Pulsed high-energy γ-ray s from the radio pulsar PSR1706-44

D. J. Thompson; Z. Arzoumanian; D. L. Bertsch; K. T.S. Brazier; N. D'Amico; C. E. Fichtel; J. M. Fierro; R. C. Hartman; S. D. Hunter; S. Johnston; G. Kanbach; V. M. Kaspi; D. A. Kniffen; Y. C. Lin; A. G. Lyne; R. N. Manchester; J. R. Mattox; H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander; P. F. Michelson; C. V. Montigny; H. I. Nel; D. Nice; P. L. Nolan; K. Pinkau; H. Rothermel; E. J. Schneid; M. Sommer; P. Sreekumar; J. H. Taylor

Pulsed high-energy γ-ray s from the radio pulsar PSR1706-44

D. J. Thompson^*
, Z. Arzoumanian
, D. L. Bertsch
, K. T.S. Brazier
, N. D'Amico
, C. E. Fichtel
, J. M. Fierro
, R. C. Hartman
, S. D. Hunter
, S. Johnston
, G. Kanbach
, V. M. Kaspi
, D. A. Kniffen
, Y. C. Lin
, A. G. Lyne
, R. N. Manchester
, J. R. Mattox
, H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander
, P. F. Michelson
, C. V. Montigny

H. I. Nel, D. Nice, P. L. Nolan, K. Pinkau, H. Rothermel, E. J. Schneid, M. Sommer, P. Sreekumar, J. H. Taylor

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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OF the more than 500 known radio pulsars, only three have been detected as γ-ray sources. Using the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite, we have detected pulsed γ-radiation, above 100 MeV in energy, from a fourth radio pulsar, PSR1706-44. Within the pulse period of 102 ms, the γ-emission forms a single broad peak, in contrast to the two narrow peaks seen in the other high-energy y-ray pulsars. The emission mechanism in all cases is probably the same, the differences arising from the geometry of the magnetic and rotation axes and the line of sight. In these pulsars, γ-ray emission accounts for as much as 1% of the total neutron star spin-down energy, much more than emerges at optical or radio frequencies, so study of this emission is important in understanding pulsar emission and evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	615-616
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	359
Issue number	6396
Publication status	Published - 15-10-1992

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Thompson, D. J., Arzoumanian, Z., Bertsch, D. L., Brazier, K. T. S., D'Amico, N., Fichtel, C. E., Fierro, J. M., Hartman, R. C., Hunter, S. D., Johnston, S., Kanbach, G., Kaspi, V. M., Kniffen, D. A., Lin, Y. C., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Mattox, J. R., Mayer-Hasselwander, H. A., Michelson, P. F., ... Taylor, J. H. (1992). Pulsed high-energy γ-ray s from the radio pulsar PSR1706-44. Nature, 359(6396), 615-616.

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