Bertsch; J. A. Esposito; C. E. Fichtel; A. K. Harding; R. C. Hartman; S. D. Hunter; R. N. Manchester; J. R. Mattox; C. Von Montigny; R. Mukherjee; P. V. Ramanamurthy; P. Sreekumar; J. M. Fierro; Y. C. Lin; P. F. Michelson; P. L. Nolan; G. Kanbach; H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander; M. Merck; D. A. Kniffen; E. J. Schneid; V. M. Kaspi; S. Johnston; J. Daugherty; M. Ruderman

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Egret observations of high-energy gamma radiation from psr B1706-44

D. J. Thompson^*
, M. Bailes
, D. L. Bertsch
, J. A. Esposito
, C. E. Fichtel
, A. K. Harding
, R. C. Hartman
, S. D. Hunter
, R. N. Manchester
, J. R. Mattox
, C. Von Montigny
, R. Mukherjee
, P. V. Ramanamurthy
, P. Sreekumar
, J. M. Fierro
, Y. C. Lin
, P. F. Michelson
, P. L. Nolan
, G. Kanbach
, H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander

M. Merck, D. A. Kniffen, E. J. Schneid, V. M. Kaspi, S. Johnston, J. Daugherty, M. Ruderman

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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Abstract

The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory has observed PSR B1706-44 a number of times between 1991 and 1995. From these data, a more detailed picture of the gamma radiation from this source has been developed, showing several characteristics that distinguish this pulsar from others: the light curve is complex, with evidence of three pulses; there is no detectable unpulsed emission; and the energy spectrum changes slope at 1 GeV. No two of the known gamma-ray pulsars have quite the same characteristics; this diversity makes interpretation in terms of theoretical models difficult.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	385-392
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	465
Issue number	1 PART I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/177427
Publication status	Published - 1996

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Thompson, D. J., Bailes, M., Bertsch, D. L., Esposito, J. A., Fichtel, C. E., Harding, A. K., Hartman, R. C., Hunter, S. D., Manchester, R. N., Mattox, J. R., Von Montigny, C., Mukherjee, R., Ramanamurthy, P. V., Sreekumar, P., Fierro, J. M., Lin, Y. C., Michelson, P. F., Nolan, P. L., Kanbach, G., ... Ruderman, M. (1996). Egret observations of high-energy gamma radiation from psr B1706-44. Astrophysical Journal, 465(1 PART I), 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1086/177427

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