EGRET Upper Limits on High Energy Gamma Ray Emission from PSR 1509-58 and PSR 1951+32
Abstract
The EGRET high energy gamma ray telescope aboard the Compton Observatory satellite has detected four gamma ray pulsars at energies above 100 MeV. Based on simple considerations of spin-down luminosity and distance, PSR 1509-58 and PSR 1951+32 are also likely candidates for detection by EGRET. Pulsations from PSR 1509-58 have been observed at energies around 1 MeV by the OSSE and BATSE instruments. Upper limits, derived from EGRET observations, on both the pulsed and steady flux from these two sources will be reported.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992AAS...18111207F