Post-glitch RXTE-PCA observations of the Vela pulsar

Citation
Ma. Gurkan et al., Post-glitch RXTE-PCA observations of the Vela pulsar, ASTRON ASTR, 356(3), 2000, pp. 1136-1140
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
356
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1136 - 1140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(200004)356:3<1136:PROOTV>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report the results of analysis of observations of the Vela Pulsar by PCA on RXTE. Our data consists of two parts. The first part contains observati ons at 1, 4, and 9 days after the glitch in 1996 and has 27000 sec, total e xposure time. The second part of observations were performed three months a fter this glitch and have a total exposure time of 93000 sec. We found puls ations in both sets. The observed spectrum is a power-law with no apparent change in flux or count rate. The theoretical expectations of increase in f lux due to internal heating after a glitch are smaller than the uncertainty of the observations.