EGRET OBSERVATIONS OF HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RADIATION FROM PSR B1706-44

Authors
THOMPSON DJ BAILES M BERTSCH DL ESPOSITO JA FICHTEL CE HARDING AK HARTMAN RC HUNTER SD MANCHESTER RN MATTOX JR VONMONTIGNY C MUKHERJEE R RAMANAMURTHY PV SREEKUMAR P FIERRO JM LIN YC MICHELSON PF NOLAN PL KANBACH G MAYERHASSELWANDER HA MERCK M KNIFFEN DA SCHNEID EJ KASPI VM JOHNSTON S DAUGHERTY J RUDERMAN M
Citation
Dj. Thompson et al., EGRET OBSERVATIONS OF HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RADIATION FROM PSR B1706-44, The Astrophysical journal, 465(1), 1996, pp. 385-392
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
465
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
385 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1996)465:1<385:EOOHGF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Ga mma Ray Observatory has observed PSR B1706-44 a number of times betwee n 1991 and 1995. From these data, a more detailed picture of the gamma radiation from this source has been developed, showing several charac teristics that distinguish this pulsar from others: the light curve is complex, with evidence of three pulses; there is no detectable unpuls ed 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 difficu lt.