Pulsars at 1 MeV: the Crab and PSR 1509-58.
Abstract
The Compton Imaging Telescope COMPTEL observed at an early stage of the CGRO sky survey pulsed emission from the two classical γ-ray pulsars, Crab and Vela. Further efforts were necessary to detect one of the four new pulsars detected by the other CGRO instruments, namely PSR 1509-58. These are the only three pulsars detected so far at an energy of 1 MeV. In spite of the similarity of their timing parameters, the Crab pulsar and PSR 1509-58 display very different characteristics in their MeV emissions, observed by COMPTEL.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0273-1177(94)00152-Q
- Bibcode:
- 1995AdSpR..15j..65C
- Keywords:
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- Dust;
- Iron;
- Jets;
- Light Scattering;
- Magnesium Oxides;
- Optical Measurement;
- Particles;
- Helium-Neon Lasers;
- Nephelometers;
- Photometers;
- Photomultiplier Tubes;
- Polarization (Waves);
- Physics (General);
- Gamma-Ray Pulsars: Models